The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-28
and the second bullet tore through zim-
mer's arm.
Killed Brakeman.

Killed brakeman.
The detectives frod constantly. but the
ba ndits escaped. After running about a
mile across country they came to the
tracks OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. A
switch engine with a train OF cars was
close at hand, aud hurrying up to II the
men ordered Brakeman sovea, to ut1couple
the train from the locomotive. f1c re-
fused and attempted TO take Ficdcmcier's
revolver from him. Tho latter instantly
sent bullet through the brnkeman's
BRAIN laying him dead In the snow.
Springing past Sovcn's body the bandits
mounted tho locomotive With revolvers
IN hand, and ordered the engineer to move
out ina hurry, which he did, going In the
direction Of liverpool, Ind. After two miles
had been covered the men ordered the
engineer to slow down, and leapinE to the
ground disappeared In the woods
Train in Pursuit.
After the train had carried Van Dine
and Niedcrmeier away Detective Sheel,an
hurried to the nearest telegraph station
and wired to Chief Of Police O'Neill ask
ing that men be sent out with rifles. The
message met with prompt response and
in a short time Assistant Chief Of Police
schnettler and fifty officers, armed with
rifles, were on the way to tMiller's by
special train. CAPITA In Briggs OF the detcc-
tive service Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
was given orders to get tho three men
dead or alive. He and his men were on to-
ward Liverpool. I'll
When the bandits left the train tho
men were nearly exhausted and unable
to travel. It was easy to track them
in the new fallen snow and the hunt was
speedily closed. The men were seen az
they lodged about in the sand dunes ana
the farmers, most OF whom were armed
with double!barrelled shotguns. opened
tire on them. N1edermier received a
charge full in the head. and the blood
streamed down his face and Into his eyes
blindng him so he could hardly see.
a shot gra zed Van Dimes head and his
wounded leg was weakening. The posse
was closing in on all sides. There was
no escape and 1t was evident to both
men that tho time had come cEher n TO
surrender or tol fight to the death.
Jig Was Up.
Van Dine said tonight. in discussing
his surrender:
.'The jlg was up for us, no matter how
many we killed. I says to Pete: We'll,
what do you think?' He nodded his
head, and dropped his guns, and that 9
how they got us. I"
The men were at once handcufted,
pla ced upon a train and hurried TO
Chicago, the city police officers wasting
not minute in rushing them over the
line into Illinois In order to avoid posi-
BILE conflict with the Indiana police. who
might have demanded the men on ao-
count Of the murder OF sovea. This fear
was not Justified, as Governor Durbin.
Of Indiana, has said he approved OF their
action. Is ". 81 !. w
They werc taken into the office OF the
Chief OF Police O'Nclll and there, IN the
presence OF Mayor Harrison and throng
OF officers, they discussed the events OF
the day as calmly as though It had been
:notting unusual for them. None OF the
prisoners showed sanys$ $brayado and dio
no boasting. They showed not the slight
est nhesitation In confessing TO- tneil 4,
crimes. Their demeanor was more thas
of boys who had been caught pilfering.
4 Van Dine sat upright. talked freely,
showing In word and bearing the courage
that he has revealed Throughout. Neld-
ermcfer sat with his head in his hands.
when Van Dine said. &"Pete, here. shot
.Driscoll,"f Neldermeiers looked up, smiled
slightly, and remarked: Yes. l.. shot
Drlscoll and the brakeman" and then
sank back to listen to Van Dine.
Both men admitted that Marse had
told essentially the truth IN connecting
them with the various crimes charged up
{ against them and said that they did the
killing at. the car, barns.
Following fresh footprints In the snow
from tho scene OF the captune OF Nelder-
meier and yanlDine. Fred Miller. Louis
Miller. John Dillon. Charles Hamilton
and Hugo Kemp. residents OF East Toll
LECTION, Ind. captured Emil Roeskie SIT
ting on bench in tho Wabash station
at Aetna, Ind. town four miles north
cast OF Liverpool. md. The arrest was
made at AIS o'clock, shortly AFTER Roes- es
kLa had missed train to Chicago. He
was unarmed. THE bandit was identified
BY, Hugo Kemp. a hunter who engaged
the dcsperado in a fight for life at
sand pit in East Toleaton, when the
fugitivcs pressed a. locomotive into ser
vice to escape the police, n