Logan Republican | 1904-04-30 | Page 2 | Car Bandits Executed

CAR BANDITS EXECUTED. Leader of the Band Carried to Scaffold Scaf-fold and Hanged Strapped to a Chair. Atheist to tho last, but seemingly unnerved completely, Peter Nolder-molcr, Nolder-molcr, leader of tho Chicago car barn bandits, was hanged Friday from a chair, contrasting with his compan. ions in crimo, Gustavo Marx and Har-voy Har-voy Van Dine, who, standing erect, kissed nn imago of Christ and died without a tremor. Tho threo executions execu-tions wcro Bepnrato, twenty minutes opart, tho samo scaffold being used for all. Ncldcrmolor had boasted continuously continu-ously of his courngo, but as tho last moments approached ho collapsed and wns unable to tako three consecutive steps of a march to tho gallows. Ncldcrmolor Ncl-dcrmolor was strappod to a chair, and oxecuted In that manner.