Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1904 — NOOSE FOR ALL THRE [ARTICLE]

NOOSE FOR ALL THRE

Verdict of the Jury in the Famous; Chicago Car-Barn Bandits.” Murder Trial.

JURY WAB OUT MANY HOMES

Marx Only One of the Trio to Shews Feeling at the Finding—Trial Coot an Enormous Sum.

Chicago, March 14.—Hanging for all* was the verdict of the Jury Saturdbgc in the first murder case against too-so-called “car barn bandits,” Harsnjr-* Van Dine, Peter Niedermeier andGustav Marx, who attained notoriety by a desperate all-day battle tbatsr started in a “dugout” near Liverpool?Ind., where the trio had taken refuge' after a series of remarkable crimes,. Including the murder of two employes of the Chicago City railway at: one of the company’s barns in thiscity, the motive iu each Instasce being robbery.

Emil Roeekl. who was with the bomdits in the “dugout” and who participated In many of the crimes, is to betried separately, not being implicateddirectly in the particular murder loir which liis associates were first arraigned. Temporarily Divided on Marx.

The verdict of the jury was delays® from Friday afternoon until Saturday on account of a temporary division of opinion as to making the punishment alike for all of the defendants. A confession on the-part of Marx Jed to the discovery of the hiding place or the other bandits. Marx entered a? plea of guilty and begged for merey;while the other bandits attempted to* brazen out a plea of Innocence. Epilepsy, the result of heredity, was also* pleaded In the ease of Van Dine. The bandits heard their doom stolidly. The mother of Van Dine was lathe court room. Niedermeder’s motherwas also present. Neither woman made any outcry. The mother of Marx did not appear. She was said to be at home in a state bordering oix collapse.

Jury I* Polled.

The jury, after a long and bitter struggle over the terrible responsibility upon them.rendered their veydiet at 1(P o’clock Saturday. The verdict was read in Judge Kersten’s court, amkK the most solemn Incidents. The courtroom was filled to its utmost with an awe-struck crowd, which listened in> deep silence to the fateful words of Clerk Cummings, as he read. TheJurors sat in their chairs, and, in response to the usual custom, were polled. “Was this and is this now yonr verdict?” each man was asked, and each » In turn arose and saidi: "It was and is.”

Marx Looked for Clemency.

In Marx’s fate there was more irr-*-tertst because it was the belief off even the state’s attorney that his confession would cause the jury to be-’ lenient with him. Marx shared that belief until Saturday morning, when' Attorney Popham told him that be feared there was not much hroptr for him. So, when tbe clerk read: (iiewords that fixed Marx's doom therewas a shook. The prisoner Jumped! halfway out of his chair, but wasforced back by the bailiffs who- stood ■ behind him. Neidermeier laughed. Van Dine, too, sneered at him-, and' then Marx pulled himself together an*, did not move again.

Most Expensive Case Ever Trterf.

With the exception of the LeutgertU trials, the case has been the longest’ drawn out and mose expensive ever' tried in the Cook county criminal court. The work of securing a jury commenced on Jan. (’>. Four week*. - were consumed in filling the panel, onejuror having been dismissed after be had been accepted because of his false answers to questions put him in qualifying for service. The time of the jury will be 635 days, which, at $2, makes a cost of $1,266. exclusive of" mileage and their board at the hotel.'. The time of the court prosecuting attorneys. police, and deputy sheriffs represents an outlay in salaries of $50.000, exclusive of the cost of the stenographic report of the case. Total Will Amount to $60,000.

Another item of expense in the case" was the pay and mileage of some 700 veniremen who were summoned forjury service and not accepted. Thisi will aggregate at least $1,500. Other? expenses, including expert testimony*. expenses of travel of detectives, and* the fees and mileage of witnesses, whowere called from Indiana, Denver, and other points outside of the state, will bring the total expense of the trial t» about $60,000.