The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-28
BEARDLESS BANDITS CAUGHT
FIGHT DESPERATELY BEFORE
SURRENDERING.

One Entire section OF the PsnnsyIvania
Road Turned over to Eject the Cap
turs OF she Youths who Committed
shs Chicago Car Barn murders-Had
Bewildsred Chicago Police with
Their crimss-Eight Murders Charged
40 Them.
Chicago. Nov. 27.-Chained wrist to
wrist. their hair matted with dried
blood. their clothing covered with dust
and dirt-two beardless boys, Peter
Niedermeier and Harvey Van Dine, sat
tonight in the presence of Mayor Har-
rison and Chief of Police O'Neil, calmly
consessing to their share in a three
months career OF crime which has in
cluded nine murders. the wounding of
FIVE other men. and long series of
robberies. The two young bandits.
neither of whom is over twenty-one
years Of age. together with their COM
panion. Emil Roosk. who is no older,
were captured near Liverpool. Ind. to-
day after fight in which they battled
against policemen, railroad detectives
railroad laborers and farmers. One man
was killed, another fatally wounded and
all three of the young bandits were
wounded, but not seriously.
The dead: T.. ]. Sovea. brakeman on
the Pennsylvania railroad.
Wounded: Joseph Driscoll, detective
on Chicago police force, shot through
abdomen and can live only short
time.
Matthew thinner, a detective on Chi
cago police force, shot in head and arm.
Niedermeier was wounded in the hand
by birdshot: Van Dine was similarly
injured and sustained in addition a
flesh wound in the left thigh: Roesko
was shot in the right hip. His wound is
the most serious OF any inflicted upon
the three men.
The three men were wanted by the
police for completely In the murders at
the car barns of the Chicago City Rail-
road company on August 30, when two
men were killed, a third badly wounded
and $2250 stolen from the company.
Gustave Marx, who last Saturday night
murdered Officer John Quinn, when the
policeman endeavored to place him un-
der arrest, confessed after his captaure
that he. in company with the three men,
had committed the crimes at the car
barns. The hunt for Van Dino, Nieder-
meier and Rooski has been hot ever
since. Although they knew the entire
police force was looking for them. the
three men remained in the city until
Wednesday morning.
I'VE were laying for fellow that
was a witness against Marx said Van
Dine. On Wednesday they left Chicago
going to a dug-out made by railroad la
borers near the tracks Of the Michigan
Central railroad near Miller's, Ind. Last
night they spent in another dug-out
near Miiler's station. Ind, and there
they we're surprised by the police this
morning.
Word was brought to the police last
night by Z. S. Reichers, a school teacher
near Clark Station, Ind, that three men
answering the description of those
wanted for the car barn murders, were
living in the dug-out. Other stories
last night placed the men near Wauke-
gan. ILL.,, and the police, placing no
great reliance In any of the rumors, sent
only eight men, Detectives zimmer, Dc
Roche, Qualey, Gleason, Sheehan, Dris-
coll. Banner and Hughes, to Indiana,
Sheehan being placed in charge of the
squad.
The men reached the dug-out about
o'clock, guided by Reichers. AS soon as
they were in sight Of the place the Off
onrs RI IN, ~,
out. where the three robbers were sup-
posed to, be concealed.
Driscoll, who was walking in closer
than the others, picked up a chunk Of
wood and hurled it at the dugout. In
stantly there was q, flash, a report and
Driscoll fell in a heap, shot through
the abdomen. One Of his fellow officers
stopped to raise him, and the other six
opened fire on the dugout, from which
the shots were now coming thick and
fast. While the fire was at It's hottest
Van Dino and Rooski rushed out, fol-
lowed few minutes later by Nieder-
meier. The latter ran to the tracks of
the Michigan Central railroad and,
throwing himself fiat on the raodbed,
steadied his arm on the rail as he kept
up a rapid fire with three revoIvers.
Rooski ran for the brush, but Van Dno
retreated slowly. although the air
around him was filled with bullets and
the snow at his feet was kicked up by
them. He is a splendid marksenan and
catching sight OF Detective thinner,
who was behind tree, he fired. Zirn-
mer went down with q bullet In the
head. AS he fell Van Dino fired again
and the second bullet tore throguh zim-
mer's arm.
After his arrest Van Dine said:
His head and his arm were all
could see. hit all there was of him.
Rooski had by this time disappeared
and Van Dine and Niedermeier, placing
their revolvers in their pockets, made
run for freedom The detectives fired
constantly, but the bandits escaped.
After running about a mile across corln-
try they came. to the tracks Of the
Pennsylvania railroad A switch en-
gine was close at hand and, hurrying
ND to it. the men orderedn Brakeman
Sovea to uncouple the train from the
locomotive. He refused and attempted
to take Niederneier's revolver from
him.. The latter instantly sent a bullet
through the brakenan's brain, laying
him dead in the SNOW. Springing past
Sovea's body, the bandits mounted the
locomotive in hand and ordered the en-