Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-05
Many Crimes of Three desperate
= Young Bsndhs. =
PITCHED BATTLE wlIB POLICE.
They Were Wanted for Participation
In Chicago Murder Sases-fwo
Arrested.

their clothing with dust and dirt. Two
beardless boys. Peter NeidermeieR
and Harvey Van Dine. sat in the pres
ence OF Mayor Harrison and Cntef or
Police O'Ncil calmly confesstng 10
their share in three months career
OF crime. which has Included eight
murders. the wounding OF Ave other
men and long series of roboeries:
The two young bandits. neither or
whom Is oyer q years of age. together
with their companion. Emil Roeshe.
who Is no older. were captured near
Liverpool. Ind. after fight in which
they battled against pOlicemeu. ratk
road detectives railroad laborers and
farmers. One man was killed, another
fatally injured and all three Of the
young bandits were wounded. out mob
seriously. The dead man Is T. J.
Sovea brakeman on the Pennsyi-
| vania Railroad; wounded. Joseph i,rts-
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 a flesh wound in the left
thigh. Roeskio was shot In the right
hip.
The three men were wanted by the
| police for completely in the murders at J.
the car barns OF the Chicago City
Railroad Company on August 30. when T.
two men were killed. a third badly
| wounded and S2.250 stolen. Gustave /
Marx. who last Saturday night mur.
dered Officer John Quinn when tho
policeman eBdeavored 10 place him IN
der arrest confessed after his capture
that he. I'm 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 ley knew that
the entire police force was looking for
them. the three men remained In the
city until Wednesday morning.
I we were laying for fellow that
was n witness against MARX. said
, Van Dine.
, On Wednesday they left Chicago.
! going 20 a dugout made near Miller'sI
i station Ind where they were sur
s prised by the police Both parties
e opened fire and Driscoll fell. Van Dinol
o. and Roeskie rushed out. followed Al
: few minutes later by Niedermier. The
n latter ran TO the tracks fthe Mich
IS gan Central Rail- cad and. throwing
e himself fat on the roadbed steadied
s his arm on the rail as he Kept up a
h rapid fire with three revolvers. ROoskie
.e ran for the brush. but Van Dine re-
10 treated slowly. although the air around
" him WAS filled with bullets and tho
n snow 81 his feet wac kicked up by
D. them. He IS n splendid marksman and.
o. catching sight - Defective thinner.
Of who was behind a tree. he fred. Zim.
le mer went down with a bullet in the
heas. AS he fell Van Dine fred again
and The second bullet tore through
Zinmer's arm.
The detectives fired constantly. bu
ne the bandits escaped. After running
- about mile across counu Y. they cam
&c 10 the tracks 81 the Pennsylvania Rail
- road. a switch engine with train o
70 cars was close at hand and hurryin
= no to 81. the men ordered Brakeman
e, Sovea TO uncouple the train from IN
% locomotive. He refused and attempte
- 20 take Niedermier's revolver frOI
- him. The later sent a bullet throug
ar the brakeElang head. killing him II
81 stantly. Springing past Sovea's bod
"a the bandits mounted the locomotiy
with reviewers IN hand and ordere
VI the engineer 10 move ont IN hurr,
which he did. going in the direction
Liverroos. IND. After TWO miles ha
been covered. the men ordered the el
len gineer 10 slow down and. leaping 70 Il
,r- ground disappeared IN the woods. a
Of Nsidermeyer away. Detective Sheehs
en- hurried 10 the nearest telegraph 81
her ton and wired Chief OF Police ONE
IN asking that men be sent out WI
rifles. The message met with
'O- prompt RESPONSE. and in a short tin
OF Assistant Chief OF Police Schuettl
on and so Officers armed with rifles we
o,t- on the way 10 Miler's hv special ira
,sse Cent BRIGGS az the detective service
. ~ the Pennsylvania Railway. was Civ
orders 20 set the three men dead
alive He and his men we're on iowa
Li~erpool.
when the bandits left the train th
49, we're nearly exhausted and uHoole
NV travel. 10 was easy TO trace rnem 90
per- in the snow and the hunt was SOeed
oes ended The men were seen and
I'm ! tanners. most Of whom were arm
- with double-~arrelled shot-guns. ops
me- ed fire on them. Neidermier received
ock. fnU charge IN the head. and the blC
her | streamed down his face and into
The eyes. binding him so that ne co
q, hardly see A shot a70d Van DIN
= - head. and his wounGsd Jog was we
one ering. The posee was 'rInsins W on
D fn i sides. There vas no escape aid X
evident 10 both men that the time
come either 10 surrender or 20 fieh
10 the death. Van Dine said In disc
sing his surrender:
'ents The jig was m for rs no ma
the how many we killed. s"vs TO p
Car wei. what 10 You think?' Tie nod
. an his head and droHred MS guns
OF that's how they got VS."
% Pow Convicted.