The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-22
BY Associated Press.


Chicago, ILL.,, April % The car barn
bandits passed a sleepless night. ow-
ing to Neidermyer's weakness it was
deemed advisable to have his execution
separate. He has continued to refuse
all spiritual advice. Marx and vanDine
spent their last hours in reading, writ
ing and praying Several priests were
with them. 1t was announced that
Neidermysr would be hanged first, then
Marx and yanDine last.
The death warrant was read to Nei.
dermyer and the march to the scafrold
began shortly after ten o'clock. Neider-
inyer was hanged at 1926. He was car
ried to the gallows and placed in the
CHAR, handcuffed and his legs strapped.
The chair fell with the drop. In
twenty minutes the body was taken
down.
Before the gallows Neidermyer was
asked If, like his companions. he wish.
to to have the sacrament administered,
and he answered no, that he wanted no
priest TO follow him to the gallows.
When the drop fell the shroud on Nei-
dermyer's body fell, revealing his hor-
rifying struggles. No such spectacle
was witnessed woth Marx or Van Dine.
Marx was hanged at lily o'clock. He
made no statement and met death brave
" but dsfantly.
Van Dine was hanged at ll.55, without
particular incident.
Both repeated prayers with priests on
the scaffold.
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 robberies or efforts to
escape arrest.
Itwas during an attempt to escape on
a stolen train after an extraordinary
battle in the swamps of northern In
diana, just east Of Chicago, tnat on
November %. of last year, the capture
OF the gang was completed by the ar.
rest OF NeidermyeIs Van Dine and Emil
Ror.ki. their associate, Marx having al.
ready been placed behind the bars to
await trial.
The specific offence for which Van
Dine, neidermyer and Marx were tried
and sentenced was the murder Of Frank
Stewart, clerk in the Chicago City
Railway ear barns, during robbery
there on the morning Of August 30 1908.
james b. johnson, a motomnan. was also
killed. and two persons were wounded.
The bandits escaped after having secrr.
cd s224e Roeski was not concerned in
this crime. but. after the conviction OF
his companions, was tried separately for
one of the murders in which he was ac-
cused the principal
On January 6 the trial of Neidermyer,
Van Dine and Marx. who had been in
dicted the day after the capture began.
But little testimony favorable to them
was offered. No defense at all was made
for Neidermyer.
In the case Of Van Dine evidence was
introduced to show that he had been
since birth afflicted with form of cpl
lepsy, which had made HIM irresponsible.
The state introduced expert testimony
10 the effect that Van Dine was mentally
responsible when he took part in the
deliberately planned crimes.
A plea for clemency for Marx was
made on the ground that his confession
had led to the capture of his companions,
The case went to the jury March II.
and the next day Marx. Neidermyer and
Van Dine were found guilty. Hanging
WAS the punishment fixed by the jury
The aged mothers of Marx, Neiderniy-
: "a and Van Dine were in court during
theS progress Of the trial, as were the
widows Of some OF the men who mad beer
sl.4sa.a;.I srS;e were number Of i'm.
pres SIE A :, connected with the
hearinsz'S Y The case. None Of the bandit.
had vet reached the age of twenty five
yesrs.
following are the names OF person:
they were known to have murdered.
Bauder, Otto. in salocn or Ernesi
Spires. July Q, 1908.
LaGross, Benjamin G., in his saloon
August !, 1908.
johnson, Adoiph, in saloon Of Benjam