Show C CAB B BARN B BANDITS f p pI I i iA A ARE f EXECUTED l 1 I t t i 1 ij I i I P I IS 1 i S i i If S h j Three of the Most Desperate Men Ien Meng ti I l 1 In III the Country Pay Pa Penalty i 4 t I Il I IFor For l or Their Crime f ll t I I MURDERED BY THE WHOLESALE I I 1 i iThe I 1 IThe The Boastfulness of Marx Marc While Under Influence I of Liquor Led to i Discovery t I r l 1 I Mi THEIR GREAT FIGHT AT DUGOUT r t rr Ir r 11 i I Ij j I Finally Vied Fled Captured a Train Tran Failed 1 To Effect EO ct Their Escape E and p Then Surrendered it i 1 County Jail Jull April 23 With execution au o near OH RII to be awaited by t I I minutes Peter Gustas hUx and Harvey Hovey Van Dine the tho cor co r i I barn today utter u IL practically pm tI y d sleepless HIt lI Ss tight prepared for tor tho the end Jf H I il ilAt At brat It u wits s the tho intention of or tt to hang the trio simultaneously ly i iou on ou one ono scaffold us the tho m anarchists were f f I executed rune omu years yearn u I ago o Tho The plan t t I I however wn was abandoned mainly on ac an account 1114 t 1 j i ii count lInt of or attempt at sui sul suicide 1 i d i cide elde i hilt bud left lert him him In a n weakened l condition and made in ado It Il advisable that I lio hv should lio ha ban K ed alone 1 HOWD JAIL I i iR i r 4 I fl j A large crowd assembled at the Jail a R k I i iI 1 j preceding the hour of or execution anti and an r k 2 sought fought but were turned I r j away Only a n limited number provided D I Iby I Ib by b law were wert allowed In the Jail to writ fi acne nl ss the execution of or tho thin whose i with Imprisoned for life lite but n II few days 1 before were wc I j closed cloned at practically I tho lie sam cane time l continued to reject all nil rr fl spiritual attendance end and It seemed that he hi would carry out his Idea of or dying f Ii an atheist u The Jailer said Bald 1111 1 i i 1 would b be M able to walk to the without ns jl Marx Mari and Van Dine who had hOd Joined tj II the tho Calhoun faith recently spent SPlint their thell J 1 4 last tours In reading and praying sev iv 41 1 Ural nuns and priests being with them constantly Marx asserted fUI Itc hr was 1 feel teel r lug line lillo Ills His sweetheart was wan the tho last of or I IlI bis lI friends permitted to visit him It svgs WILli announced that the thi men m n would You III ho h 1 I j hanged separately in the following or order t t der first then Marx nod and it Van An Dine c f t t TRIED TO ro SAVE VAK DINE DIME I I II 11 Attorneys Attorney for tor Van Dino were werl trying y I Ito 11 to see ReI tho the governor to obtain a stay slay of ot t execution for tor the bandit the Jailer I said and nut that Hutt was why consent WIL w ns n k I given n to tn o bring Van Dine last fast It was wim 1111 i regarded 11 ns os unlikely however that lie tho I l governor would Interfere aa liS he has al nl already il ready reed refused clemency The rime Jail physician visited IRIt d nil all three o s 11 l lof of ot the thi and said their condition l i I Iwas I was all that could bo be expected Th The s I rend to 1 death warrant was 10 the time march r and an shortly after to tint thin scaffold began fI fIan Previous to tho the execution Nelder Neider i melee maintained the thi same nam m sullen Rullen d do dA meaner menner that ha hM has characterised him 14 1 since ho n prisoner While J tho the death warrant was WAil rend reM ho I snatched thin document from Crom the rho and It In ht his ticket pocket inking a 11 I 1 sarcastic reference to his execution I Ho tin was wai carried to one of or tho the floors on A I flight of or stairs to the tho scaffold j I j I Tin lm EXECUTIONS j ill 1 t Peter the tho first drat of or the car cap c burn barn bandits to lO be hanged was waR hanged I t tin 1 In III tho the county Jail at nl 1035 1135 Ha lie i I 1 IWas Was wan to the gallows handcuffed 1 and stropped strapped He lie was WM placed In n a 1 i 2 ii h I chair chait on the th drop drol and tell fell with the I n I chair Although It wa Willi first j i by b 11 tho the that ho he was WM shun t i Ii gling n 1 It t developed that th his hb neck neel was waa i t h broken j Marx was 8 hanged at 1117 a m am I f I I Van Pun Dine IlIe was vas d at 1155 1165 n a m V l J Tho The hanging was without nay any particular i JI ii ili 1 lar Incident r J i t STORY OK OI TIIE CHIMES CJU IER p i The Tho hn hanging of or the youthful car harp barn i t bandits followed closely clo tI a purled period of ot li crime ot of less 1111 titan than six Ix In Hint s I I ICI I time eight 01 were oto committed nil u attendant upon robberies or efforts to f i escape arrest Y X XIt r rIt It was wan during nn an attempt to lo escape OIl on ona 1 a IL stolen tram niter after an nn 11 extraordinary 11 hattie buttle In the swamps of or northern Indi tJ Imm I 1 mm Just east cast of Chicago that on Nov No 17 27 of or last year cor tho thu capture of ot the gang trant l I lt WILli s completed cut d by hy I y tho arrest of at t Vim flume Pino and Dull 1 their t II parr Mart having hawing already been placed behind l the tho bars to await trial t I I I IThe IThe The offen offense ft for which Van VanDine VanDine Dine and Marx were tried Ii j mid and sentenced VM was LS the murder of or Frank i t Stewart a n 1 cleric clork In ii till the Chicago City d I i I Hallway ear burns during a IL robbery Y I there on the morning of or Aug 30 1903 f JAmell 11 H Johnson a II motorman was vai alt J I i I I alto 1 killed mid two persons were wounded Tho The bandits escaped r utter after leaving having seemed s 2 40 was wan not lot I concerned In this crime I toil but after the tha 1 I conviction of at hl hla companions was tried trl separately for tor one 01 of or the tho murders In I I which he ho was waa w accused the t l principal I MAnX ROASTED EU t 1 I Apprehension of ot then the trio In Indiana I was WM brought about through h tho time bunat r lL l of or Marx Inn which ss also olIn caused causal lili hlll il r 1 j I I Iown own undoing l lonce under tinder tho time 1 I 1 1 once enco of or liquor II he displayed dl die daYed n a J I I I revolver of ot thin tho kind known knowlI to have I been bean u stand nd by IW the I hI cur riu barn hlL rn P h I II H lilt JIlt asserted thAt hint the tho pollee would nov nev nover never er r take tAko him alt ullvi j I This Flits mach to the notice of ot Capt j tl r D Quinn mid were lo to I arrest Marx limy Thoy lh Y t found him hlll Nov No 20 in a 1 saloon When I f i I I about to Uk take t him Into custody Marx I i I 1 shot mud and Quinn Quint amid tried to shoot I I r Bla i and h but was vas wounded mu l j 1 II 1 l MAHX CONFESSED CON lr it j 1 tl II days later Marx angered at atthe atthe r the failure of or his hits companions companion to tn carry carryout t tout I out n IL prearranged plan to dynamite thin th police station In which ha he aas confined c 4 t I t I 1 Continued on en pa page rao BO I 3 j J i s j jI II I l i if e f t CAR DARN BANDITS IT ITt ARE t Continued from Crom page 1 nut secure his hili release confessed to th h murders nt at tile the th street railway tiara barn and Implicated Van LII Dine Marx told of other desperate crimes crimen they had committed and Involved Roe floe ski Until this admission Identity of or orthe the perpetrators had remained a n toys mys mystery tery terOn ter On Thursday evening Nov No 16 G 6 less than a n week after the confession of ot Marx word ord wits was received that three thre men answering the tha of oC tin tue th car barn bandits h were ere In hiding billing near Clark Indiana Seven policemen TO ro Immediately sent to the tile town urn mug there thero Friday morning They Thi were wore met toot by b Henry K Jo F who had report reported ed oil the clew and autti Dill who had secretly traced the trio to a n dugout In tho the sand dunes dune where they tile the were living With Its a II guide the police armed with rilles and ond revolvers anti and let led by h Detective John Johll II H Sheehan waited till daybreak said and then for Cor tho the snow sno covered cave near the Baltimore Ohio railroad tracks at 01 Wilsons a n short distance from Cram Clink Clark r DIm SurroundIng tho the abode the omers prepared for or the th light fIght they would follow tollow while in approached and opened the door of the lug dug dugout out au I One On of or the bandits II 0 o Was WOH Im Immediately mediately ii s HO ap nio appeared Pealed and wa sas order l 1 to 10 surrender 1 he darted lock back Into the lie cave No sooner hail he lo ic so uto than flying firing began anti and niley otter after volley aimed nt rot the officers came runo from fromn tho the magazine guns of or the themselves behind trees trets antI and hushes bushes ns as best beit he t they the could tho tue po police police lice steadily returned tho the tire Ire Irein in III this mat In ur tr the tho tight lIght continued for tor forn torII n II short time ud two to of ot the out lIlt lulls hl Jumped from tho cave nod es e coped the frozen prairie keeping up UI a I aH as thy they ran Detective Driseoll Driscoll advanced to the dugout WO H tirIng at the tite desperadoes when tho po pa police palIce lice thought there here ha 1 been hut hilt two In Inthe the thC hollow emerged shot shoot him himIn III In the back Joined hh his hl companion while the thue other policemen uro tero f ro still engaging the outlaws A moment later lutr Detective Immer Zimmer fell rell cli seriously wound td hi but neither side Allio yielded Home tutu mIll utes later Inter however the police being obliged to care tot for the tho two Iwo wounded and finding uniting their tire tiro falling idling short shott decided to give lIve up iii the tIll light fight tem toni temporarily and stud send to Chicago III for rein The rho bandits continued their theil flight ht THi If 1 nE EI EIA A special train with CO GO policemen armed with cities was rushed ru hell to the tha scene and nun the tho hunt built renewed Although escape espe was as now Impossible the men sLowest showed 1111 0 e II no signs of ot submission They The lw i not halted since firing their theil last volley and arrived at ot ton ex exhausted Initiated hausted but still determined to avoid nold capture AN AX I OI I IOn On a n side Hide track trick at ot T men iron vere working stool stood an on engine and a 1 train of oC curio cars Then fol to followed lowed the thu execution of ut a quickly formed plan to seize the tho train and smith escape Tha Tho three outlaws jumped Into bIte the tho cab and Frank Coffey tho tue being away allI at nt the time lilac At t first Coffey CotT y did not lIOt notIce that they were ore oro armed John did however and crawled over oer the tender evidently to warn arn him Hov attempted to t take the revolver from while the tho other othol two bandits pointed their revolvers nt ot Coney Coffey Tile The was short and pitched headforemost most out of oC tho the cab cat with lIh n a bullet hullet In InUs his Us brain bruin dying almost Instantly With their nuns Huns still pointed at lit Cot cor teA foys head hend the trio ordered him luini hastily to take tule the train out of or the ana anaIt It started on UI n a 1 wild run to Liverpool In tho a it short distance nany were Vern a n number of oC aimed farmers who having heard of oC the tue escapade and lIl es 08 escape capo cape of at tIle tha outlaws had started to In to them Tho rho posse leached Tol To liston about noon Just as os the tho train passed They The rushed across the prairie to tn n a point tho the road real und and where hel there thele watt Isas a U locked switch com compelling polling Fireman 11 Ie 0 II Coffey to stop n ON Tim The posse poff opened lire fire no os tho the train stopped mimi the trio tied hot to n a exchanging shots as us they hey ran rai Charges from coIn tho the guns HUn of ot tho under tha tue leadership of ot Hamilton 1111 and auth Von Van Ul Dine but dill did not seriously wound either rue Tho ban had hOll now made their last Int stand were not deterred and tired fired volleys olles nt It their TIE Tn Knowing they were vere surrounded and that further r would be use 1190 useless less us tho the sonic some sorn minutes litter later decided to surrender the tho leader of oC the tho gang who had taut said never would bo be taken alive being tho the to do tin HO 0 A few Cew minutes after afterwards afterwards wards Van Dine Ino abandoned tho the light While Von Van Dine and find were ere giving themselves up liP lied lIell to the tho woods beyond Liverpool Thu TItu post found him later Ilter III In a n L railroad sta mitti station lion tion at It Aetna waiting for a n train to Chicago Ho lie made no resistance was WOH disarmed brought to Urn the city with tho the two to other bandits Detective 1 who was shot by b died four days later ThEm THEin Whim While In Jail smilingly II 01 II III II boasted of oC having killed 23 rico men Marx assorted that he had murdered five fc In Investigation proved l tho the statements to 0 bo be untrue It 11 developed that con I on had been to tn obtain no M or fur for n ft small sinai chow of oC tobacco Of ot the eight known victims of tho the bin bitt tilts tour four flue thought Ui to have hao been leen l n kill killed ed ell by r alone On Jan Jali 0 C th the trial nf or Van Dine tonti Marx who lint been I In iii Indicted dined tho the tiny dry after oCtOr this Ihs capture be began belion begun lion gun nut But little testimony favorable to t them was WAI offered d No nt at all w iI s tousle for nr In Iti the thu case cane cn o of oC nn evidence O ivas Introduced to show that ho he had been iteen since birth I afflIcted with a 1 form of ot epil epilepsy epsy Cpu which had made malo him lilun Irresponsible nt ot Union tunes The Tho state stab Introduced export testimony to iti tho the effect that Van all aut wan Wa mentally whon when ho took too part In the deliberately planned crimes A plea for clemency for Cor Marx on thin ground that his hla confession had hAl let lel to toI I the capture of hl hi companions was Ios made Tho me lh went to thC tho Jury Jur March 11 Ii and the tho next iny IA ti Marx arut v m Dine Ine were iere fount found guilty Hang linnE HangIng Ing lug wu UI the tho punishment fixed by br tho Jury rite Tho aged mothers moth rs of ot Marx Noisier I and van all lAne DIM vero Vere In court dur during durIng ing hug the tho of oC the trial an OR ere the widow hlo of ot sonic some of oC tite tho men who been staIn there wore a runt num her nt st 11 connected with the tho of ot the tIt rase ase None Nono of or orthe the In haul hall yet et reached the age of or IO ars NON VICTIMS IR Following ore are ho the Ihl names of persons they WCO lO i ID III t how l Otto Olto In Iii saloon of at Ernest Spires July l t 1803 1903 O e In his saloon Aug 1 Johnson Adolph dolph In saloon of Benja e I Ang Jr 1 Ir 1 II B motorman motor mall In III robbery of o Chicago o City It ity railway burns borns Aug 30 Stewart II k In robbery roh cr of or ChIno City CI railway bunts Aug 31 3 quinn John while trying to arrest Marx Nov 21 cell J D it detective wounded by b In fight at out dugout Nov Nou No Noi 27 i died Dee Del 1 2 fina hovia brakeman when h n bandits stole train In iti Indiana Nov Nou 27 Will I Prey on Ott St SI Petersburg April 2 rho ad nil rurally it U is announced Intends to 10 lit It out two il from which formerly were III in tho the transAtlantic lantic together with a number of Jr ships of ot the J Una with tIre lire guns lIns to tl fetid feml twin thorn to tho lit la rifle to prey O common rn Tho belIeves 1 that by b this liil menus means It lOll inn till prevent the resumption of oC oK operations by 1 the thc Japanese commercial Meet lIet strike n 1 thaw blow against hOI of oC her 10 me 1 sources source for the tho prosecution of or the wat 01 |