Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-22
CAR BARN BANDITS
PAY THE PENALTY
OF THEIR DEEDS
Marx ard Van Dine Were
Hanged in the Chicago Jail Today
IA Detailed Account of Their
Crime.

sooner had he done SO than firing be
gan, and volley after volley aimed a
the officers, came from the magazin
guns OF the bandits.
Concealing themselves behind tree
ar bushes as best they could, the pc
lice steadily returned the fire.
IN this manner the fight continue,
for short time. Suddenly two of tn,
outlaws jumped from the cave and es
capped across the frozen prairie, keep
ing Up fusilade as they ran.
| l3ttective Driscoll advanced to thu
du' out and was firing at the feeins
| deSperadOeS, when Neidemeier-the
pc! e thought there had been but two
I in ne hollow-emerged, fatally sho
him IN the back and joined his com
panions, while the other policemen
were still engaging the outlaws. A
moment later Detective thinner fell
seriously wounded, but neither side
yielded. Some minutes later, however
the police being obliged to care for
the two wounded detectives, and find
Ing their fire falling short, decided to
give up the fight temporarily, and send
to hicago for reinforcements The
bandits continued their fight
A special train with 50 policemen
armed with rifles was rushed to the
scene. and the hunt renewed.
flthough escape was now impossible
th4 men showed no signs of submis
sioi. They had not halted since firing
their ISL volley, and arrived at TOLLS
tor exhausted but still determined tC
avoid capture.
On Il side track at Tolliston where
s~ndlfs men were working, stood al
engine and train of cars. Then foi
lowed the execution of quickly form
ed plan to seize the train and escape
The three outlaws jumped into the
cab and confronted Fireman Frank
Coffey, the engineer being away at the
time. At first Coffey did not notice
that they were armed. Brakeman
John Sovia did, however, and crawled
over the tender evidently to warn
him. Sovia attempted to take the re-
volver from Neidemeier while the 9TH
er two bandits pointed their revolvers
at Coffey. The scuff1e was short and
Sovia pitched headformost out of the
cab with bullet in his brain, dying al
most instantly.
With their guns still pointed at Cof-
fey's head the trio ordered him hastily
to take the train out of the siding, and
it started on wild run to Liverpool
In the woods short distance away
were number of armed farmers, who,
having heard of the escapade and es-
cape of the outlaws, had started to in
tercept them The posse reached Toll
liston about noon, just as the train
passed They rushed across the prairie
to a point where the road curves and
where there was locked switch, COM
pelling Fireman Coffey to stop.
The posse opened fire as the train
stopped, and the trio fled to cornf1eld
exchanging shots as they ran. Charges
from the guns of the farmers, under
the leadership of Charles Hamilton,
struck Neidemeier and Van Dine, but
did not seriously wound either. The
bandits who had now made their last
stand were not deferred and fired fire.
quent volleys at their pursuers.
Knowing they were surrounded and
that further resistance would be USE
less the criminals some minutes later
decided to surrender. Neidemeier,
the leader of the gang, who, Marx had
said never would be taken alive, being
the first to do so. A few minutes af-
terwards Van Dine abandoned the
fight
While Van Dine and Neideneier
were giving themselves up, Roeski fled
to the woods beyond Liverpool. The
posse found him later in a railroad
station at Aetna, waiting for train
to Chicago. He made no resistance,
was disarmed, and brought to the city
with the two other bandits.
Detectives Driscoll, who was shot by
Neidemeier, died four DAYS later.
While in Jail Neidemeier smilingly
5oasted of having killed 23 men. Marx
dSScllcu tHdl HO Adu IAuAuC ANO- III
vestigation proved the statements to
be untrue. 1t developed that these
confessions" had been made to obtain
notoriety, or for as small considera-
tion as chew of tobacco. Of the
eight known victims of the bandits.
four are thought to have been killed
by Neidemeier alone.
On January the trial of Neide-
meier. Van Dine and Marx, who had
been indicted the day after the cap
ture. began. But little testimony fav-
orable to them was offered. No de-
fense at all was made for Neidemeier.
In>the case of Van Dine evidence
was introduced to show that he had
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