The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-23
BANDITS PAY PENALTY
FOR NUMEROUS CRIMES
UPON CHICAGO SCAFFOLO
Neidermier Carried Half Dazed to SCaffoid
In a Chair==MarX and Van Dine
Repentent Meet Their Doom
Brayely.

and his legs secured, the moose fell |
from the cross piece of the gallows /
ana danged before the eyes Of the /
bandit about to die, Disregarding the |
moose Van Dine continued praying |
steadily to the end, death in his case |
as in that of Marx, was Immediately
evident as not being due to strangua-
! ton. but TO the fall,
Hanging of the car barn bandits
Hanging of the youthful car barn
bandits followed closely a period OF
crime of less than six months. In
that time eight murders were commit
ted. all attendent upon robberies or
efforts to escape arrest,
1t was during an attempt to escape
ON stolen train after an eXtraordi-
nary battle in the swamps OF north
ern Ind, just east Of Chicago, that on
November Il of last year the capture
of the gang was completed by the ar
rest OF Nedcrmeier, Van Dine and
Emil RoesEi, their associate, Marx
having already been placed behind
the bars to await trial.
The specific offence for which Van
Dine. Neldermeier and Marx were
tried and sentenced was the murder
of Frank Stewart a clerk in the Chi
cago City railway car barns, during
robbery there cn the morning of Aug
80. 1903. James b. Johnson, a mo-
ornan was also killed, and two per.
sons were wounded The bandits es-
capped after having secured S22l0
Roeski was not concerned in this
crime. but after the conviction of his
companions. was tried separately for
me of the murders in which he was
accused as the principal
Apprehension of the TITO in Indiana
vas brought about through the boast
mlness of Marx, which also caused
his own undong, 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 Capt.
r Schuettler Detectives Quinn and
, Blaul were detailed TO arrest Marx.
When about to take him into custody
e Marx shot and killed Quinn and tried
j. to shoot Blaul and escape, but was
4 wounded and captured.
2 Several days later Marx, angered
/ at the failure of his companions to
A carry out Il prearranged plan to dyn-
/. amite the police station in which he
{ was confined and secure his release,
> confessed to the murders Of the street
T. railway barn and implicated Neider-
a meier and Van Dine. Marx told OF
!, other desperate crimes they had com
Y mitted, and involved Roeski Until
y this admission, identity of the perpe
G traitors had remained a mystery.
i On Thursday evening November 2G
n less than a week after the confession
# Of Marx word was received that three
s men answering the description OF the
p. car harm bandits were in hiding neai
n Clark, Indiana Seven policemen were
8 sent Immediately to the town, arriv
ing there Friday morning. They were
T. met by Henry f. Reiehers, who hac
d reported the clew, and who had Sc
| cretely traced the trio to "dugout
d in the sand dunes where they were
d living
=. With Riechers as a guide the po
@ lice. armed with rifles and revolver:
l. and led by Detective John II. SheehaT
r waited till Gaybreak and then started
/, for the snow covered cave near thj
/" Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks a
q Wilson'S, short distance from
D Clark
a Surrounding the abode. the officer
.e prepared for the fight they eXpectet
If would follow. while Sheehan ap
-" preached and opened the door OF th'
n "dugout." One of the bandits whit
was Immediately recognized as Roes
m XII appeared and was ordered to SUI
u render. Instead he darted back int
n he cave. No sooner had he done s.
n than firing began. and volley afte
n. volley aimed at the officers. cam
" from the magazine guns Of the ban
" dts.
le Concealing themselves behind tree
pr and bushes as best they could, tn
ID police steadily returned the fire.
In this manner tine fight continue
pr for a short time. Suddenly two Of th
O. outlaws jumped from the cave an
le escaped across tho frozen prairie
or keeping mp fusilade as they ran.
o. Detective Driscoll advanced 10 tn
id "dugout" and was firing at the leein
-. desperadoes. when Neidermeier. tn
tn police thought there mad been but tw
rx in the hollow. emerged. fatally she
#. him in the back and joined his con
cd panions. while the other policeme
pr. we're still engaging the outlaws
n moment later Detective thinner fel
as seriously wounded. but neither SD
welded. Some moments later, hoV
as ever. the police being Obliged to car
lie