The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-04
NIEDERMIER MAKES
FULL CONFESSION
CAR BARN BANDIT SAYS HE KILL.
ED PAT BARRETT ANDDoES NOT
WANT AN INNOCENT MAN TO
SUFFER-.

Chicago, April S-Almost within the
coils of the hangman's rope, Peter Med
ermeir. one of the car-barn bandits, today
made what he declared was true con-
fession to save two other men from the
gallows, and one from life Imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
IT killed Pat Barrett in his saloon at
4216 Wallace street last May" said Med
ermeir "John Lynch and James RAM
mons, who are under sentence of death
for the crime and also Hugh Riley, who
has been sentenced to the penitentiary
are innocent They had nothing to do
with the raid.
'.I shot and killed Barrett I make this
statement solely to save innocent men.
have no hope for life, and 1 do not want
innocent persons to suffer for what l
have done"
On the strength of Niedermeir's state
ment the attorneys for the convicted men
will tomorrow apply for writ of habeas
corpus.
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the Northern Securities company, If con-
summated, would vest a majority of the
stock of both the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific railroad companies in
the same individual stockholders Of the
Great Northern company. who originally
co-operated in the promotion and organi-
cation of the Northern Securities COM
pany, and who are still cooperating and
acting In concert and combination. and
would continue the common management
and direction of said two competing rail-
road companies, and render the decree OF
this court Intellectual, and defeat or evade
its true interest and purpose.
Leave for Petition Asked.
Wherefore, as your petitioners are
without other relief in the premises, your
petitioners pray that they may be grant
ed leave to file this petition in said suit,
and to intervene therein for the protection
of their rights; that the individual defend
ants and said Northern Securities COM
pany be required to make full and true
answer in the premises, but not under
oath, which is hereby expressly waived.
and thereupon, that your petitioners be
permitted In proper time to proceed to a
hearing in due form upon proof and upon
such notice as may be directed by the
court as to all the matters alleged in the
above petition.
Your petitioners further pray that 1t
may be ordered and adjudge in execution
of the said final decree Of this court. so
affirmed by the supreme court of the
curities company return and transfer to
your petitioners the common stock of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company re-
ceived from them, and the common stock
of said railroad company into which the
preferred stock of the said company has
been converted as aforesaid, in exchange
for its own stock and upon the payment
of such sum as the court shall fix in the
restoration of the status quo
Your petitioners further pray that,
pending the hearing and determination
OF the manner in which such decree of
this court shall be executed the defendant
Northern Securities company be enjoined
and restrained from distributing It's pres
ent holdings of stock of said Northern
Pacific Railroad company under the plan
of distribution proposed by 1t or other
wise than by return, as authorized by
said decree"
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