Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-01
FULL OF SPITE.
The Youthful Chicago Bandits
Arraigned in Court.
Marx Pleads Guilty, but Other Three
Plead Not Guilty.
They Denounce Marx and He Tells
Them He Has Revenge.

Chicago, Nov. 30.-The youthful self
confessed murderers and train robbers
Peter Neidermeier, Harvey Van Dem
Gustav Marx and Emil Roeski were
arralgned in court, tonight. Marx
pleaded guilty to all the charges
against him, but his three accomplices
pleaded not guilty.
| During the afternoon the prisoners
| were removed from the Harrison Ave
nue. police station to the county jail
where they will remain until brought
| to trial.
No excitement marked the trip to
| the Jail. Each prisoner was placed in
| a separate patrol wagon and was
guarded by seven policemen and two
| deputy sheriffs.
| Shortly before the prisoners were
| removed to the county Jail, Marx was
confronted with his three accomplices
| Marks confession duplicating Van
Dein, Neidermeier and Roeski was read
| to the prisoners. The bandits arrested
| in Indiana refused to confirm or deny
the contents of the message. They
were then asked to tell whatever more
| they had to say concerning their
career.
Il am willing to hang without the
wink of an eye il l see Marx, the
squcaler, hang first" said Van DEM
THE same here" Neidermeier added
You fellows got no more than you
deserved" Marx said.
some time ago." Marx said to the
inspector of police, Il met the bunch
in Orleans street, where we intended
n rob fha hp1nt.;.-an
and l forgot my large gun. This an
gered the boys and they told me to
leave them. l walked away and when
80 feet away a bullet passed through
the brim OF my hat. 1t was fired by
one of these fellows. I got revenge
Nedermeier admitted to the police
that he and Van Den had made an
attempt to kill Marx. Roeski also said
that he had narrowly escaped death
at the hands of his accomplices.
Chicago, Nov. 3O.-"We will all walk
to the scaffold without a tremor."
This was the statement made, today,
by the murderers, Marx, Van Dein,
Neidermeier and Roeski, as they sat
in their cells and discussed their prob
able fate. They will plead insanity.
Van DENIS great grandfather is said
to have murdered his wife and daugh-
ter in Maine and to have been adjudged
insane and sent to an asylum in which
he died. Van Dein while not denying
this report would not confirm it.
Van Den's mother has been working
with charitable organizations for sew
eral years. She told Police Inspector
LAWN, today, that she never suspected
her son of any wrongdoing.
Gustav Marx, today, told the police
that the other three members of the
band shot at him when they were
planning one of the abortive attacks
on the money wagon of the American
Express Co.
Chief of Police O'Neill has frustrated a
plan by which Neidermeier Sought to es-
cape from the Harrison street station,
during an interview with the chief. AS a
result the guard over the cell in which
Nei,!ermeer is locked has been doubled.
Ncidermeer arranged to meet Chief
O'Ncil alone in Inspector LAWNS office.
ostcnsbly to make a number of confess
sions and, while gesticulating in illustra
ton. try to leap through the window to
the street. His plan was frustrated, as
O'Neill, before permitting the interview.
stationed three armed detectives outside
the window through which the bandit
hoped to escape.
Nedermeier. seeing his plan checked,
signified that the interview need go no
further and that ne was ready to return
to his cell.
The prisoners scott at the idea of
hereafter. Death ends all, is their the
Dry; hell is on earth.
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