The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-27
A TRIPLE HANGING BEE.
CHICAGO CARBARN BANDITS
HANGED THIS MORN
ING.

Neidermeier Refuses to Have the
Priest Pray for Him-He Gives
His Theories of Life-Mu--
derer Rose Shot for
Staying His Wife.
Chicago, April 22.-The "carbarn
bandits, ,'Peter Neidermeier, Har.
vey Van Dine, ard Gustav Marx,
whose crimes fill one OF the worst
chapters of Chicago's criminal his
tory, were hanged this forenoon.
No more dramatic was the cap
ture in the sand dunes of Indiana
than the closing scenes today.
Especially was this true in the
execution of Neidermeier, whose
body writhed and swirled in the
air for six minutes after the drop
fell, while a surgeon announced a
belief that throughout that time the
dying man was conscious of events.
The boyish desperate, who SEEM
ed absolutely devoid Of pity or Of
moral sense, carried his desperately
hardened demeanor to the end, re-
fusing not only kindly words, but
spieitual consolation.
The hangings were separate,
Neidermeier answering for his
murdersa at 1890 o'clock, Marx at
| 11:17 O'Clock. and Van Dine at II =
IS clock.
Thus in little, more than an
hours time did the three most no.
torious young criminals Of the dec
ade come to retribution.
Peter Neidermeier, this morning
pale and weak from his double at.
tempts at suicide, continued stub
bornly refusing to embrace religion,
although within few hours of GER
tain death. He was joking and
laughing with his guards and smek.
ing cigarettes the greater part oi
the night. He was completely iso'
lated from Gustav Marx and Har
vey Van Dine, his companion in
crime, who themselves were con.
verted to the Roman Catholic faith
and spent the night in peaceful
slumber. Such were the incidents
that marked the closing hours o:
the Automatic trio.''
None of the bandits showed any
signs of weakening. ...
| XNbila Na;J Jorp,o;or IA ~r,k ~, J.,
sleep until 5 o'clock this morning
Marx retired at 1:30 and Van Dine
two hours later.
Van Dimes last hours were spent
in writing letters to his mother and
relatives. While the two condemn
ed men slept, holy candles burned
by their bsdsides. Up to mid night
Marx and Van Dine played Sixty
SIX" Van Dine winning the las
game. Ten minutes later they badt
each other farewell to meet agair
only o1 the scaffold.
Neidermeier slept until S:2O.
"Well," he growled at the jailer
while the man who stood by his
bedside was preparing to awaker
him.
"It's nearly 9 o'clock, Pete, how
| do you feel?"
!, Neidermeier rose, turned bis back
on the iailer without any reply, ano
sulIenly moved away.
Anything you want, Pete?"
Eyes, to be let alone" snappe:
the bandit.
, Neidermeier' breakfast consisted
of berries with cream, and vege'a
bles.
Mamie Dunn, Van Dimes sweet.
heart, arrived early and was admit
ted to the Office of the Jail. She lef
clean linen and a white silk shroud
The garmentS were taken to Var
: Dimes cell. He donned them, stop
: ping in the act to feel the tsxtur
Iof the silk and pull losoe thread
from it. He then resumed his sea
on the bed and read a prayer book
after eating a breakfast of strawber
ries and cream and boiled eggs
Two Sisters of Mercy were eagerl,
greeted.
Marx, who breakfasted on a sim
liar bill of fare, was permitted!to en-
ter the prison chapel with Val
Dine, and together with the Sisters
the bandits prayed for an hour
Before leaving their cells tn
/ doomed men gathered together thei
:. effects and sent them to the jail of
fee, and the undertaken was ad
m!tsed to see them. His visit mad
: Neidermier more sullen and visibll
affected the others.
Father Cox gave Neidermeier
book entitled, "Notes on Ingersoli.
+ The bandit read four pages ano
!, returned the volume with the com
lment: II get my opinions from