Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-22
.IH[ BOY BANDITS
HANGED TODAY
Niedermeier, Marx and Van
Dine Pay Penalty of Their
Crimes With Their Lives
WERE CALM ON THE scAFFoLD
Niedermeier Was So Weak That the
Jail Guards Were Forced to Carry
Him to the Gallows--Marx and Van
Dine Met Death Hrsveiy-story of
Their Crimes.

Their Crimes.
Time Of Execution.
Ntedermeyer hanged at 1885.
Marx hanged at 11:11.
Van Dine hanged at 11:55.
List Of Their Crimes.
Following are the names of persons
they were known to have murdered:
Otto Bauder, in saloon Of Ernest
Squires, July 8. 1903.
Benjamin c. LaGross. In his saloon.
August /.
Adolph johnson, in saloon of Benja-
min LaGross, August /.
J. B. Johnson, motorman, in robbery
OF Chicago City Railway car barns.
August 80.
Frank Stewart, clerk. in robbery of
Chicago City Railway barns, August
80.
John Quinn. detective. while trying
to arrest Marx. Nov. 21.
j. D. Driscoll, detective, wounded
by Niedermeier, In fight at "dugout," "
November 81. died December l.
John Scovia, brakeman, when ban
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r,h,.ao An.,, % p.,.r n,,.aar-
'iieier' 1us.aV 3AstrA, anu i1arsey van
Dine. the notorious car barn bandits
who confessed to the murders of eight
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''ae'ei vas siie " ute' t'tiu 's1S iiit''i-
ner of death was unusual He was SO
weak as the result of his aattenrpt at
suicide tba, the ia;l p,,arss were forced
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- '''Ai ~ s>1''i' "s
i,'saceu IL ene ciaiI i1ilu iiie urop sprung
at 1885.
Although ii was at first believed by
nhvsicA.,nS that s,a wac s,tranplinr II
81 ,,,,, ,,,o,,a,, ,r,,s.,
- =. 80,
piolootice'u ueaa anu ehe oous ~.
GOWN. Frs'vious 70 the eAScueiol Naeu-
erheler InaiIitaaheo the same suileh ae-
fleanof thsot mas SsnarActeflzeu MIN
since ne peeanfe q prisoner. hile liie
oespsh warrant was neahg read, ne ne
silsischeu ,he uocuil'eiuI iioiii tue s!le'ail
ana STUCK II IN ms pocket iiiahiHs
sarcasllc reverence 20 nus eAeeu.ioi,.
Wnen tne drop Zen .ae shIouu apou'
iNledermeyers pooy Ieii apart ana 70
the ontooKers was reVes'ieu ior twenty
minutes the horfliying strugsies OF tiie
dying man. Inc uea.n Oh MARX anu
Van Dine was unaccompaniedl loy any
similar spectacle.
1 A T..
ceded the execution OF MARX ava Nan
Dine. Wnen the Jalier ehtereu MarA
room TO give notlce 70 prepare LOT the
end he asked to see van Dine. Ihe iat-
ter was brought from ms room INTO
MARKS room. Wnen tne TWO men
faced each other Marx said:
Harvey hope to see you soon and
think we will meet again.
Van Dine seemed to be more affected
than Marx. He replied:
Il hope so"
Marx then went to the scaffold with
the priests.
Marx. accompanied by two priests,
was led to the scaffoli repeating the
llitany after the clergy He made no
statement. He appeared weak. but met
death ihrayely.
The trap was sprung at 11:12. and
Marx was pronounced dead at 11:34.
His neck was broken.
| Marx was neatly dressed, with a
! white rose on the lapel of his coat, Civ
an him bv his Tttle sdster last eyen-
I'M,
| Harvey yanDine was the last to go.
the dra,, heinp sprnng nj II. .5b.
III. nac,x was g,,.olxen. He was com
r,saa rracaadnp his execution. Two
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Ana ..,,,at h's ra,.s,,t..a with his
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