The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-02
CORVALLIS, OREGON. DECEMBER 2.

Neiderm yer. The latter ran to the
tra cks of the Michigan Central & all
road, and. throwing himself fat on
the road, steadied his arm on the
Fail IS be Kept up rapid fire with
three revolvers. Roeski ran for the
brush, but VandiDe retreated slow
ly, although the air around him was
filled with bullets and the snow at
his feet was K cked up by them.
Catching sight of Detective thinner
who was behind a tree, he fred.
thinner went down with a bullet
in bis head. As be fell, Vandine
fred again. and the second bullet
went through Mmmer's arm.
~ Rosski- bad by this time disap-
cared, and Fandine and Neider-
toyer, placing their revolvers In
their pockets, made a run for free
dom. The detectives fred constant
1y, but the bandits escaped. After
running about q mile across conn-
try they came to the tracks of, the
Pennsy ylvsnia railroad. A switch
engine with d train of cars was
close at hand land hurrying up to
it the men ordered Brakeman So
yea to unco1ple the train from the
locomotive. He refused, and
attempted to take Neidermyer's re-.
volver frIm him. The latter in
stantly sent b bullet through the
brakesman brain. He u dead in.
the snow Spri1ging past Sovea's
body, thesbandits mounted the 10.
'comotive with RI velvers 10 hand
and ordered the engine er 10 move
out in a hurry, which be did. going
in the direction of La Porte, Ind.
After two miles bad been covered
the. men ordered the engineer to
slow up, and leaping to- the ground /,
disappeared in the woods. The news
Of the fight at the dugopt had
spread with great rapidity through
the country, and by the time the
two painting men rushed up to the
locomotive. hundred farmers. and
railroad lahorers were after them.
These were left behind with the
Chicago detectives, although one
farmer with a,shotgun got in his
work as the train started away.
Catching sight Of Vand.ne,r las he
poked bis face throughsthe cab win
dews he turned loose with both bar
|re1s. A number Of shot struck Van
dine 10 the. head and face, and one
hit him in the throat, causing him
trouble. When they LETT the train
both men were exhausted and una
BILE to travel. The countrybat that
place is rough, sandy and cut up
by gravel pits.
The farmers, railroad laborers
and officers of the Pennsylvania
Railroad were coming up fast, and
soon were close on the fugitives'
heels, trackiog them in the newly
fallen snow. The men were seen as
they lodged about in the sand, and
the farmers, most of whom were
armed with 1ouble-barreled shot
guns, opened FIRE on them. Neider.
myer received charge full in the
head, and the blood streamed down
his face and into his eyes, binding
him so he could; hardly rise. A
shot grazed Nandine's head, carry
ing off some of his hair, and his
wounded leg was weakened. The
posse was closing in on all sides,
ard the murderers surrendered. !
The men were at once handcuffed, !,
placed upon train and hurried to
Chicago They were taken from
the train, and in patrol wagon
were hurried to the City Hall.
They were taken into the Office of
the chief of police, and there, in the
presence of Mayor Harrison and a
throng of officers, they discussed
the events of the day as calmly as
though it had been nothing unusu-
al for them.
Following fresh prints in the snow
from the scene of the capture of
Neidermyer and Vandine, five resi-
dents of East Tolleston, Ind, cap
tured Emil Roeski, sitting on a
bench in the Wabash station at
Etna, Ind, a town four miles north.
east of Liverpool, Ind. He was un-
armed.
In addition to the men killed by
the outlaws, as heretofore stated,
they wounded the following persons:
T. w. Lathrop, agent Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad; shot dur
ing attack on Cliburn Junction sta
ton, on July 3.
Peter Goraki, shot during an at
rack by the four menlin his saloon,
on July 20,
Henry Biehl, clerk injured in
robbery of carbarns, on August 80.
William B. Edmund, clerk, shot