Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
+ Neidermeyer, One of the
Bandits, Makes a
Second Confession.
REWARDS FOR MOTHER
He Will Tell of Train HoId-Ups,
telnrics and Other Crimes If His
bther Can lie Provided for
inanciaIIy--Con yinccs Officers
dc Knows All about Crimes.

rago. Nov. 29.-Peter Ncidermeycr.
member of the quartettc of young
is, who for the last six months have
fized Chicago, in another confession
y added several more crimes to the
list already charged against him and
Pmpanions. Van Dine. Marx and Roc
with parental love uppernost in his
Neidermeyer offered to tell Chief
Pllce ONeil of a score of train hold
burglaries and other crimes that he
committed If the rewards offered will
|be given to his mother.
want to know that my mother will
red for after [ am hung said the
ar old boy. who is now the self
issed murderer of five mon. Il am
of crimes of which you know no
and for which innocent men are
suffering. There are rewards offered
by capture and conviction. If you will
hntee me that these rewards will go
~ mother. | will convict myself. |
eonfess crimes hat will startle you"
order to make his word good Neider-
r told of a few crimes which he
ned to have committed. lie outlined
in such a manner Chief O'Neil to-
| declared, as only n who is con-
ID In them could do.
(dermeyer refused, however, to di-
! the names OF his partners in the
es referred to, pending proof that his
Yer would get the reward.
lew Of the additional crimes he claims
I've participated in are as follows:
sbbery of the illinois Central Limited
fss at Paducah, Ky, in which Barnes,
of the robbers cut his throat while
bundled in a swamp. The other os-
k.
Ia UP of a stage coach a mile from
Ter, New, two years ago and robbery
be mails. No M was shot and the
|ers escaped without recognition.
Id up and robbery of a Chicago &
Invest passenger train near Boone,
six months ago
I'D up and attempted robbery of Bal
ire & Ohio train at Edgemoor. Ind.
years ago.
NOR hold ups and robberies in and
pf Chicago were mentioned by Neider.
Ter. But in all cases he was careful,
pnceal the names of his associates il
(e. merely giving sufficient outline OF
|crime to warrant Chief O'Neil In be.
Ing that Neidermeyer was telling the
b.
hon Neidermeyer went back to hi.
il was with the assurance hat hi.
her would be bettered $3.50 financially
|ecial Agent w. Riley of the Chicago
Northwestern railroad promised tina
] NeiderIneyer should be given the re
Il of $500 for the arrest and conviction
he Clyburn station robbers after Neid
Eyer detailed the robbery to them anc
herated a man named Dole of st
Us. who is now under Indictment.
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hrop, the victims of the robbery IL
.Clyburn station hold up. were presen'
Neidermeyer's confession, going
: with him in detail the robbery anc
shooting of Lathrop.
aider1neyer detailed the Paducah, Ky.
mp perfectly. refusing to tell names
the reason that none of the Illinois
trial detectives were present. lie of
d to tell Special Agent O'Keefe the
re story of the daring robbery anC
\ show him the house in Kentucky
re he hid after the robbery.
stalled the train alone said Neider
'er. Then l entered the baggage C a
threw out three sacks. Barnes grab
one of them. I didn't get n as
lucky to get AVA with my life
y found Barnes in a swamp with his
pat cut. He had the razor in his hant
( he committed suicide with.
last May / spent three year
lold ups and robberies outside Chicag,
II the rewards are forthcoming 70.
mother / will make a clean breas
everything"
police have been so appalled, b,
dermeyer's confessions that they hard
give credence to all his assertions. ]
bought that his mothers welfare ha