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AFTER THE BATTLE BANDITS TELL OF CRIMESTwo Beardless Boys Held Scores of Officers at Bay for a Whole Day.Chicago. Nov. Characters Of thc dime novel stepped from the pages °f the lurid literature yesterday and flsuuM Ir. a drama in real life enacted within an hour's run of Chicago.The car barn murderer*, Harvey Van Dine. Peter h'Hdctnehr, and Emil Roeakl. were Ibo bandit*..Tracey, the west.fn outlaw, never put 1ft a n*rc thrilling duy thau Hire*. three. Chicago lough? did yesterday stterncoh.Chained wrist to wil?t. their hair matted with dried blood, tholr clothing covered with dust and O.n. two of them, iconstantly, but the bandit* escaped, seize I.OCOWOTIVli.After running about a mile across country, thvy ciireo to the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. A switch :nglne with a train of car* wgB -cloto at hand, and. hurrying up to It. the men ordered Brakcman 6ove» to uncouple Iho train from the locomotive.Ho refused and attempted lo take Nlt;I-dcnnelppV revolver from him. The hitter instantly s-iit a bullet through the brakeraan’s brain, laying him dead In Ihe snow. Springing past Sovva's body, Ihepeter NrUlermeler and Harvey Van i bandits mounted the locomotive, with re Dine, cat !»»t nlsht In the prWM* of I vnlverrt In hand, nn.l ortl.'red the ongllteer Mayor Harrl«n nod Chief of Police, to move out In n hurry, which he did,O'Neill, and calmly confe*»fd tTieIr“khare In * three month*.' career of crime, which lia* includ'd e.ght murdepj, the 'wounding of live other men, and a long series of robberies.THEIR CAPTURE.Th« **0 young bandits neither of whom'In over 21 yearn old. together with their companion. Emil Hoeskl. who Is no older, were captured near Liverpool. Ind.. yesterday afternoon, after a fight In which they battled against policemen railroad detective*, railroad laborers and far mem.One man was killod. another fatally wounded, and all throe of the young ban. dit* were wounded, but not seriously.Tlis d»ad:T. J. Sovea, brnkeman on the Pennsylvania rnllroad.Wounded:Joseph Driscoll, detective on Chicago polle* force: .hot through iihdonwn and can l!v« but a short time.Matthew Zimmer, detective Chicago police force; “hot In h«ad and arm.Xeldermclr wus wounded in the head by blrdsnot.Van Dine was similarly injur'd and sustained m addition a flesh wound In the left thigh.Roeskl waa shot In the right hip. His wound la the most serious of any Inflicted upon the three men. but was not sufficient to provent him from traveling a long distance after .receiving It. .6°lng In the direction of IJvcrpoo!. Ind.After len miles luid been covered, Ihe men ordered the engineer to slow up. and. leaping to the ground, disappeared In th* woods.After the train hod carried Van D(n« and Nledermeler away. Detective Sheehan hurried to the nforcut telegraph station and wired to Chief of Potion 0 Neill, asking that men be sent out with rifle*.Tho message met with a prompt response. ar.d, in a abort time. Awklent Chief of Police SchudUor and Utly officers. armed with rifles, wcro on the way to Miller's.The officials of the Pennsylvania read also arose to Ihe emergency. Captain Briggs of the dcWetlvo service of that road obtained a apodal train or. soon no the nows of Brnkeman Sorca. was known, and. with ortas to take no chances, spare no espouse and get tbc three men dead or alive, he and his men wore off towuid Uveiiiwl. The vnt.io »«i.vn of the Pennsylvania road whs placed t”m* iximrlly under ord/r* of Captain Bilges( tur.KH OF CRIME.The three men were wanted by the police for complicity In the murder at the enr hams of the Chicago City Ttallroad company- on Aug. 3». when two men wer.i hilled, n third badly wound'd, and U.*0 stolen from thc company.Ciistov Marx, who last Saturday night murdered Officer John Quinn, when tho policeman endeavored lo place him under arrest, confessed after hkt caplurt that he. in comparfy with the thrre men. had committed the Crimea at tho car turn*.The hunt for Van Dina. NelJerm«l«r and Ttoeskl has beep hot ever slr.ee. Although they knew that thc entire police force was looking for them, tbc three men remained in the city Wednesday morning.tRkir mniMti place.• Word was brought to thc police Thurs. day night by TRclrhcrs. a school tmcher near Clark Station. Ind.. that three men answering the description of those wanted for the car-barn murder*, were living in the- dug-out. Other storlo* places the men near Waukegan. II!*., and tho polk:*-, placing no great reliance in any of the rumors, scut only eight men. Detectives Simmer. DerochC, Qtialcy Gleason. Sheehan, DrlhcoU, Bautner and Hughes, to Indiana. Sheehan bring placed In charge of tho mud.The mm reached thc dug-out at about S o'clock, guided by Hricher*. As soon no they wcro in eight o* the place. the officers advanced In a circle upon thc dug-out. where the thrco robbers wore supposed lu bo conc.vlod. Driscoll, who was walking In closor than tho other*, called out:If doesn’t look as though there la anybody in there.“Don't anybody fire. ordered Sheehan, until w0 know If they ur« the rignt people.”A* Sheehan spoke. Driscoll picked up a chunk'Of wood and hurled It at the dug-out. Inntantly there was a flash, a report, and Driscoll fell In a heap, shot through tbe abdomen. One of his fellow oldC.Ts Stooped to raise him. and the other six opened firs on the dugout. from which the shot* were now coming thick ar.d fast.S' HOLE REGION' AROUSED.The news of the fight at the dugout h'd spread witn great rapidity through the country, and by the lime tho two panting men rushed up to tho locomotive a hundred farmers and rnllroad laborers wore after tho men. These were loft behind with the Chicago detectives. although one farm-r. armed with a shotgun, got In his work as the train atarlod away.Catching sight of Van Dine aa he Poked hla race through th~ cab window, to turned loose with both bnrrels. 9,‘veral ■hot struck Van Dine In tho head and face, and one hit him tn tho throat. chuhIiir him trouble.When they left the train both men were nearly dead.and unable to travel. The country at thnl place la rough, sandy and cut up by gravel pits. It Is ground over- which to-travd would fcocn exhaust a vigorous mar., and Ihe two desperadoes made glow iirogreaishowing In word and bearing the courage that he haa reveal'd throughout. Nelderracler eat with his head on hts hands. Hts Inrgp brown eye* were brnt on toe floor, and too did no bilking except to corroborate eom« statements mnde by Van Dine. Wbcn Van Dine said “Pole. here, shot Driscoll.” Ncldermler looked up. smiled slightly .and remarked. •'Yea. I 8hot Driscoll and the brakcman,” and then sank back to listen to Vun Dine.When Van Dlr.o heard that Mayor Harrison was ccrolng Into the room, he straightened up. tried to smooth down Nfidemwier’a hair, which was stiff with maned blood, and. taking a email mirror from hi* pocket, tried to scrape thc blood from his owb fire. Both m'n admitted that Marx had told cwentlally the tt uth In connwtlng them with tho various crimes charged up acuhtrt them, and said that tltcy did the Rilling nt the car brims.•T hit two m»r.. sahl NeldermH'r. J don't know if f killed anybody.”nr.KOHK GItAND JURY.CtiloatfO. Nov. :s.—TliO c,i»0rt of Van-dine. Nelilertixlor ami Roeskl. Hie yciiing de-pcrad«e- “Imrgeil wllli num-crouB murders and robberies. were today presented lo the grand Jury. Ful-Idwlog mum of InOictinents it lu planned to give the hovs nn Immediate trial, and It I* believed they will plead guilty In the face of tha complete confession made by IhemGIRL WOULD WED HIM. var.dlne’a mother and awcrtlmnrl. Mamie Dunne, visited Idm In Ihe police station this morning. The mooting was very affecting. According to notice officials there I* itrong posslbllitlc* of a “caffold ni.iii'HBs an Mies Dunne Is willing and anxious to many Vuadlno before h. xlaiid* trln| for His crime*.CANNON DECLARESAGAINST HONORS.Speaker of the lloime Doe- not Waal to Be Vive ITe.hl.nl.Washington, .«0v. 3*.—Tho Illinois Vhc presidential boomers, cot .i Mac out of “L'nelc Joo Cannon light away.Vise spcnkvi'M wculiiry. in response to inquiries of newspaper emrespi'id-ems, made tho KOIowlnii xiaiemonl Inht night, which may be taken to rop* resent Iho apcakci'a view*:1 It rocs without auylng that un.v citizen of the United State* mi* well feel gratified to bo Uiought worthy toWORE THEM OUT.DASH FOR FREEDOM.While the lira wa* at lt« botfeut Van Din* and Bock: ruuhed out. followed » few tolnutee later by Neidermeler. Thf lost named ran to in* tracks of the Michigan Central railroad, and. throwing Mow*lf f,a' 0,1 the roadbed, steadied hla arm on the rail as he k'pt up h rapid Ore with three revolver* Rocikl ran for the hraoh. but Van Dine retreated ■Jowly, although the air arour.d kirn w*» filled with bullets, and tho snow at h!« foet was kicked up by them.He 1* a apienOM marksmsn. and. catching sight of DetoAive Zlmravr. ha flreJ. Zimmer went down wlln a bullet In tho head. As he fell. Van Dine ftrcd again, and thr second bulk* wont through ZlmmvT'a arm. After his arrnt. Van Dine sakl:His head and arm wa* alt;l I could see. I hit all there wa* of him.”Roeskl had by this time disappeared and Vac Dine and Ncldormeler. placing tn«ir rsvolverrs In thvlr poeketB, made aThe farmers, railroad laborers ar.fl officer? of the Pennsylvania rood wtre oom-loir up fast and soon were clone on tho. fugitives' heels, it was e»ay to truck them In the now fallen snow, nnd thc hunt wa* speedily closed. Thg men Were 8lt;en as they dodged about In the sand dune*, and the fanners, moat of whom were nrmeu with double-bajrjlcd shotgun*. opened Are on them.Nerdwmclcr rrelived a chargo full in Ihe head, anti tho blood aireumrd down hw f ire and Into hi* eye*, blinding Mm 80 that hlt; could hardly rise. A shot grased Van Dine* head, earrjlec ft sorer of hi* hair, and his wounded leg wa* weakened.Tbc P««*e was closing ill «* all sides Thcio wa* no esoapc, ami It was evident to both men that the lime hod uoifte either to surrender or to Bt»t tn the death. Both men were Itcuvilr armed snd ablo to take more l.v -t before Ikitli ire.t their own; but a* Van Dim* ssid last night. In discussing his surrender:Tlnro would havo been no good In that, a* We never sldot anylrody unlow wo have to, ami killing any of lh-80 fl-lowa would not Imvo lei tm. utr. l’nc ji- n». up for oe. no matter Ikiw ninny w- klllocl.- I said to him: 'Weil. What do you think?' lie ioddlt;il hie head «'*J dropped hla guitf, and that's liuw they goL us.”Van Dine, who ha* served in tny aimv in the’ Philippines, mid shows his military training In many »v«“ wa* fall of acorn for the men who hart taken him.X coukl have killed no end of them, he sold. They cam? walking along l-kc h drove of quail, and I could havo covered tli* ground with them. I had pHn‘Uarlr Joe” CnaaunIV of cartridges, und I generally hit what hoot at It ■I shoot at It would not have done m.i any good, though, and 1 don't shoot unless It Is necessary.”BACK TO ILLINOIS.Tnc njen were ut one* handcuffed, placed upon a train and hurried to Chicago, the city police officer* wasting not a minute In runbing them over the line Into lillr.olfc. It. order to avoid posalblo conflict wtiti ihe Indians police, who might havo dom.-mdcO the ram On account or the murder of Sov»«.This feur was not Justified, an Governor Durbin of Indiana hoa said bo approved of that action.UOM'BSS WITH CANDOR.for freedom. The oeteotlvis tired Var +*♦*»*+■None of the prlsoaen* ahowed any bravado and did no bcuwtlog. They showed not the Blightest hcsltatlo., In confesBiag thair cttmc*. Their dcmaanor wn» that f boys who had baen ewught pIlferinBDin* sat upr'iIgh..talk'dEight Murders and Numerous Attempts to KillBring Desperadoes Total Booty of $2,540.Chiuigo. Nov. X—Thc record of tho trio captured yesterday, together with that of Gustav Alarx. their companion In cOnre. who*o confession led lo their arrest |« eight murdera and many attempt# to murdc.-.Beuld*. th. robbery of tha Chicago City railroad, wheat two of the railway employes were shot and killed without warning, and KZM wan carried off by thc bandits, tho youthful murderer* were concerned In many other robberies, in which six other poreons were killed end flv0 were oerioun-ly wounded.“’The list of the boys' victim* killed la the Hot five months followa;Otto Bauder, murdered la a saloon holdup on July *.Adolph Johnson, murdered In a aalooo robbery on Aug. 2.Jamea B. Johnson, motorman. killed In robbery, of Chicago City MHanysMr bm, on Aug. IB. ____ _____Fraocis*w.”8icwartTeliot dowi WitiiourwiuT.li)* Ir. car bam robbery.B. C. La Grcn, murdered In his saloon on Aug. 2. .l-oOornwa John Quinn, killed Nov. 21 while try In* to arrest Marx.T. J. Sove* braksman, kllledyesterxlay.Joaoph Drlsooll, delectlva. now. dying tn a hoaotUi. . ■ .go upon llic prreiuleiitl.il t vkot iia Caudill* 10 for viro presiduiit. Then art-ninny guod ond Rieal m- n in tlm party who, from every slandpomL would be good cundlduteR tlt;0 lar us Speaker Cannon U concerned. I in Ilfs work has been hi connection with the house of icprrxeniD lives.•A* speaker of tbo house, thc full mccil of hi* umblllon. s» Dir as public pin c is concerned, is aatisflnd. Even if lie would bo an available candidate, Mb nomination In not lo be though I oX fur it moment.He I* nuur orA.uil2ln* the lioui.c for tiro work of the Fifty-elglilU couaroui, and nut luukln* to Ibo OllH end uf the Ltipi-.ol with any Oc*lre-Ui lake tlio chair now no admirably flllod by thc able nnd accompliahed ecniUor from Maine.”DIED FROMNIGHTMARE.LaUroiae Woman Could S»t Re Drought On' of ll*r Tiurr.La. CrtiKie. Win., Nov. X-Mrs. GcorseRoot of I-cnark I* dead, a result of nightmare. Xrom Which she could not be awakened. and tho strain of which she could not endure. Her husbr-mi awoke during thc right to find his wife fighting with an invisible antagonist. She died without waking falling In a heap with a Rrojui of horror. jSCHOONER OFCOAL IS LOST-Torowtoi On'., Nov. X—The nclioon'u* Eiixni'd from Fair Ha.van1 for Toronto with a cargo of coal haa boon Blvcn up as loat. Tho»o on hoard were Captain He-Master aiH son of Turonto, throe ail Mr* and a woman cook.LITTLE BANK;. BIG DEPOSITS.Coiper. Wyo., Nov. S—W. A.- Dor.ccko's private bunk, cap:tallied at but carrying large deposits, failed'today. Over speculation In poor atocka and loan* Is tlm statement of tho cuusu.illwayF.WfsPA PF«fiRCHIVF.®’Smltli I* Receiver.Philadelphia. -Nov. *-Judgo Ach**oo today HIM an optnlon In the federal court Of appeals *uatulnlntrOudgc Kirkpatrick in appolnling Jam** Smith. Jr., no rocelr. er for the United Slcteo Shlpbulldingconi. pony.BRYAN ANDCHAMBERLAIN.London, Nov, . 28.—'William J. Bryan lunch»X wHh Joseph Cttamberbtla at Highbury today. He will, go to fiuMia
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