Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-22
MURDERED BY the WHOLESALE
The BOastfuness Of Marx While Under
Influence Of Liquor Led to
Discovery.
THEIR GREAT FIGHT Ar DUG0UT.
Finally Fled, Captured a Traiu, Failed
To Effect Their Escape and
Then Surrendered.

County jail Chicago, April 22.-with
execution w near az 10 be awaited by
minutes. Peter Neidermeier, Gustav
Marx and Harvey Van Dine, the car
barn bandits. today after Il practically
sleepless night, prepared for the end.
At first II was the intention OF Sheriff
Barrett. 10 hang the trio simultaneously
Oh one scaffold as the anarchists were
executed some years ago. The plan,
however. was abandoned, mainly ON ac-
count OF Neidcrmeier's attempt at sui
eide, which had left him In q weakened
condition and made Il advisable that
he should be hanged alone
CROWD AROUND JAIL.
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 wit
meas the execution Of the bandits, whose
careers-with Emil Roeslxi, imprisoned
for life but few days before, were
closed at practically the same time.
Neidermeer continued TO reject all
spiritual attendance and II seemed that
he would carry out his idea Of dying
an atheist, The TALLER said Nedermeier
would be able 10 walk 10 the gallows
without assistance.
Marx and Van Dine, who had Joined
the Catholic faith recently, spent their
last hours In reading and praying, sew
eral nuns and priests being with them
constantly. Marx asserted he was feel
ing fine His sweetheart was the last OF
his friends permitted 20 visit him. II
was announced that the men would be-
hanged separately IN the following or
der: Neldcmeier first, then Marx and
Van Dine last.
TRIED TO SAVE VAN DINE.
Attorneys for Van Dine were trying
20 see the governor 20 obtain a stay OF
execution for the bandit the TALLER
said, and that was why consent was
given to hang Van Dine last II was
regarded as unlikely however, that the
governor would interfere. as he has al
ready refused clemency.
The Jail physician visited all three
Of the bandits and said their condition
was all that could be expected. The
death warrant was read to Neidermeier
and shortly after 10 o'clock the march
to the scaffod began.
Previous 10 the execution Neider-
meier maintained the same sullen de-
meanor that has characterized him
since he became prisoner. While
the death warrant was being read he
snatChed the document from the sheriff
and stuck II IN his pocket, making
sarcastic reference TO his execution.
He was carried 10 one OF the floors on 4
flight Of stairs TO the scaffold.
THE EXECUTIONS.
Peter Neidermeier, the first Of the car
barn bandits to be hanged, was hanged
In the county Jail at 1896 o'clock. He
was carried 90 the Rallows handcuffed
and strapped, He was placed In n
chair on the drop and fell with the
chair. Although II was first believed
by the physicians that he was stran-
Cling, It developed that his neck was
broken.
Marx was hanged AZ li;l7 a. M.
Van Dine was hanged at 1855 a. m.
The hanging was without any particu-
lar incident.
STORY or THE CRIMES.
The hanging Of the youthful car barn
bandits followed closely a period OF
crime Of less than six months. In that
time eight murders were committed, all
attendant upon robberles or efforts 10
escape arrest
II was during an attempt TO escape on
stolen train after an extraordinary
battle IN the swamps Of northern Indi-
ana, Just east Of Chicago, that on Nov.
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,
SPECIFIC oFFENsE,
The specific offensc for which Van
Dine, Neidermeler and Marx were tried
and sentenced was the murder OF Frank
Stewart. Il clerk In the Chicago City
Railway car barns, during q robbery
there on the morning OF Aug, 80, 1908.
James Il Johnson, motorman, was
also killed and two persons were
wounded, The bandits escaped after
having secured S9,24o, Roeski was not
concerned In this crime, but, after the
conviction OF his companions. was tried
separately for one Of the murders In
which ne was accused the principal.
MARX BOASTED.
Apprehension of the trio In Indiana
was brought about through the boast
fulness OF Marx, which also caused his
own undoing while under the inhu-
ence Of liquor. he displayed magazine
revolver Of the Kind known to have
been used by the car barn mmderers.
lie asserted that the police would new
er take him alive,
This came to the notice OF Capt.
Schucttler Detectives Quinn and Blaul
were detailed to arrest Marx. They
found him Nov 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
captured
MARX CONFESSED.
Several days later Marx. angered M
the failure OF his companions to carry
ont n prcaTanged plan to dynamite the
police station In which he was confined
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