The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-28


here, shot Driscoll," Neidermeier look
ed up, smiled slightly and remarked:
Yes sheEaaHscoll and the brake
man.. and tileRhnk back to listen to
Both men adhatted that Marx had
told essentialIySfhe truth In connecting
| them with thaSKarious crimes charged
up against thelasand said that they did
| ~ hit two men said Neidermeier 81
don't know if f-kf1led anybody.
| I'VE left Chicago" said Vandine,
because We thought it wise to disap-
| pear for tinaee after Marx made his
| squeal, but We Were coming back
| again. We intended to come in tonight
| and to get some money so that we
| could get away,
81 suppose that means said Chief
| O'Neil, that you were going to commit
| robbery pr = -
Why, sure, certainly" said vandine,
with laugh
More Murders Confessed.
In abiding to the other crimes Of
the captives, Assistant Chief Sehuet-
tier asked:
who killed Otto Bauder?"
All of us took a shot at him. said
| Vandine.
Who killed the man at North ave-
nue. and yForty-seventh street ~ =
Il don't know. I fired two or three
times. Pete shot some, toe"
Who shot Gefski2'
Il shot him and Roeski helped"
In answer to other questions about
robberies of saloons, Vandine gener-
ally replied: 81 and Roeskf did it,"
I'VE We're planning some big rob
berries here said Vandine, "and we
would have got away with a lot of
money soon but for Marks squealing
on us. I'd like to get him and put him
where Driscoll is
When told that the police wanted to
take his picture, Vandine replied: -.
well, you don't get it until my face
is washed. I'll haye no picture looking
like this
Chief O'Neil took a damp. towel and
wiped the faces of the two men! Then
their pictures were TAKEN After this
Vandine again talked of his surrender.
L wanted to see my friends before i.
WENT he said. We've got mothers
like other people, amt we, Peter?,,4 And
Neidermeier replied, Sure thing"
Could Have Killed More.
1--WE fought until there was no
chance of getting away without fur :,
Their murder" said Vandine. when
was on the train could haveJs shot lots
of those farmers. They We're black
/ against the snow and did not know
enough to take to cover. 1t would
have been nothing but tagetf practice
to kill Them z..,s5 +
Following fresh footprints in the
snow from the scene of the capture of
Neidermeier and Vandines Fred Miller,
Louis Miller, John Dillon, Charles
Hamilton and Hugo Kemp, residents of
East Tolleston, Ind, captured Emil
Roeski sitting on a bench in the Wa.
bash station at Aetna, Ind, four miles
northeast Of Liverpool, Ind. The arrest
was made shortly after Roeski had
missed train to Chicago He was
unarmed. The bandit was identified
by Hugo Kemp, hunter, who engaged
the. desperate in fight for life at
sand pit in East .Tolleston, when the
fugitives pressed a locomotive into
service to escape the police.
The record of the trio captured today,
together with that of Gustav Marx,
their companion in crime, whose con-
feSsion led to their arrest, is eight
murders and attempts at murder. Be-
sides the, robbery of the Chicago city
railway, when two Of the railway. en-
ployes were shot and killed and $2.250
were carried off by the bandits, the
youthful murderers were concerned 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 records up to six months
ago, the exploits Of these youths since
last July have had the police depart
ment Of Chicago in a. state Of bewil-
derment. ers
List of Their Victims. -
The list of the four boys victims,
killed and wounded. in the last half
year. follows: az &c., -
Killed: ~ M
loon holdup on July 9.
Adolph Johnson, murdered in sa-
loon robbery on Aug. 2.
James B. Johnson. motorman, killed
in robbery of Chicago City Railway
company's car barns on Aug. 80. John
son was asleep on a bench In the outer
office and was awakened by the shoot
ing, was shot and killed before he could
rise to his feet. ~
Francis w. Stewart, shot down dur
ing car barn robbery.
B. =. G. Gross, murdered In his sa-
loon on Oct 2.
Police John Quinn, killed Nov. 21
while trying to<arrest Marx.
T. j. Sovea, brakeman, killed today
Joseph Driseell; detective, now dying
in a hospital. lto 7s1ss' =
Wounded: Il
T. ". Lathrop, agent Chicago G
Northwestern railway, shot during at
tack on Clybourne Junction Station
July 8. III
Peter Gorselliq shot during an attack
by the four men on his saloon on
July 20. Is gt5.5 r =: - &s"'.ia -
Henry Bieh1, clerk, injured in rob-
berry on car barns on Aug. 30!tts @}-i - !
William B. Edmund, clerk, shot and
seriously injured during same robbery.
Matthew Zinnier. detective. wound
ed in fight today.
Had More Ambitious Plans.
These crimes, netted the highway
men $3.50. Emboldened by the sue
cess of their depredations and their
apparent immunity from detection,
crimes on a larger scale had been
planned by the desperadoes The hold
ing up of railway trains in Chicago was
decided upon. Dynamite being diff
cult to buy in Illinois and being easily
traceable, they made special trip. to
Cripple Creek. Col, to secure the ex-
plosive.
The scheme to hold up train on the
Chicago & Northwestern road was
abortive because the engineer did not
stop at their signal. Shortly afterwards
Marx became drunk, and, on being ar
rested, told of the crimes.
Late tonight Roeski was brought to
Chicago, and is. now locked UP in the
same police station with his COM