Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-12-01
No HEAVEN OR HELL
Believed in by Quartet of Chi
cago Bandits---Do Not
Fear Hereafter.
DEATH SUPPOSED TO END IT ALL
Van Dein VIII Plead Insanity-Marx
Tells s~of Attempt on His Life by
Members of Band-Mayor Harrison
Orders Arrest of Loafers.

Chicago, Dec. 1--we Will walk 70
the scaffold without tremor."
This was the statement made by
the murderers, Marx, Van Dein, Neia
ermeier and Roeski as they sat in
their cells and discussed their proba-
BILE fate.
When arraigned in court Marx plead
ed guilty to all the charges against
him. but his three accomplices plead
ed not guilty. The prisoners were re-
moved from the Harrison police sta
ton to the county jail, where they will
remain until brought to trial.
Van Dein, it is said, will plead in.
sanity. This plea may also be en-
tered by the other bandits. Van Dein
is said to have near relative who is
In an asylum.
murdered his wife and daughter IN
Maine and to have been adjudged in
sane and sent to an asylum in which
he died Van Dein, while not denying
this report, would not confirm il
Roeski said that he heard of it from
Van Dein in the Indiana dugout.
Mothers Good Work.
Van Dein's mother has been work
ing with charitable organizations for
several years, devoting much time to
organizing boys clubs, the purpose of
which was to keep boys from saloons,
smoking and reading lurid literature.
She told Police Inspector LAWN that
she never suspected her son of any
wrong doing
Gustav Marx told the police of an
attempt which he said the other three
members of the robber band had made
to take his life. He declared that the
three shot at him when they were
planning one of the abortive attacks
on the money wagon of the American
Express company.
The prisoners scott at the idea of a
hereafter Death ends all is their
theory. He'll is on earth. Questioned
on the subject, Van Dein said;
when we die it is the end of us.
This is my belief and has always been,
even when as boy | listened to the
teachings of my mother regarding the
hereafter simply cannot believe In
an after life. I can't see the reason In
it. When we're dead we're dead, just
the same as animals. They don't go
to any heaven or hell, do they? Why
should we? respect the teachings OF
the church. My mother is as good a
Christian as ever lived"
Doesn't Feel Bad About It,
WAS her example nothing to your
II could not see things her way" he
replied II never could
you mean you would not, don't your
well, I didn't-that's all. I didn't
SEQ things as she did"
you have no remorse for the MUIR
ders you committed?"
81 can't feel SO bad about it. When
people are dead, they're dead. When
drop it's the end of me-"
Mayor Harrison has ordered the po-
lice to arrest every person caught
loafng about without visible means Of
support, and the police magistrates
have orders, where such vagrant Is
taken up and a weapon is found in his
possession, to fine him to the limit al
lowable
Crown Point, Ind, Dec. 1.-The Chi
cago bandits-Van Dein, Neidermeier
and Roeski-if they should by some
unforeseen circumstances escape pun
ishment in Chicago, will be brought
here and tried for the murder of Brake
man Sovea, which occurred in Indiana
territory The grand jury has voted
indictments against them