The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-22
THE TRIO OF MURDERERs ROBBERS PENALTY FOR
THEIR CRIMES ON THE GAILoWs.
Marx Dine Die While Attended Priests and Nede
Meier Is Unmoved.

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han, waited till daybreak and then
started for the snow covered cave,
near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tracks at Wilson s, a short distance
from Clark.
Surrounding the abode, the officers
prepared for the fight they expected
would follow, while Sheehan ap-
preached and opened the door of the
"dugout. One of the bandits who
was Immediately recognized as Roes-
Xxi appeared and was ordered to sur
render. Instead, he darted back into
the cave. No sooner had he done so
than firing began, and volley after
volley aimed at the officers, came
from the magazine gun of the bandits.
Concealing themselves behind
trees and bushes as best they could,
the police steadily returned the fire.
In this manner the fight continued
for short time andflltGlds, ,z-angsei
for a short time. Suddenly two of
the outlaws jumped from the cave
and escaped across the frozen prairie,
keeping up fusilade as they ran.
Detective Driscoll advanced to the
"dugout' and was firing at the fee
ing desperadoes, when Neidemeier
the police thought there had been
but two in the hollow, emerged, IA
tally shot him in the back and joined
his companions, while the other po-
licemen were still engaging the out
laws. A moment later Detective Zim-
mer fell. seriously wounded, but
neither s;de yielded. Some minutes
later, however, the police being obi
ged to care for the two wounded de-
tectives, and finding their fire falling
short, decided to give up the fight
temporarily, and send to Chicago for
reinforcements. The bandits continu-
ed their flight
A special train with fifty policemen
armed with rifles was rushed to the
scene, and the hunt renewed
| Although escape was now impossi-
BILE, the men showed no signs of sub
mission. They had not halted since
firing their last volley and arriving at
Tolliston exhausted but still deter
mined to avoid capture.
On a side track at Tolliston, where
section men were working, stood an
engine and a train of cars. Then fol-
lowed the execution of quickly
formed plan to seize the train and es-
cape. The three outlaws jumped into
the cab and confronted Fireman
Frank Coffee, the engineer being
away at the time. AT first Coffey did
not notice that they were armed.
Brakeman John Sovia did, however,
and crawled over the tender evident
ly to warn him. Sovia attempted to
take the revolver from Neidemeier
while the other two bandits pointed
their revolvers at Coffey. The scuff1e
was short and Sovia pitched headfore-
most out of the cab with a bullet in
his brain, dying almost instantly.
! With their guns still pointed at
Coffeey's head the trio ordered him
, hastily to take the train out of the
siding, and it started on wild run
| to Liverpool.
In the woods short distance away
were number of armed farmers, who
, having heard of the escapade and es
, cape of the outlaws, had started tc
t intercept them. The posse reached
= Tollison about noon, just as the trair
passed. They rushed across the prai
= rie to point where the road curve:
| and where there was a locked switch
= compelling Fireman Coffey to stop.
The posse opened fire as the trair
) stopped, and the trio fled to corn
! field, exchanging shots as they ran
t Charges from the guns of the farm
= ers, under the leadership of Charlie
e Hamilton, struck Neidermeier ant
\ Van Dine, but did not seriousl,
0 wound either. The bandits who hat
v now made their last stand were no
v deferred and fred frequent volleys a
q their pursuers
Knowing that they were surround
4 ed and that further resistance woul,
be useless, the criminals some min
) utes, later decided to surrender. Nei
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