Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-12-02
LIKE A DIME NOVEL.
Many Grimes Of Three Desperate
Young Bandits.
PITCHED BATTLE WITH POLICE.
They Were Wanted for Participation
III Chicago Murder Cases-Two
Arrested.

Chicago Sp,cial.-Chained wrist to
wrist. their hair matted with blood.
their clothing with dust ana dirt. two
bcardlcss boys. Peter Ncidcrmcicr
and Harvey Van Dinc. sat in the pres
onCc of Mayor Harrison and Chief OF
Police O'Ncil calmly coriessing to
their share in three months career
Of crime, which has included eight
murders. the wounding of five other
men and long series Of rohberies
The two young bandits. neither of
whom is over II years of age together
with their companion, Emil Rosskic,
who is no older. were captured near
Liverpool, Ind. after "a fight in which
they battled against policemen, rail
road detectives. railroad laborers and
farmers. One man was killed, another
fatally injured and all three OF the
young bandits were wounded, but not
seriously. The dead man is T. j.
Sovea. brakeman on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad; wounded. Joseph Dris
coll. detective on Chicago police force
shot through the abdomen. and can
live but short time; Matthew Zim-
mer, detective on Chicago police force
shot in head and arm.
Niedermier was wounded in the
hand by bird shot; Van Dine was shot
and slightly injured. and sustained
in addition flesh wound in the left
thigh. BOcskie was shot in the right
hip.
The three mon were wanted by the
police for completely in the murders at
the car barns OF the Chicago City
Railroad Company on August 30. when
two men We're killed. a third badly
wounded and SEA- stolen. Gustave
Marx. who last Saturday night mur.
dCrcd Cliccr John Quinn when the
policeman cndcGvorcd to place him un.
der arrest. confessed after his capture
that he. in company with the three.
mon. had committed the crimes at the
car barns. The hunt for Van Dine.
NicdcrmiCr and RoCsllic has been hot
ever since. Although Icy knew that
the entire police force was looking for
them the three men remained in the
city until Wednesday morning.
We were laying for fellow that
was n witness against Marx" said
Van Dine.
On Wednesday they left Chicago.
going to a dugout made near Miller's
Station. Ind. where they were sur.
prised by the police. Both parties
opened fire ana Drscoll fell. Van Dine
and RoeSkie rushed out followed a
few minutes later by Niedcrmier. The
latter ran t. the tracks fthe Mich,-
gan Central Railroad and throwing
hlmSef fiat on the roadbed Steadicd
MS arm on the rail as he kept up a
rapid hre with three revolvers. Roeskie
ran FOR the brush, but Van Dine re-
treated slowly, although the air around
hlm was filled with bullets and the
snow at his feet was kicked up bv
them. He is a splendid marksman and
catching sight of Detective thinner.
VINO was behind tree. he fired. Zim-
iher went down with n bullet in the
mead. AS he fell, Van Dine fired again
ana the second bullet tore through
Zimmor's arm.
me detectives fred constantly. but
the bandits escaped After running
about a mile across country. thev came
10 the tracks Of the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
read. switch engine with a train OF
cars WAS close at hand and. hurrying
up TO It, the men ordered Brakeman
Sovea to uncouple the train from the
locomotive. He refused and attcmptcd
10 take Niedermier's revolver from
him. The later sent a bullet through
the brakcmans head. killing him in
s."htIy. Springing past SOvea's body
the bandits mounted the locomotive
with revolvers in hand and ordered
tAe engineer to move ont in hurry
which he did. eoing in the direction or
Liverpool. Ind. After two mics had
oeen covered. the men ordered the en-
E'heer TO slow down and. leaping TO The
ground. disappeared in the woods. A.
.or nc train had carried Van Dine and
Ncidermeyer away. Defective Sheoban
hurried 10 the ncavcst teletraUb sf9-
ton and wired CHIEF OF Police O'Nefli
ASKING that mon he sent ont with
rifles. The message met with
PROMPT rcspOHsc. and in short time.
Assistant Chief OF Police SchuctIer
ana 30 Office armed with rifles were
on the way TO Milors by spccial train.
cent. Briggs of The detective service OF
the Pennsylvania Railway. was given
orters 10 get the three men dead or
allVe re and his men were OF toward
liverpool.
When the bandits left the train they
We're nearly oXh2uise1 and unable to
travel. It was easy to trace them down 4,
IN tae snow and the hunt was spccdjly |
ended The men were seen and the
l2llneTS. most % whom were armed |
with douhlc-barrClled shot-eurs. opan-
Cd IRE ON them. Neidcrmer received n |
iull charge in tho head. and the blood
stTeamed down his face and into hie
eyes. binding him so that he could
har1iy sec. 4 SHOT p-ozcd Van Dimes |
h'.f. ard his wounded leg was weak |
en-! The posse vas closing in on eli |
sldcS. There was no escape and IL vas
evident 10 both men tbat the time had
como either to surrender or 10 Il -ht il |
10 the death. Van Dine said in discus |
sing his surronder:
The jig was I'D for us no matter |
how many we Killed. I says to PETE |
.iH'eil. wha! do you think?' He nodded |
i.s head and dropped his guns and |
that's how they got u.s." !