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retreated slowly. although the
around him was
Filled With Bullets

around him was
Filled With Bullets
and the sndw at his feet was kicked
up by them He is splendid marks
man, and, catching sight of Detective
thinner, who, was behind tree, he
fired. Zimmef went down With a bui.
let in the head. As he tell Vandlne
fired again and the second hullet tore
through Zimmer's :arm.
Roeski had by this time disappeared
and Vandine and Niedermeier, placing
their revolvers in their pockets, made
a run for freedom. The detectives
fired constantly, but the bandits es.
capped. After running about a mile
across country they came to the tracks
of the Pennsylvania railway. A switch
engine with a train Of cars were close
at hand and hurrying up to It, the men
ordered Brakeman Sovea to uncouplo
the train from the locomotive. He re-
fused and attempted to take NieAsr.
meier's revolver from him. The latter
instantly sent Duilet through the
brakeman's brain.
Laying Him Dead
IN the snow. Springing past Sovea's
body the bandits mounted the locomo-
tive with revolvers in hand and or
dered the engineer to move out in u
hurry, which he did. going in the d.
rectfon OF Liverpool: Ind. After two
miles had been covered. the men or
dered the engineer to slow down, ami,
feaping to the ground. disappeared In
the woods. After the train had car
rled Vandine and Niedermeier away
Detective Sbeehan hurried to the near
est telegraph station and wired to
Chief of Police O'Neil, asking that
men be sent out with rifles. The mes
sage met with a prompt response. ami
in short time Assistant Chief of Pc.
lice Schuettler and fifty others, armed
with rifles, were on their way to Mill
er's. The news of the fight at the
dug-out had spread with great rapidity
through the country and by the time
the
Two Painting men
rushed up to the locomotive a hundred
farmers and railway laborers were af-
ter them. These We're left behind
with the Chicago detectives when the
train pulled out. When the robbers
left the train both were nearly. en-,
hausted and unable to travel. The
country at that place is rough, sandy
and cnt up by gravel pits. The FARM
ers. railway laborers and officers Of
the Pennsylvania railway were COM
ing I'D fast and soon were close to the
fugitives' heels. 1t was easy to track
them in the new fallen snow and the
hunt was speedily closed. There was
men that the time had come to sur
render or fight to the death. They
decided ON the former course and were
at once handcuffed, placed upon a
train and hurried to Chicago.
Calmly Tell of Their Deeds.
They were taken into the Office of
Chief of Police O'Neil and there. III
tthe presence of Mayor Harrison and
throng of officers, they discussed the
events of the day as calmly as though
it had been nothing unusual for them:
None of the prisoners showed any
bravado and did no boasting They
showed not the slightest hesitation in
confessing to their crimes. Their de-
meanor was more that OF boys who
had been caught pilfering
Following fresh footprints in the
snow from the scene of the capture OF
Neidermeier and rVandine. five resi-
dents of East Tolleston, Ind, captured
Emil Roeski sitting on a bench in the
Wabash station at Aetna. Ind. "a town
four miles northeast of Liverpool. He
was taken at once to Chicago.