St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
BE Is Nabbed at Republic,
Mieh., by Two Wolverine
Officers.
Identified by Papers and Jew
elPy in His Possession as
Reimund Holzhay.
He Breaks Down Under EX-
animation and ConfeSSeS
All His Crimes.

REPUBLIC. Mich, Aug. 31.-Reimund
HolZhay, the lone highWayman who ter
rOrfzed Northern Wisconsin for five
months past, robbing trains, waylaying
stage coaches. holding up pedestrians,
is in custody. He was captured here
this morning by City Marshal Glode
and Justice of the Peace E. E. Weiser,
and will be Iaken to Bessemer to answer
for the killing of FIeiSchbein atGogebic,
on Monday of this week. HolZhay con-
fesses to all the stage and train rob-
berries. This morning Marshal Glode
and Justice Weiser were walking down
street from their homes, when, near
the railroad depot, they met man
dressed roughly and apparently anxious
to escape attention. The marshal was
struck by his close likeness to the de-
scription of the Gogebic stage rob
Der, and Immediately stepped in
front of the man, saying, II want you"
The stranger whipped his hand to his
hin pocket, but before he could draw a
pistol was felled by Marshal GlOoe's
billy, which stunned him. He was
taken to the village Jail, recovering con-
seiousness on the way. At the jail he
was searched and three revolvers, three
gold watches, four pOcketbOOks and
other articles were found on his person.
One pocketbOOk bore the
NAME OF REIAIUND HOLZHAY,
the robbers name. He broke down
under examination and acknowledged
committing the robbery of the Mil
waukee & Northern train at Ellis juno
ton last May, and the robbery at GOge
bic Monday last. HOlzhay came here
last evening and put up at the
Republic house. The police Of
fcers in all the towns up
here had been furnished with de-
seription of the rObber, and when he
entered the republic he was at once
placed under surveillance on the Sus-
picion that he was the man wanted for
the murder and robbery. The Besse-
mer authorities were telegraphed to for
further information, but up to an early
hour this morning no response was re-
ceiyed from them. Marshal Glode re-
solved not to wait word from them and
to make the arrest. being fearful that if
he delayed longer the man might es-
cape Among the pOcketbOOks found
on HOlZhay was the one that he took
from FleiSchbein, the man whom he
killed and robbed when he held up the
stage at GOgebic, and which contained
letters and papers bearing Fleisch-
bein's name. Another pOcketbOOk.
evidently belonging to W.. q.
De Celle, 4OS Sibley street, ST. Paul was
recovered. There was also a fourteen
carat hunting case, Stem-winding gold
watch, the case of which was made by
the American Watch company, the
movement being a Wheeler and num-
bered 991, 1884. The chain is small curb
without bar. The man admits that he
took the watch from FleiSchbein. An
other of the watches is low-carat gold
watch. hunting case and stem-winder,
Case No. !, ,293 and Raymond movement
No. 282,661, made by the Illinois Watch
company. The other watch is an
eighteen-carat gold watch, hunting
case and stem-winder, nickel move
ment, made by Robert Monnot, Locle,
evidently a Swiss article. The chain is
a double link, with small cube charm.
1t was some time before Holzhay would
admit his identity, but finally, when
confronted with the evidence of his
own pocketbOok, acknowledged his
identity. He stubbornly refused to say
that he had committed other rObberies
than those at Ellis junction and Goge-
bic, but after much cross-eXamination
said: ut is generally supposed that one
man has done them all, and / think that
is So" He then entered into detailed
statement of his various crimes. His
story was an interesting one.