The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

! err had fastened his gaze upon her
girl companion, who stood with head
buried in her arms. Then the moth
ter's instinct asserted itself again.
~ s, Harvey and l will take care of
Mamie. She shall be my daughter.
We will suffer together"
Once more the tears appeared in
Van DENIS eyes and the girl. could
no longer control her emotions. Her
sobs broke out anew, and every one
who was near was affected by the
scene. Two young women who had
been passed into the cellroom with
Mrs. Van Dein and Miss Dunno began
to sob and Inspector LAWN motioned
that the interview must end.
1--WE will come again, Harvey"
said Mrs. Van Dein as she left the cell
A Scaffold Marriage.
day that there Is strong possibility
day that there is a strong possibility
of what is known as a "scaffold mar
riage." The belief was expressed by
detectives who have worked on the
case that Miss Dunno is willing and
anxious to marry Van Dein,before he
J stands trial for the series of crimes
in which he has participated.
| Fight at the Dugout.
Yesterday when the police reached
the dugout referred to above, they ad-
vanced in a'circle and Sheehan, the
lee der, said Don't anybody fire until
we know If they are the right peo-
Pile
Driscoll picked up a chunk Of wood
and hurled it at the dugout Instant
~, there was a flash, a report, and
Driscoll fell in heap, shot thru 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 coming thick
and fast.
Vandine and Roeski rushed out, fol-.
lowed a few minutes later by Niede-
meier. The latter ran to the tracks of
the Michigan Central railway. and,
throwing himself fiat on the aroadbed,
steadied his arm on the rail as he kept
UP a rapid fire with three revolvers.
Roeski ran from the brush, but Van
Dein retreated slowly. altho the air
around him was filled with bullets and
the snow at his feet was kicked UP
by them He is a splendid nlarksrnan
and. catching sight of Detective Zim-
amer, who was bahind a tree, he fired.
thinner went down with a bullet in
the head. AS he fell Van DEM fired
again and the second bullet tore thru
Zimmer's arm.
Dash for Freedom.
IIOGSkl ndu lHiS llIIle uiSdppGdISu
and Van Dein and sNiedemeier, plac-
ing their revolVers in their pockets,
made run for freedom. The detec-
tives fired constantly, but the bandits
escaped. After running about mile
across country they came to the tracks
of the Pennsylvania railway. a switch
engine with train of cars was close
at hand, and the. men ordered Brake
man Sovea to uncouple the train from
the locomotive. He refused and at
tempted to take Niedemeier's revolt
yer from. him. The latter instantly
sent bullet thru the brakemans
brain, laying him dead in the snow.
Springing past Sovea's body the BAN
gineer to move out in hurry, which
he did, going in the direction Of Liv-
erpool, Ind. ~
Van Dein poked his face thru the
cab window as the engine left and a.
farmer, armed with a shot gun, turned
loose with both barrels. A number
Of shots struck Van Dein in the head
and face, and one hit him in the
throat, causing him trouble.
After two miles had been covered,
the nsen ordered the engineer to slow
down, and the bandits leaped to the
ground and disappeared in the woods.
Bandits Exhausted. =
When they left the train both men
were nearly exhausted and unable to
travel. The country at that place is
rough, sandy and cut, up by gravel
pits. The farmers. railway .laborers
and officers of the Pennsylvania rail-.
way were coming UP fast. and they
soon. were close on the fugitives' heels.
1t was easy to track them in the new
fallen snow, and the hunt was speed
lily closed. The men were seen as they
lodged about in the sand dunes, and
the farmers, most of whom were
armed with double barreled shot guns,
closed in on them.
Is Neidemeier received a charge full
in the head, and the blood streamed
down his face and into his eyes so
that he could barely see. The shot
grazed Van DENIS head and carried
off some of his hair. The posse
was closing in on all sides. There was
no escape. Both men were heavily
armed but resistance was useless.
They surrendered and were hastily
handcuffed and hurried on train to
Chicago.
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