Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

Il L.
The country at that place is rough sandy
ana cut up 10y gravel pits The farmers
railroad laborers ana officers of the Penn
l.SNlNHnia road were coming up fast and
soon were close on the fugltives' heels
1t was easy to track them In the new
fallen snow The men were seen as they
lodged about in the sand dunes and the
Farmers. most of whom We're armed with
double barrcllcd shot guns. opened fire
Neidcrmeicr received a charge full in the
head and the blood streamcd down his
face and into his eyes binding him 50
I that he could hardly see. A shot grazod
Van Dimes head. carrying of some of
| his hair and his wounded leg was Tcal-
cning.
BANDITS SURRENDERED.
The posse was closing in on all sides
| There was no escape and it was evident
I that the time had come either to sur
render or to fight to tho death. Both mon
were heavily armed and able to take more
lives before they lost their own; but. as
Van Dime said tonight in discussing his
surrender there would have been no
/ good i'm that ~ We have not shot anybody
unless We have had to and killing of
those fellows would have not have let M
. off The Jig was UP for us. no matter
how many we killed. says to Pete
We'll. what do YOU think? lie nodded
his head ana dropped his guns. and that's
how they got us
N-ln Dine who has served i'm tho arnN
m inc Fhihppln"S' ana shows ms military
/ training in many ways, was fun of ecorn
! for tho men who had taken him.
II could have killed 40 cpd of them"
| he said 'thov came walking along like a
drove Of quail and could have covered
| the ground With them had plenty of
| cartridcrS and I generally hit what |
| shoot at II wouldn't done me any
good. though. and don't shoot unless
! it j. necessary"
RUSHED INTO ILLINOIS.
Tho mon vcro t orce hondr,r.od
! ,l,ccd urou a train and hurried ia chi
! caro- INC city noIicc officers wasting moi
| a minute in rushing th.n, over the lnc
! into Illinois to avoid nossiblc conflict with
/ fine Iudi,na malice vz.no ,nipl, hi\, ,,.-
! ,,,..,,,i.l ~ ,,,,,,, -. ,,.,,,,,t r ~ ,,,,.
| L,r nr Sc,.o This c..,r ,r.,. moi i,.tilioJ
| I'D, ,,o,..,rnr 1,rri,i,, f tnLi,r. a.. ..,iL
1 br onnrnvol tb.ir ..tinn Th,1 Ny,r,.
/ t,l,c, mon, ti. tr.,i, at tha Ar,her .,.ni,o
! crossing i, , natrnl vnpon and rurri.d
! IA tho civ nan Tbnv wore t.i,rn intn
| IN, noi., ,f Cticf nf poiic. C.%,,l and
! iEcra in tho ,rnsouca Of NIavnr Harrison
o,.i - ,hror,, 80 n,,i,er. tho,. di',,,,t..d
! fin. n,..nt. of tho dov az ,uI,,l,. as thni,ph
! If had nson notbire unusual yor th.rn
! > ~, H. ,',i,,,,,... .to,,.d n.,,,
h,,..,,o ana ,iil ~. L,,lti,. ,ri,.,. .n,,,..
cd NOT mo eIirhtne, bcsitntio, in confess
'nS 10 theH crimes h'.f u'in'an'r "tS
pilfering. Van Dine sat upright aud talk
: ed freely. showing i'm word and hearing
the courage that he has revealed through
out. Neidormoier sat with his head on his
, hands Ills large brown eyes were bont
on the floor and he did no talking except
to corroborIte some statements made by
Van Dine. When Van Dine said:
Pete. here. sho, Driscoll.' Neidcrmricr
| look up smiled slightly AND remarked:
YES. | shot Driscoll and the, brakeman"
! ard then sank back to listen to Van Dine.
,.,,,,.,..
| ''-Nr ''7'9 ''fl' ''iH'-
| Both men admitted that Marx hod
told essentially IN. truth i'm rouneci-
ing Them win me various crimes
| charged up against them and said that
mo, did the killing at The C,,. barns
/ bit Nvo men" said Noidnrmeier
/ II uou't know If | KILLED onvhodv
we left chicago" said Van Dino.
/ "bccnu-c we thought If wise To- dlS;p-
! pear Tor Il nm" after MiirN maze ma