The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-23
Triple Execution in Cook
 County Jail.
NEIDERMIER FIRST TO DIE i
IS Too Weak to Walk to the
 GallOWS.
Hanging of Gustav Marx and Har- vey Van Dine Follows Quickly. Story of Their Many
 Crimes.

Chicago, April 22-Compelled to be car ried to the scaffold, Peter Neidermier, leader of the car barn bandits. was hanged here today at I0:S5 Weak and pale. but with slight suggestion of a smile. the bandit faiicd to carry out his oft-repeated boast that he would die be- fore reaching the gallows. The hanging Of his associates, Gustav Marx and Har- vey Van Dine quickly followed. AL though it was expected at first that Neidermeier would be able to walk to the gallows with but little or no assist ance. it was found at the last moment that he was too weak. Straps were placed over his ankles and just above his knees.
 Carted to the Gallows.
 He was then placed on a truck and wheeled to one of the lower floors of the jail, after which he was carried to the scaffold and placed in chair on the trap Ho was not asked the customary question if he had anything to say. and the rope was quickly placed about his neck. He instinctively settled his neck into the moose and the trap was sprung. The hcdy shot through the trap and for twen- ty minutes after.rit moved convulsively the physicians at first being of the opin- ion that he was strangling to death and that the rope had been placed too low. After examination. however, the physi- clans announced that his heck had been broken.
 Snatched Death Warrant.
 Neidernier appeared on the scaffold wearing a red rose. out without a coat. Previous to the execution and during the reading of the death warrant. Neider- mier snatched the paper from the chief deputy's hands and placed 1t in pocket and made remarks in anger at this time, and once or twice when he was being taken to the scaffold.
 Shortly after Il o'clock Marx was led to, the scaffold. Neatly dressed and with a white rose as houttonIeFe which had been given him by his small sister the night before He was pale but his cour- age never left him while he stood on the scaffold. He made no statement
 The priests of the Roman Catholic Church. of which Marx had become a member. accompanied Marx to the gal lows. He repeated litany with them. kissed q cruciflx. after which the jailer adjusted the moose and sprang the trap at 11:15 He was pronounced dead at Il 34 his neck having been broken.
 Made No Statements.
 Harvey Van Dine was hanged after a short interval Incidents in Van Dine's execution were similar to those that characterized the execution of Marx. Like Marx, he was composed preceding his execution
 knd It had been the intention of Sheriff Barret. to hang the trio simultaneously on one scaffold, as the anarchists were executed some years ago.
 The plan, however. was abandoned. mainly on account of Neidermier's at- tempt at suicide, which had left him in weakened condition and made it advis- able that he should be hanged alone.
 A large crowd assembled at the jail preceding the hour of execution and sought admission, but were turned away. Only limited number provided by law were allowed in the Jail to witness the execution of the bandits. whose careers with Roeski. imprisoned for life but a few days before-were closed at practi- cally the same time.
 Story of the Crimes.
 Hanging of the youthful car barn ban dits followed closely a period of crime Of less than six months. In that time eight murders were committed; all attendant upon robberies or efforts to escape ar rest. It was during an attempt to escape on a stolen train after an extraordinary bat- tie in the swamps of northern Indiana, lust east of Chicago. that on November q of last year the capture of the gang was completed by the arrest of Neider- meier. Van Dine and Emil Roeski, their associate, Marx, having already been placed behind the bars to await trial. The specific offence for which Van Dlne. Neidermeier and Marx were tried and sentenced was the murder of Frank Stewart, a clerk in the Chicago City Railway car barns, during a robbery there on the morning of August 90, 1905. James B. Johnson. motorman, was also killed, and two persons were wounded. The bandits escaped after having secured $2240 RoesM was not concerned in this crime. but, after the conviction of his companions was tried separately for one of the murders in which he was accused the principal.
 Boastfulness of Marx.
 Apprehension of the trio in Indiana was brought about through the boastfulness of Marx. which also caused his own trscing. While under the influence of liquor he displayed a magazine revolver of the kind known to have been used by the car barn murderers. He asserted that the police would never take him alive.
 This came to the notice of Captain Schuettler. Detectives Quinn and Blaul were detailed to arrest Marx They found him November 20 in a saloon. When about to take him Into custody Marx shot and killed Quinn and tried to shoot Blaul and escape, but was wounded and cap tured. Several days later Marx, angered at the failure of his companions to carry out a prearranged plan to dynamite the police station in which he was confined and se- cure his release, confessed to the murders l at the street railway barn and impli- 1 cated Neidermeier and Van Dine. Marx | told of other desperate crimes they had | committed. and involved Roesli. Until l this admission. identity of the perpetra- 1 tors had remained a mystery.
 The Bandits Located. On Thursday evening, November 26 | less than week after the confession of | Marx. word was received that three men, l answering the descriptions of the car | barn bandits. were in hiding near Clark, l Irdiana. Seven policemen were fmmedi- |