New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-28
BLOODY FIGHT FOR LIFE.
BUT DESPERADOES LOSE.
Three Caught By Chicago Police iE
Indiana-Confess Many Crimes

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three months career OF crime which has iucIud-
ed nine murders the wOundng OF Ave other men
and a long series OF robberies. The two bandits.
neither Of whom is more than tsventy-one years
old. with their companion. E.nh Roeski. who is
no older. were captured near Liverpool. Ind.
to-day. after fight in which they oattled
against policemen. railroad detectives. railroad
Iaborers and farmers. One man was killed and
another fatally wounded. and all three Of ths
young bandits were wounded. but not seriously.
The dead
sovEA. T. J.. brakeman the Pennsylvania ssfroad
The wounded;
ds.s,Iyf on Si'1sS sqFss 0'
zIM1fIP Matthew. detective chicago force shot IN
head and arm
Niederuaeier was wounded in the hand By
birdshot. Van Dine similarly injured. and
sustained. in addition, a flesh wound in the left
thigh. Roeski was shot in the right hip His
wound is the most serious OF any inflicted on
the three men. but was not bad enough to pre-
vent him from travelling long distance after
receiving it.
The three men were wanted by the police for
completely in the murders at the car barns OF tbs
Chicago City Railway Company on August 80.
when killed. third was badly
wounded and S225O stolen from the COM
pany Gustave Marx. who last Saturday nighs
Hcenan endeavored 70 arrest Marx, confessed
after his capture that he with the three men.
committed the crimes at the barns The
hunt for Van Dine Niedermeler and Roeski haA
been hot ever since
LAYING FOR" WITNESS.
Although they knew that the entire poles
force was looking for them. the three men re-
NAMED in the city until Wednesday morning
I'VE were laying for fellow that wit
ness against Marx" said Van Dine
/ On Wednesday they left here. going TO dug
out made by railroad laborers near the tracks
of the Michigan Central Railroad. near Miilsr's.
+ Ind Last night they spent in another dusous
near NiIler's Station. and there they were sur
prised by the police this morning
i Word was brought to the police last night by
/ T s Reichers. school teacher near Clark
/ Station. Ind. that three men answering ths
\ description of those wanted for the barn
murders were living in the dugout. Other ste-
ries last night placed the men near WaUkegan.
Ill The police. placing no great reliance in any
of the rumors. sent only eight men. Detectives
thinner. De Roche Qualey. Gleason. Sheehan.
/ Driscoll. Banner and Hughes. to Indiana.
sheehan being in charge OF the squad
The men. guided by Reichers. reached the dug
out az abo q O'Clock. and closed IN On IL IN y
circle. Driscoll. WHO was closer than the others.
called out: 1T doesn't look as though there IS
anybody in there
Don't anybody fire." ordered Sheehan. @un.I
we know IL they the right people.
AS Sheehan spoke DriscolI picked uo chuniS
Of wood and hurled IL the dugout Instantly
I there was report and Driscor fell in a heap.
shot through 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 fast.
BREAK FROM THE DUGoUT
While the firing was at It's hottest Van Dina
and Roeski rushed out. followed few minutes
! later by Niedermeier. The latter ran 70 the
tracks Of the Michigan Central Railroad. and.
throwing himself fat the roadbed steadied
his arm the rail as he kept rapid fra
from revolvers, Of which he had three.
Roeski ran for the brush. but Van Dine re-
treated slowly. though the air around him was
filed with bullets and the at his feet was
kicked I'D by them He Is a splendid marks
man and catching sight Of Detective thinner.
who was behind a tree. he fred thinner went
down with bullet in the head AS he fell Van
Dine fred again. and the second bullet tors
through zimmer's arm
After his arrest Van Dine said. His head
and his arm were all could see. hit all there
was of him
RoesIf had by this time disappeared. and Van
Dine and Niedermeier pocketins their reviewers.
made a run for IT, The detectives fred con-
stantly but the bandits escaped After running
about a mile across country. they came to the
Z tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad. switch
engine with a train Of cars close at hand.
and ht1rrying up TO IL. the men ordered Sovea.
the brakeman to uncouple the train from the
engine He refused and attempted TO take
Niedermeiers revolver from him. The latter
instantly sent a bullet through the brakeuans
brain.
The bandits then mounted the engine revolv-
ers in hand and ordered the engineer TO move
out in hurry. which he did. going toward
Liverpool Ind After two miles had been COW
cred the men ordered the engineer 20 slow down.
and jumping from the engine disappeared in
the woods
When the train carried Van Dine and Nieder-
meier away. Detective Sheehan hurried 70 the
nearest telegraph station and wired 70 chiec
O'Neil for men with rifles. The message met
with a prompt response. and In a short time
Assistant Chief Schuettler and Atty officers.
armed with rifles. were the way to Millers
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD JOINS HUNT
The officials Of the Pennsylvania Railroad also
rose to the emergency. As soon as they heard
of the murder OF Sovea they started Captain
Briggs Of the roads detective service. to Liver
pool with force in a special train, with orders
to take no chances. spare no expense and &c, the
bandits dead or alive. The entire division OF
The unA was placed temporarily under the or
ders OF Captain Briggs
The news OF the fight at the dugour had
spread with great rapidity through the country.
and nv the time the two painting men rushed up
% che engine hundred farmers and railroad
1aborers we're after them These were left be-