Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-03
CHICAGO BANDITS
ARE CAPTURED
Car Barn Murderers Arrested After
a Desperate Battle.
TWO DETECTIVES SHOT DOWN
An Albright Battle with Posse, I'm
Which Two Are Wounded, One
MOrtal1y, and u Railway
Brakeman Is Killed.

and dirt, two beardlesS boys, Peter
Neidermeier and Harvey Van Dine,
sat Friday night in the presence of
Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police
O'Neill, calmly confessing their share
in q three months career of crime,
which has included nine murders, the
wounding of five other men and a long
series of robberies. The two young
bandits, neither of whom is over q
years old, together with their com
panion, Emil Roeski, who is no older,
were captured near Liverpool, Ind,
Friday after a fight in which they bat
tied against policemen, railroad de-
tectives, railroad laborers and farm
ers. One nan was killed, another
fatally wounded, and all three Of the
young bandits we're wounded, but not
seriously.
h Dead and Wounded.
The dead:
T. J. Sovea, brakeman on the Penn.
sylvania railroad.
The wounded:
Joseph Driscoll, detective on Chi
cage police force; shot through alb
domen and can live but a short time.
Matthew thinner, detective on Chi
cago police force; shot in head and
arm.
Neidermeier was wounded in the
hand by birdshot.
Van Dine was similarly injured, and
sustained in addition a flesh wound in
the left thigh.
Roeski was shot in the right hip.
His wound is the most serious of any
inflicted upon the three men, but was
not sufficient to prevent him from
travelling a long distance after receiv.
ing it.
Wanted For Car Barn Murders.
The three men were wanted by the
police for completely in the murders
at the car barns of the Chicago City
Railroad Co. on August 80, when two
men were killed, a third badly wound.
ed, and $2,25O stolen from the com.
pany.
Gustave Marx, who last Saturday
night murdered Officer John Quinn
when the policeman ~endeavored to
place him under arrest, confessed aft.
err his capture that he, in company
with the three men, had committed the
crimes at the car barns. The hunt for
Van Dine, Neidermeier and Roeski has
been hot ever since. Although they
knew that the entire police force was
looking for them, the three men re
manned in the city until Wednesday
morning.
eve were laying for a fellow that
was q witness against Marx" said
Van Dine. On Wednesday they left
Chicago, going to a dug-ouJ made by
railroad laborers near the tracks of
the Michigan Central railroad, near
Millers, Ind. Thursday night they
spent in another dug-out, near Millers
Station, ind, and there they were sur
prised by the police Friday morning.
Detectives Sent Out From Chicago.
Word was brought to the police
Thursday night by T. S. R%eicherS, a
school teacher near Clark Station,
Ind, that three men answering the
descriptions Of those wanted for the
car barn murders, were living in the
dug-out. Other stories placed the men
near Waukegon, ILL.,, and the police,
placing no great reliance in any of
the rumors, sent only eight men, De-
t~ectives thinner, Deroche, Qualey,
Gleason, Sheehan, Driscoll, Banner
and Hughes, to Indiana, Sheehan be,
ing placed in charge of the squad. The
men reached the dug-out at about
three o'clock, guided by Reichers. AS
soon as they were in sight of the
place, the offlrers advanced in a circle
upon the dug-out, where the three rob.
bers were supposed to be concealed,
Driscoll, who was walking in closer
than the others, called out, ut doesn't
look as though there is anybody in
there"
Don't anybody fire." ordered Shee.
han, until we know If they are the
right people,"
Two Detectives Shot Down.
AS Sheehan spoke, Driscoll picked
up a chunk Of wood and hurled 1t al
the dug-out. Instantly there was 9
flash, a report, and Driscoll fell in q
heap, shot through the abdomen. One
of his fellow-oficers stopped to raise
him, and the other six opened fire OF
the dug-out, from which the shots were
now coming thick and fast. While the
fire was at its hottest, Van Dine anC
Roeski rushed out, followed a few min
utes later by Neidermeier. The lat
ter ran to the tracks of the Michigan
Central railroad, and, throwing himself
flat on the roadbed, steadied his arm
on the rail as he kept up a rapid fire
with three revolvers. Roeski ran fol-
the brush, but Van Dine retreatet
slowly, although the air around hin
was filled with bullets, and the snov
at his feet was kicked up by them
He is a splendid marksman, and
catching a sight Of Detective thinner
who was behind a tree, he fred. Zim
mer went down with a bullet in thu
head. AS he fell, Van Dine fired again
and the second bullet went through
Zimmer's arm After his arrest, Val
Dine sail: ellis head and his arm wer,
all could Q / hit all there wa
of him."
Railway Brakeman Killed.
Roeski had by this time disappeared
and Van Dine and Neidermeier, plac
ing their revolvers in their pockets
made a run for freedom. The detect
ives fired constantly, but the bandits
escaped. After running about a mil,
across country, they came to tn,
tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad
A switch engine with a train Of car
was close at hand, and, hurrying vi
to 1t, the men ordered Brakeman So
yea to uncouple the train from tn,
locomotive.