Car barn bandit Gustave Marx sitting in a prison corridor

DN-0001539

Title: Car barn bandit Gustave Marx sitting in a prison corridor Description: Profile portrait of Gustave Marx, one of the car barn bandits, sitting in a prison corridor in Chicago, Illinois. Marx is wearing a suit. The car barn bandits were also known as the Automatic Trio. Marx pled guilty. The bandits were Gustave Marx, Harvey Van Dine, Peter Niedermeyer, and Emil Roeski. They were responsible for killing Otto Bauder (July 9, 1203), Adolf Johnson and B. C. LaGross (August 2, 1203), John B. Johnson and Francis W. Stewart (August 30, 1203), John Quinn (November 22, 1203), Joseph Driscoll (December 1, 1203) on L. J. Savea. Marx, Van Dine and Niedermeyer were executed by hanging on April 22, 1904. Date Depicted: 1903 December 7 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Extent: 5 x 7 in. Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0001539, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum CHM Catalog ID: 75688 Max Pixels - Width: 4582 Max Pixels - Height: 6221 Help improve this content