Evening journal., 1903-11-28
BOY BANDITS
FIERCE FIGHT
con.Inuea trsm - 20
pesperate eatiIe Win Posse.

Gle upOn the Ougout Wnele the tAIe'
robbers we're supposed to be-concealea.
Detective Driscoll. who was walking
in closer than the others. called out:
1T doesn't look as though there is
anybody in there
Don't anybody fire." ordered Shoe
han. "untl we know II they are the
right people
AS sheehan spoke Driscoll picked
up a chunk Of wood and hurled it at
the dugout Instantly there was
fash. a report. and DriscoN fell in q
heap. shot through the abdomen. ono
OF his fellow-oilicers stopped to raise
him. and the other six opened fire
on the dugout from which the shot
were now coming thick and fast While
the fire was at its hottest Van Din
and Roesh rushed out. followed a ieSl
minutes later by Niodermeicr I'll
latter ran 10 the tracks Of the Micnt
gan Central railway, and, throwins
himself lat ON the roadbed. steadicl
his arm on the rail as he kept up
rapid fire with three revolvers. RocrE
ran for the brush. but Van Dine rc
treated slowly although the air arOun,
him was filed with bullets and the
snow at bis feet was kicked up hF
y them. He is q splendid marksman
and. catching sight OF Detective 1im
meh, who was behind a tree he FIRE
ZimnNSg went down with a bullet in tho
head. As he fell, Van Dine drci
again, aAl the second bullet torC
through 2lpmers arm
RoosM Ma by this time disappeared
and Van Npe and Niedermeier plae-
ing their rev0lvers In their pockets,
made a run for freedom. The detec
tives fred constantly. but the bandits
escaped After running about a mile
across country. they came to the track
of the Pennsylvania railroad A switch
engine. with train of cars, was clos
a. hand. and, hurrying up to It, the
men ordered Brakeman Sovca to un
couple the train from the locoWotiyt
He refused and attempted tb taf
Niedormoiers revolver from him. TIC
latter instantly sent a bullet througa
the brakeman's brain. laying him decd
in the snow springing past Sovea
body the bandits mounted tho locomo
tive with revolvors in hand and OF
dered tho engineer to move out in q
hurry. which he did. going in the diYr-
tion OF Liverpool. Ind Allcr Two mile
had been covered. the men ordered thl
engineer to slow down and, leapin-
70 the ground disappeared in th
woods
Surrendered 70 Posses.
when they left the train both mon
we're nearly exhausted and unable %
travel The country at that place 4
rough, sandy and cut up by sraye
pits The farmers. railway laborer
p ge'SSnd Nfsere oo>9t iho .Rernsy'r y'rys1ia-Iss--
were coming up last, and soon we-
close on the fugitive's heels II We
easy 70 track them in the newly fallei
snow. and the hunt was speedil
closed. The men were seen as the
lodged about in the sand dunes, an
the farmers. most OF whom were arr
ed with double-barreled shot guns
oponed Gre on thom Neidermoier r,
ceived charge fun in the head ans
the bloOi streamed down his face anl
into his eyes. binding him 80 that n
could hardly see. A shot grazed Va
Dimes head. carrying OFF some of hi
hair. and his wounded leg was veal
ening The posse was closing in o.
all sides There was no escape. ar
it was evident to both men that ia
time had come either to surrender g
20 fight to the death. Both men wci
heavily armed and able to take moi
lives before they lost their own bu
as Van Dine said In discussing his $40
render "rhere would have been !
good i'm that. as we never shot en-
body unless we had to. and KILN
any of those fellows would not ha
let me OH. The jig was up for MS.
matter how many we killed. said
Pete. Wen. what do you thinks'
nodded his head and dropped his gul
and that's how they got u.s.
Following fresh footprints in
snow from the scene of the capture
Niedermeier and Van Dine, Fred N
Ter. Louis Miller John Dillon. Char
Hamilton and Hugo Kemp, residei
OF Toncston. lnd captured Er
Roesld. sitting on a bench in Z
wabash station at Aetna. Ind, a toy
four miles northeast of Liverpool l.
The arrest was made shortly AT
Roesld had missed a train to Chica.
He was unarmed
Remarkable Record Of Crime.
The list of the four boys victim
killed and wounded, In the last h
year. follows.
Killed-Otto Bauder. murdered d
ing saloon hold-up on July 9; Adol
Johnson. murdered Ia a saloon robbie
on August 2, James B. Johnson, n
torman. killed in robbery of Chica
City Railway company's car barns
August 30; Francis W. Stewart ST
down without warning during car ba
robbery; b. C. la Gross. murdered
his saloon on August Q: Policom
John Quinn. Killed November "a wh
trying 10 arrest Marx r. j. Sow
brakeman; Joseph Driscoll, detect
now dying in a hospital
Wonnded--r. W. Lathrop, shot q
ing attack on Ciybourn Junction S
ton on July 3. Peter Gorslzi, shot d
ing an attack by the four men on
saloon on July 20. Henry Biehl, Gle
injured IN robbery OF car barns
August 90; William p. Edmu
clerk. shot during same robbery; n
thew thinner, detective
These crimes netted the highw
men $3.50. EmbOldened by the S