The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-30
INNOCENT MEN
ARE SUFFERING
Astounding Confession of Mur-
derer heidermeier.
REWARD FOR MOTHER
POLICE CAN HARDLY CREDIT
Els STATEMENTS.

Chicago. Nov. 29-Peter Neidermeier,
ore OF the members Of the quartette of
young bandits who, for the last six
months. have terrorized Chicago, in an
other confession today added several
more crimes to the long list already
charged against him and his comDan-
ions, Van Dein. Marx and Roeski With
parental love uppermOst in his mird,
Neidermeier offered to tell Chief of Pc
lice O'Neill of score Of train hold-ups.
Durglaries and other crimes that he has
committed, if the rewards offered viii
only be given TO his mother.
Il want to know that my mother will
be cared for after ] am hung. said
Inc zl-year-old boy, who is now the
seiI-cOnfessed murderer OF five men. Il
am guilty Of crime of which you know
nothing, and for which innocent men
are now suffering. There are rewards
oltered for nay capture and conviction.
If You will guarantee that these re-
wards VIII so to my mOtheT@I viii con-
vict myself. win confess crimes that
viii startle you"
In order to make his word good Nei-
cermeier told Of a few crimes which he
claimed to have committed He out
lined them in such a manner Chief of
Police O'NeiH declared tonight as only
one concerned in them could do. Mel
dermeier refused. however. 10 divulee
the names Of his partners in the crimes
referred to pending proof that his
mother would get the reward.
Crimes in Detail.
A few of the additional crimes he
claims TO have participated in are as
follows:
Robbery Of the Illinois Central linn
an ,f..f,
Barnes, one of the robbers, cut his
throat while surrounded in a swamp.
The others escaped
Hold-up of a stage coach a mile from
] Butler, New, two years ago and rob-
berry of the mails No one was shot
and the robbers escaped without recog-
milton
Hold-up and robbery of the Chicago
/ & Northwestern passenger train near
I Boone Ia, six months ago.
{ A hold-up and attempted robbery OF
Baltimore & Ohio train at EdgemOor,
! Ind, four years ago.
Minor hOld-ups and robberies in, and
out of Chicago were mentioned by Net
dermeier. But in all cases he was care
} full to conceal the names of his assoc
ciates in crime. merely giving sufficient
outline of the crimes to warrant CHIEF
| O'NeiH in believing that Neidermeier
was telling the truth. When Neider-
meier went back to his cell it was with
( the assurance that his mother would be
( bettered $500 financially
Robbery at Clybourne.
/ Special Agent w. Riley Of the Chi
/ cage & Northwestern railroad promised
him that Mrs. Neidermeier should be
given the reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the ClyboUrne station
/ rObberies after Neidermeier detailed the
robbery TO them and exOnerated man
named Dole of st. Louis, who is now
under indictmert.
/ Operator DOugherty and Ticket Agent
] Lathrop. the victims Of the robbery in
+ the ClybOurne station hold-up, were
present during Neidermeier's confess
sion. going over with him in detail the
robbery and the shooting of Lathrop.
! Neidermeier detailed the Paducah.
/ KY. hold-up perfectly refusing TO tell
names for the reason. that none of the
/ Illinois Central detectives were present.
! He offered TO tell Special Agent O'Keefe
the entire story of the daring robbery,
and even show him the house in Ken
/ lucky where he hid after the robbery.
Lucky to Get Away.
'I stalled the train alone" said Mel
dermeier. Then L entered the baggage
car and threw out three sacks Barnes
as I was lucky in getting away with
my life. They found Barnes in a
swamp with his throat cut. He had the
razor i'm his hand that he committed
suicide with
Before last May I spent three years
in hold-ups and rObberies outside Chi
cage. and if the rewards are forthcom-
ing for my mother I will make a clean
. breast Of everything"
The police have been so appalled, by
/ Neidermeier's confession that they
I hardly give CTedence TO all his asser-
lions. It is thought that his anxiety
over his mothers welfare has prompted
him to make himself the author Of
crimes he did not commit.
From the assertions made by Neider
meier and Van Dein today IL is said by
the police that more arrests win be
made. Chief O'NeiH tonight asserted
that there was a strong probability
/ that Neidermeier and Van Dein would
tell of all their accOmplices in other
/ crimes I'm which both men have ac-