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Show . CHICAGO "CAR DARN BANDI IS" KXPIATK I THEIR MANY CRIMES ON THE GALLOWS I V J Tht nctoriout Chicano "car barn ' banditt" havt paid the penalty the I law eaacted for tneir numerout , crlmet. At 7:30 a. m. 00 the morning of ' April 22 they win aakned and told to prepare themielvea. At 8:30 breakfatt waa tervtd. The condemned mm were furntahed with whatever they eared to tat. At :00 Fathtr O'Brien heard the confeatlont of Mara and Van Dine. Nlldermler wat contumaclout to the end. At t:30 tht sheriff appeared each death chamber and read tht death warrantt. At 10 tht march to tht gallowt bt-gan. bt-gan. By 11 the enecutlon waa over, and the bodlea of the detptradoet wtre In their coftine. peter Nledermeler, the leader of the bandtla, made two deiperato alletnpta at aulciilo early on the morning of derineler had torn away the namiasea and reopened the wound, lie hud loat a larn quantity of blood and was nlmoHt pulmileut when dlicovered In hla cell. Nledermeler gave no a'gnt Sunday nflernoon or evening of. tho desperate reaolve ho bad for:iicd. Ho wrote a chapter of bla book during the after-noon. after-noon. At he wrote ho could hoar tho liming of tho prlnunera at the chapel exerclaes. Tho bead Jailer left him at 1! o'clock. Iloedor. one of the death watch, took bla place. Ilo stood at ; the cell door for half an hour, and It aeemod to lit 111 trat the bandit wat tleeplng. Another fifteen mlrutet paed and NIeilermeler rolled over. Then Ills breathing became regular and the guard tliounlit that bo was I asleep acaln. ' Hut ti e bandit's eyes had not been cliiai-il. lln held a sharpened pencil In hla rluiit hand. It hud been sharpened sharp-ened for the cccas on atd hod a point like a pin. Honieivhere be l ad rend of a mull who opened the nrlerlea In bis wrlnts nnd had let the blood flow until he 1 waa dead. Nledermeler was trying II. II-J nhove.l the roll t of tl'O pencil In neaih the sl-lti nt tho radial arlery 1 of his left wrist. Tho man that com- : 111. tied tucli!o liuil done the same. I U was painful, this psage of j h irpi ne.l I. nil through the fleli. The blood mm-, but there wan 110 art. an the banilli had hoped. Inniead ho iilrurk aoiiielhliiK aolld. and that hurt 1111III he leaned. The bandit bad Ktruek a hone. He waa afruli! to try ncnln This time tho Kilnt of the weapon niliihi brink. If It lil hla only weapon waa gone. So the iMhillt rolled Ma aleevn a bit hither and beunn m the raillnl ln. Just b-low the elbow. And Ihla limine limi-ne wim more careful. lie aernped patently until the akin had hem removed. re-moved. And all thla time thu gutrd Mood at the door. Nleilermeler puvhed saldo the flMh, and II wa torn and raKgeii. Tben he felt the vein wllh tho point nf iho pencil. He felt tho blood rushing Ihmuiih aa he bared It. Then came tho Burpremt) teat. The lead waa placed SKnlnat tho tender vein. The handlt gave It a quick Jerk. Tho IiI-khI apurted In hla face. Ilo muat have emlled aa the warm Aw km April 1. He bad planned his attempted at-tempted aulrldo carefully. First he maallcated and swallowed the beads of aiiventyflre or 100 sulphur matches. While the phosphorus was Imrnlng his stomsrh. he sawed at the radial artery of his left wrlat with a sharp-pointed sharp-pointed lead porcll. Striking a buns In the wrtit. be gave up trying to sever the arlery and turned his weapon to tho large vein on the outer aide of the left forearm and with Jaha and a seo saw motion he lacerated lacer-ated the floah and muacles of the arm and tore open the veins, leaving a large Jnggod wound epocd, through which the blood guahod In atreams, dyeing bis bed clothing and running down over the coll floor In pools. Ills second attempt came after the wound had been dressed and closed. Nledermeler was lylrg apparently unconscious un-conscious In the hospital under a guard's care. Ills right arm and hand wore hidden by the bed clothing and, with hardly a discernible motion, he slipped tho bandages of his left arm and with hla sharp flngor nails tore away the tl rcada In the wound and, Irtertlng Mt forefinger Into the ragged rag-ged bole, he worked again at the voiiiB and Bought to reach an artery. Ho uncoiiECli iirly uttered a groan and made a convulsive movement, which attracted the attention of the phyal-clone, phyal-clone, nuraea and the guard, and on throwing back the coverlids tho st-tei st-tei dams saw wllh horror thst N e- fluld struck blm, for he thought tint It meant death and victory. And all the while the guard itond at the door and wondered how 1 nan who was to die so soon could llscp ao peacefully. Hut the mind of Neldermeter was working rspldly now. Althougb the blood was running from his sra It did not reach tho floor. He wrapped a blanket about the wound; not tlclit enotiKh to atop the flow, but Buhl enough to koep the drip frum waning tho guard. And then he made hla next attempt. He Ihoufht of the malchea which he had asved and look them from beneath hla pillow. lie bad planned that part of It for a long tlmo. Sometlmea he did not rorelve more than ono or two nuithei a day. It waa auppoanil that he smoked a pipe, and If he did not kirn any of the matches he would be impeded. im-peded. 80 be cut the matches tlth hla flngor nalla and need one half for hit pipe and saved the other fortbo fight with tho gnllowi. Ho swallowed one match srtw another an-other nntll the carefully hoarded nip-ply nip-ply had been exhuusted and then Peter Nleder. -ier thought tbu be hail certainly .-'joatcd tho galloti And all !.. tunc t'.. blood wat spurting f u his arm. Tho blukot was n.iw soaked and tho bondli was becoming irak" and weaker. He imiHt hnvo tlioi.ui that he wai tying ai ho felt hla strength dencrtlnn blm. A.ul he mut have welcomed uncon How lung he WBB In a turor no one will ever know. The deep breathing breath-ing reaped. Then came the sound aa If aome one wns choking. Tho guard leaned to I Is f-et. "Meilermeli r!" he shouted. Hut Nleilermeler did not nimw-r. "Nledermeler!" he Khouled again. Thla time Nieili ri::rer trnaned. Tho door of H e Imnillt a cell was thrown open. Then the guard aw lh" blood. He snw the grent wound on the forearm. Ilo knew In an In-atant In-atant what had happened. The liani'lt waa iiulekly token to the hospital ward. An Intravenous In-Jertlon In-Jertlon of snlt nihil Inn followed. It wss alt thnt kept the tiundlt from dying. Then three pints of aallno solution so-lution were Injected and the physician physi-cian says thm It waa heroic measure. The bandit waa unconscious all the while. It wa an hour before ho showed the first return of consciousness. con-sciousness. Iln was Kin. ,,,, . rot. Ther wns a bnndngo upon his wrist and fori arm. Tho brain of the lint il It was scheming again. He felt the covers In a casual sort of a way and said nothing. A moment Inter he did Iho anno. The guards were watching him all tho while. When be repented the operation and made no nltempt to molest U10 IniKlnc". they turned their heads. In a dash he was at tho cloth. He was teurlng It away and attempting to open tho wound when ho was over-Mi'.vereil. over-Mi'.vereil. "I et me alone and let me die. I want lo die. nnd 1 won't llvo to bo hnrg." he conlluued. Two guards were lin n appointed to watt h him. Ho wn not hound to the bed, and his h:itnla were not hanileufTed, but the eyes of the guards were upon Mm all of the time. The physician then be-(mm be-(mm nn exnmlnatlon. Ho discovered lh. it the ulnar, tho medlnn. t:io rndlnl, and the poM-rlor ItiterosKeoues vulnt had been seiercd. Leaves a Boastful Letter. In searching Nledermeler's cell this letter wna founii : "April HI. r."l. Il la plear.ant for me to think of death. I will certainly ho relieved of my sorrows uud cares; hopes and f-nrH 1 hive noie Many battles hnvo I fought nnd alwnya won. l?:itwi often I have thought of stilelue. Is It becuuiie I never cared to live or wna It ihroui;tt my couraxe and niaiksmntmhlp that I should have to ilisrnce my folks, and throurh a cowardly traitor like MnrxT I may be a moat desperate criminal, dnngeroua and di fyliiK to society, but I am loyal to my own kind, though all the shrewd nnd restless pollco force were trying every method known to science to mnko mo reveal an associate "No pain or toriuro or money could buy me. Many confession! 1 could bave mado. Many mysteries I could have explained. During my entire career I have been hit with one thirty, caliber rlflo ball, ono thirty-eight caliber cal-iber rifle bullet, ono thirty two cullber revolver bullet, and thirty-three buck and bird shot. "Kvery ahot I received waa while facing the enemy. Twenty-five shot and a thirty-two caliber bullet I have In my beatl at the present time. There are four reasons why I should take my own life, "1. llecaue of the public boast that I cannot commit aulclde while I am ao cloaely guarded. "2. And that 1 cannot cheat the ncatTold. "3. That they cannot say they executed exe-cuted me and made me pay for a crime. "4. To have another mystery fur the Ignorant pollco to solve. I repent of my career. I leave with regret and love for those few who have loved me. Ufa la nothing but a pa-sing sorrow, with abort moments of jnjoyment. Why thould I dread lo "In? Death It welcomo, with future fu-ture thoughts of peace. It aroma very pleasant to have this everlasting enjoyment en-joyment of rest. I am an nt! -1st, and do nut bellevo In any religion. (Slcncd) ' P ET E It N I U I) E ll M KI K FL" 1-1 iim mil y '! 1 n w.jtj il i' nn 1 HOW BANDIT NIEOERMEIEH ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. These drawings ep!ain how Kjc(),rmeler tried to kill himself. Ho took a pencil snd probtd holea in Vila arm at the points Indicated by the arrews In the diagram th, bi00d vessels. Both perforations were great enough to havt Mw d ,jeth quickly If the flow of blood had) not been stopped. |