Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-02
Black Bart in Irons.
Wisconsin's Bandit Not in Bust
ness Any Longer.
THE LAW GETS ITS GRIP ON HIM.

Well Managed Capture of a Desperate
Robber-He Deplores the Fact That He
Hadn't Chance to Arrange Another
Funeral and Admits That He Is the Man
Wanted So Badiy-Race Riots south
Black Record for One Day.
REPUBLIC, Mich, Sept 2.-Reimund
Holzhay, alias "Black Bart" the highway
robbing trains, waylaying stage coaches
and holding up pedestrians, is in custody.
He was captured here Saturday morning by
City Marshal Glode and Justice of the Peace
f. F. Weiser, and has been taken to Bessemer
to answer for the killing of A. Fleischbein
of Belleville, Ills, at Gogebic, Monday of
last week. Holiday confesses to all the stage
and train robberes
The Robber Identified.
Holidays capture was easily effected. He
applied at the Republican house for lodging
in the evening and was assigned to room.
This was about o'clock He ate supper
and an hour later was shown to his room.
The landlord observed striking resem-
blance between his guest and the description
IF the Gogebic stage-robber, and informed the
village marshal, who had also been notified
~ f + Weiser, justice of The peace, who
lad seen him on the street 1t was deter
| mined not TO attempt the arrest in Holidays
room as he was known to he heavily armed
HOLIDAY arose at o'clock Sat
urday morning, ate light break
fast, and paid his bill He had checkered
quilt rolled up and bound with a small rope.
| In this improvised way he carried a change
of clothing and small bottle. Singing the
bundle over his shoulder he started off, in
| tending to make for the Wisconsin lumber
camps.
Manner of the Capture.
As Holzhay approached them they walked
toward him apparently engaged in earnest
conversation and paying no attention to the
stranger at all. When they came near they
parted to allow Holzhay to pass between
them. No sooner were they abreast than the
officers seized their man one at each arm and
shoulder and threw him to the payment
HOLIDAY struggled and tried to reach his hip
pocket, nearly succeeding in doing So At
| that moment Policeman Pat Whalen came
up and with his stick gave the PROSTATE
man rap on the head which Quoted him,
and he made no further resistance
Had His Artillery Aboard.
AT the Jail he WIS searched and three re-
volvers, three gold watches four pocket
books and other articles were found on his
person. One pocketbook bore the name of
| Reimund Holzhay, the robbers name. He
broke down under the examination, and ac-
| knowledged committing the robbery of the
| Milwaukee and Northern tain at Ellis
| junction last May and the robbery at Lake
| Gogebic Monday of last week.
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 con-
tanned letters and papers bearing Fleisch-
| beins name.
Mighty Cool Prisoner.
When seen by a reporter he said he knew
that men and bloodhounds had been on his
| track, but he had not seen them. When
| asked how he felt about his capture he
| shrugged his shoulders and answered: Il
| don't know. Its about all that could be ex-
| pected. / sorry, though, that / was
| caught alive. Ii the marshal had been a
little slower there would have been fu-
| neral in Republic tomorrow He would
| neither admit or deny that he was the rob
| Der of the Milwaukee and Northern train
| or the Wisconsin Central train,
answering to pointed questions, Il
| don't know He did the work for
fun, he said. and when it was suggested that
1t might he expensive fun for him remarked
| that He laughs best who laughs last He
was manitestly uncomfortable when lynch
| ing was suggested
HOLIDAY began his career on the road last
| April and since that time has robbed two
railway trains. five stages and general
store at Bonduel, Shawano county. He
| got comparatively little money by his
| exploits