Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-22
CAR BARN BANDITS
ARE EXECUTED.
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SKI. lntll TINS ADMISSION, l0enu,y OF
the perpetrators had remained q mys-
terry.
On Thursday evening Nov. &c, less
than n week after the confession OF
Marx. word was received that three
men, answering the descriptions Of the
car barn bandits, were In hiding near
Clark, Indiana. Seven policemen IRE
Immediately sent to the town, ARR ing
there Friday morning, They were met
by Henry f.. Richards, who had report
ed the clew and who had secretly
traced the trio to a "dugout In the
sand dunes where they were living,
With Rlechers as a guide the police,
armed with rifles and revolvers, and led
by Detective John II, Sheehan, waited
till daybreak and then started for the
snow covered cave near the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad tracks at Wilson's, a
short distance from Clark.
DuGoUT SURROUNDED.
Surrounding the abode. the officers
prepared for the fight they expected
would follow, while Sheehan approached
and opened the door Of the dug
out" One Of the bandits, " o was inn
medately recognized rs Roesh, APP
peared and was ordered TO surrender
Instead, he darted back into the cave
No sooner had he dcle so than firing
began, and yolley after yolley aimed ut
the officers, came from the magazine
guns OF the bandits.
Conceaing themselves behind trees
and bushes as best they could, the po-
lice steadily returned the Are,
IN this ma, ler the fight continued for
a short time. Suddenly two Of the out
laws jumped from the cave and es-
capped across the frozen prairie, keeping
up q fusi'ade as they ran
DEsPERADoEs FLEE.
Detective Drlscoll advanced to the
'dugout" and was firing at the fleeing
desperadoes, when Neidermeier-the po-
lice thought there had been but two In
the hollow-emerged fatally shot him
In the back and Joined his companions,
while the other policemen were still
engaging the outlaws. A moment later
Detective thinner fell. seriously wound
ed, but neither side yielded. Some min
utes later, however the police, being
obliged TO care for the two wounded
detectives, and finding their fire falling
short, decided 10 give up the fight tenn
porarlly, and send TO Chicago for rein
forcements. The bandits continued their
fight.
THE HUNT RENEWED.
A special train with 70 policemen
armed with rifles was rushed to the
scene, and the hunt renewed.
Although escape was now impossible,
the men showed no signs Of submission.
They has not halted since firing their
last volley, and arrived at Tolliston ex-
hausted. but still determined to avoid
capture.
CAPTURE AN ENGINE.
on a side track at Tollston, where
section men were working, stood an
engine and train Of cars. Then fol-
lowed the execution OF a quickly formed
plan 20 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 Coney did not notice that they
We're armed. Brakeman John Sovia did,
however, and crawled over the tender
evidently to warn him. Sovia attempted
to take the revolver from Neidemeier
while the other two bandits pointed
their revolvers at Coffey, The scuflle
was short and Sovia pitched headfore-
most out Of the cab with bullet In
his brain, dying almost instantly,
with their guns still pointed at Cof-
fey's head the trio ordered him hastily
TO take the train out Of the sldlnb. ana
Il started on wild run to Liverpool,
In the woods a short distance away
were a 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 a locked switch, COM
pelIng Fireman Coffey to stop,
TRAIN FIRED ON.
The posse opened fire as the train
stopped and the trio fled to a cornllela,
exchanging shots as they ran. Charges
from the guns OF the farmers, under the
leadership Of Charles Hamilton, struck
Neldermeier and Van Dine, but did
not seriously wound either. The BAN
dits,who had now made their last stand,
were not deferred and fired frequent
volleys at their pursuers.
THE SURRENDER.
Knowing they were surrounded and
that further resistance would be use
less, the criminals some minutes later
decided 10 surrender, Neldermeier the
A.. l.. - H. rl. l. Il
never would be taken alive being the
first to do 80, a few minutes after
wards Van Dine abandoned the fight,
While Van Dine and Neidermeior
were giving themselves UP, Roeski He'd
20 the woods beyond Liverpool. The
posse found him later In a railroad sta
ton at Aetna, waiting for a train to
Chicago. He made no resistance, was
dlsarmed, and brought TO the city with
the two other bandits.
Detective Drlscoll who was shot by
Neidermeier, died four days later.
THEIR MURDERS,
While IN Jail Neidermeier smllngly
boosted OF having killed 20 men, Marx
asserted that he had murdered five, In
NNNAibdNlVu llVN'h VIC sAhA'ilNhAo W w
untrue. Ii developed that these con
fessIons' had been made to obtain no.
toriety, or for a small chew OF tobacco
OF the eight known victims OF the ban
dts, four are thought N have been kill.
ed by Neldermeler alone,
On Jan. the trial OF Ncldermeler,
Van Dine and Marx, who had been In
dicted the day after the capture, be-
gan. But little testimony favorable TO
them was offered, No defense at all was
made for NeIdermeler.
In the ease Of Van Dine evidence was
introduced TO show that he had been
since birth afflicted with form OF epll-
epsy which had made him irresponsible
al times. The state introduced expert
testimony 10 tho effect that Van Dine
was mentally responsible when he took
part IN the deliberately planned crimes.
A plen for clemency for Marx on the