Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20

lOOh Vic EUduO lO-udy dAu UJdU0 D. COLI
fession. He told the story of his life
from birth to the hour of his arrest.
He admitted that he robbed the Mill
waukee & Northern train at Abrams six
months ago; that he went through the
Wisconsin Central train at Cadott
month later, and that he waylaid
the Gogebic stage and shot Banker
Fleischbein, for whose murder he is on
trial. But he claimed that each act of
| lawlessness was committed while he was
| "spelP'--an insane period which be
| claimed to experience at various times
the result of fall some years ago.
! The line of defense was SO novel
that the spectators who filed the court
| room to the doors were inclined to
smile, but the story and the facts
| brought out by the discrimination
were listened to with the closest atten-
| ton. Holznay has play ed his trump
card in admitting his guilt, but has lost
| the game. The story is too thin for the
| Jury, and he will be convicted and sem
| fenced to life imprisonment.
Notwithstanding that carpet of snow
| covered the around and was being added
to by steadily falling fakes that melted
on whatever they landed, the public
was not deferred from attending the
| trial to-day. A larger number of ladies
were in attendance than on any previous
day. The line o defense pursued to-
dav was in the direction of the prison
er's insanity.
| HOLIDAY was put on the stand the
first thing this morning and in a re-
Iuctant manner told the history of his
| lie.
Il was % years old the I'd of last
month";" he began. 81 was born in
Germany, in the southern part, and my
| parents still live there. All the schooling
ever received was in the old country
| | never attended school in America. I
came to the United States seven years
ago, and not having any trade I
went to work in my uncle's
| I worked there about two years,
and then went TO work on the Oconto
| River, where | staid about three years.
| Becoming tired OF this life and desiring
change, went out West. | stopped
in Portland, Ore, for short time, and
| then went up to the Puget Sound coun-
| try, where / worked in a mill
about five months. I spent
about month riding around
! the country on horse back and was in
| the West about eight months altogether.
| [ then came back anG went to work
again on the Ocorto River and worked
| there about year and half"
In answer to questions put by his at
| toTney, Holiday stated that while in
| Washington Territory he was Injured
| by his horse falling on him that he laid
unconscious for some time a1terward,
and that while his health previous to
this accident had been good, since them it
| had been bad. He could not describe
| just how it affected him. but it affected
his whole system, and particularly his
| head. Ordinarily he 1elt quite good,
bat these bad spells would come over
him and would last probably q day,
sometimes more. He said that during
these spells he felt strange, but
| could not describe the feeling. During
such spells his actions and any Incl
| dents or occurrences taking place at
such time were all a blank afterward.
| Nearly all last winter was spent in
the woods working, but he came
| ont one time to see DIR.
| Williams, in Chicago, who is conneci ed
| with DIR. Lucas Institute for the treat
| ment of nervous diseases. About q
year and a half ago he went to see DR..
| Palmer in Green Bay, who treated him
for nervous troubles. The spells came
on him some tines quite unexpect-
look out for himself, and at
times he feels an irresistible
impulse to do something bad or desper-
ate He had several of these spells
| since his capture, and probably had g.
| dozen or more since he was injured.
Holiday said he remembered the
day he was arrested and who arrested
| him. He could not tell why he
held up the stage. He held it up, and
| that was all he knew about it.
A fellow-prisoner of Holiday, named
Burns, has been engaged the past
month Or two in writing life of
| into the narrative several deeds of dar-
| ing claimed to have been committed by
| Holzhay while in the Western country.
| In the cross-examination Prosecuting
| Atty. Howell mentioned several of these
instances where Holiday was alleged
to have held up several men, and asked
him as to the truth or fasity of the
stories. Holzhay said they were ali
untrue and originated in the
brain of Novelist Burns. In regard
to the holding up Of the Wisconsin Cen
Holiday said he felt the spell
about the same as at the time of
the Gogebic stage robbery, and did not
remember any of the incidents con-
>cted with the affair. He stat
that in all these instances,
shooting was commenced,
cared to clear his brain and
i'm to realization of what be
and he took TO the woods
IL void being captured.
~ot remember who was
in ,ge, did not remember
seen 'eischbein or the
drive to identify
the atbook sail
| to ha schbein.
| He claim seen
Fleisch bei4 ethook
| until his ate it by
| Mr.. Howell.
Attorney f the
| prisoner some lid:
"Holzhay, why G ms,
knowing thatyou lone
of these spells at shoot
somebody When ye these
spells coming on why e. leave