Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-11-28
Beardless Boys Guilty of Nu-
merous Murders and Long
Series of Robberies.
CAPTURED AFTER FIERCE FIGHT
Brakeman Killed ard Two Detective
Notwithstanding Bandits injured
Surprised by Police in Dusout
Near Railroad in Indiana.

wrist their. hair matted with dried
blood, their clothing covered with dust
and dirt. two beard3ess boys. Peter
Niede:meier and Harvey Van Dine.
sat in the presence CT Mayor Harrison
and Chief Of Police soNeB, calmly con
Tossing to Their share in a three.
months career OF crime which has in
c!uded niEe murder, the veUnding of
five other men and long series Of
robberies.
rho two young BANDITS. neither of
whom is over 81 years old. together
with their companion. Emil Roesk,
who is no older, were captured near
Liverpool Ind, after a fight in which
they battled against policemen. rail
road detectives, railroad laborers and
farmers. One man was killed, an
Other fatally wounded and all three Of
the young bandits were wounded. but
not seriously.
The Dead.
T. j. Sovea, brakeman on the Penn
sylvania railroad
The Wounded.
SoS1PH DitSSoiit ueteCliNt Oh Cuicd5O
police force; shot through abdomen
and can live but a short time.
Matthew thinner, detective on Chi
cago police force; shot in head and
arm.
Neidemeier was wounded in the
hand by bird shot; Van Dine was sim
ilarly injured and sustained in addi-
tion flesh wound in the left thigh
Roeski was shot In the right hip. His
wound is the most serious of any in
fieted upon the three men, but was
not sufficiently serious to prevent him
from travelling a long distance after
receiving 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 company on Aug. 80, when
two men were killed, third badly
wounded and $2,250 stolen from the
company. Gustave Marx, who last
Saturday night murdered Officer John
Quinn when the policeman endeavored
to put him under arrest, confessed
after his capture that be, in company
with the three men, had committed
the crimes at the barns The hunt for
Van Dine, Niedermeier and Roeski
has been hot ever since Although
they knew that 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 witness against Marx" said
Van Dine
On Wednesday they left Chicago.
going to a dugout made by railroad
laborers near the tracks of the Michi-
gan Central railroad near Millers, Ind.
Thursday night they spent in another
dugout near Millers station, Ind, and
there they were surprised by the po-
lice In the morning.
Remarkable Record of Crime.
The record of the trio captured, to-
gether with that of Gustave Marx,
their companion in crime, whose con
fession led to their arrest is eight
murders and many attempts at mur-
der. None of the four desperadoes Is
over Fl years old, but besides the rob-
berry Of the Chicago City railroad.
when two of the railway employees
were shot and killed without warning
and $2,250 was carried off by the ban.
dts, the youthful murderers were con
cerned in many other robberies, IN
which six other persons were killed
and five were seriously wounded
With only short Bridewell sentence
representing their criminal court rec
ords up to six months ago, the ex-
ploits of these youths since last July
have had the police department of
Chicago in a state of bewilderment.
The list of the four boys victims,
killed in the last half year, follows:
Victims Killed by Boys.
Otto Bauder, murdered during sa-
loon hold-up July g.
Adolph Johnson, murdered in a sa.
loon robbery Aug. 2.
James B. Johnson, motorman. killed
in robbery of Chicago City Railroad
company's car barns on Aug 80.
Francis w Stewart, shot down with.
out warning during car barn robbery
B. c. Lagross, murdered in his sa-
loon on Aug. 2.
Policeman John Quinn, killed Nov.
FL, while trying to arrest Marx.
T. J. Sovea, brakeman killed
Joseph Driscoll, detective, now dy-
ing in hospital
Train Robbery Planned.
Emboldened by the success of their
depredations and their apparent i'm.
munity from detection, outlawry on a
wider scale had been planned by the
four .desperadoes. The holding up of
railroad trains in Chicago was de-
clded on. Dynamite being difficult 20
buy in Illinois and easily traceable.
they made a special trip to Cripple
Creek, Col, to secure the explosive.
The scheme to hold up a train on
the Chicago and Northwestern road
was aborted because the engineer did
not stop at their signal Shortly after
wards Marx became drunk and on
being arrested told of the crimes.