The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-12-03
like A dime NOVEL.
Many Crimes Of Three Desperate
Young Bandits.
PITCHED BATTLE With POLICE.
They Were Wanted for Participation
In Chicago Murder Cases-Two
Arrested.

Chicago. Special-Chained wrist TO
wrist, their hair matted with blood.
their clothing with dust and dirt. two
beardless boys, Peter Neidermeier
and Harvey Van Dine, sat in the pres
ence of Mayor Harrison and Chief OF
Police O'Neil calmly confessing to
their share in a three months career |
of crime, which has included eight /
murders, the wounding Of FIVE other !
| men and q long series OF robberies. |
The two young bandits. neither OF |
whom Is over 81 years Of age, together |
with their companion. Emil Roeskie, |
| who is no older, were captured near
| Liverpool, Ind, after 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. ].
| Sovea, brakeman on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad; wounded. Joseph Dris-
| coll, detective on Chicago police force,
shot through the abdomen, and can
live but a 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. Roeskie was shot in the right
hip.
The three men were wanted by the
police for completely in the murders at
the car barns Of the Chicago City
Railroad Company on August 80, when
two men were killed, third badly
wounded and $2,250 stolen. Gustave
Marx, who last Saturday night MUIR
dered Officer John Quinn when the
policeman endeavored to place him un-
der arrest, confessed after his capture
that he. in company with the three
men, had committed the crimes at the
car barns. The hunt for Van Dine.
Niedermier and Roeskie has been hot
ever since. Although they knew that
the entire police force was looking for
them, the three men remained in the
city until Wednesday morning.
I'VE were laying for a fellow that
vas a 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 and Driscoll fell. Van Dine
and Roeskie rushed out, followed a
few minutes later by Niedermier. The
latter ran to the tracks fthe Michi-
gan Central Railroad and, throwing
himself fat on the roadbed steadied
his arm on the rail as he kept up a
rapid fire with three revolvers. Roeskie
ran for the brush, but Van Dine re-
treated slowly, although the air around
| uyo, 1nI wit hill l@x- ~
snow at his feet was licked up by
them. He is splendid marksInan and,
catching sight of Detective thinner,
, who was behind a tree, he fired. Zim-
mer went down with a bullet in the
head. AS he fell, Van Dine fired again
and the second bullet tore through
| Zimmer's arm.
. The detectives fired constantly, but
the bandits escaped. After running
about mile across country, they came
r to the tracks of the Pennsylvania Rail-
r road. A switch engine with a train of
, cars was close at hand and, hurrying
up to 1t, the men ordered Brakeman
. Sovea to uncouple the train from the
S locomotive He refused and attempted
to take Niedermier's revolver from
him. The later sent a bullet through
the brakeman's head, killing him in
stantly. Springing past Sovea's body
q the bandits mounted the locomotive
with revolvers in hand and ordered
the engineer to move out in a hurry
which he did. going in the direction oil
r Liverpool, Ind. After two miles had
gineer to slow down and. leaping to the
= ground, disappeared in the woods. Al
:. ter the train had carried Van Dine and
: Neidermeyer away, Detective Sheehar
hurried to the nearest telegraph sta
ton and wired Chief Of Police O'Neil
asking that men be sent out witt
q rifles. The message met with {
prompt response, and in short time
q Assistant Chief of Police Schuettlel
p and so officers armed with rifles wer'
4 on the way to Miler's by special train
- Capt. Briggs, of the detective service o
= the Pennsylvania Railway, was givel
e orders to get the three men dead o.
n alive. He and his men were on towart
q Liverpool.
- When the bandits left the train the,
were nearly exhausted and unable L
travel. 1t was easy to trace them dow
in the snow and the hunt was speedil
ended The men were seen and tn
K farmers. most OF whom were arme
~ with double-barrelled shot-guns, open
ed fire on them Neidermier received
. full charge in the head and the bloc
streamed down his face and into hi
Is eyes, binding him so that he coul
. hardly see. A shot grazed Van Dine
bad, and his wounded leg was weak
r ening. The posse was closing in on a
k sides There was no escape and 1t wa
NJ | evident to both men that the time ha
come either to surrender or to fight
% to the death. Van Dine said IN discu.
~ sing his surrender:
e "The Jig was up for US no matte
Of how many we killed. says to Pete
10, Well, what do you think? He nodde
Sc his head and dropped his guns an
that's how they got u.s."
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