Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-01
AT WEsTsIDE.
HIGHWAYMAN CAPTURED.
He Confesses to His Crime, and VIII ID
Tried for Murder.

he COnieSseS To Ills CRIME, ana VIII be
Tried for Murder.
MARQUETTE (Mich.) August 31st.-
"Black Bart, the Lone Highwayman of
Wisconsin, was captured at Republic this
morning. The particulars of the capture
have not yet been received. He is
the man who. on Monday noon, held up
the Gogebic stage. There were four prom
inent people in it-Donald Mackercher. of
the First National Bank Of Minneapolis; A.
G. Flerschbein, of Belleville, Illinois; Rob
ert Rintoul, of the Bank of Montreal, Chi
cago, and William Paddou, also of Chicago.
When he stopped the stege and demanded
that the party Cash in" one of them began
firing at him. The robber returned the fire
aud Msckercher was badly wounded, but
will recover Flerschbein was hit twice
and fell out Of the coach, while the horses
dashed away with the rest of the party.
The robber went through him and disap-
peared. Three hours later Flerschbein
was picked up and cared for, bat died that
night.
Parties with bloodhounds were at once
organized and a systematic hunt began,
which ended as stated.
Black Bart's" real name is Reymunde
Holzhey, and he has been terror to the
whole county side, holding up stages or
railroad trains or individuals indiscrimi-
nately.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
MARQEETTE [Mich.), August 31st.-Red-
mond Holzhay, the Gogebic stage robber,
was captured at Republic in this county
this morning. The method by which the
capture was effected was as clever as the
bandits own exploits had been daring and
astounding. There is no doubt whatever
that Holzhay is the same man who startled
the entire Northwest about two months ago
by going single-hsnded through train on
the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad at
Ellis Junction, Wis, and levying tribute on
a score or more OF passengers, and that
few weeks 'ater rode upto store in small
country settlement, and at the point Of
revolver compelled the proprietor to con-
tribute the contents of his safe. and still
later held up train on the Wisconsin Gen.
trail Railway.
Hoizhay was brought to this city at P.
NJ to-day and incaTcerated in the county
jail.
To an Associated Press reporter he said
he had made for the thick woods immedi-
ately after the stage robbery. He pushed
rapidly eastward and struck the Dnluth
South Shore and Atlantic Railway about
fifty miles east OF Nestoria. There he
boarded the train and rode to Champion,
Vi llc
and Northern.
Republic lies ten miles south of Cham
pion. and to that point Holzhay made his
way afoot. He applied at Republic house
for lodging and was assigned to room. 1t
was about o'clock yesterday afternoon
when he arrived there. He ate supper and
an hour later was shown in his room. The
landlord observed the striking harmony
with the description of the Gogebic stage.
robber and informed the village Marshal,
who also had been notified By f E. Wiser,
a Justice of the Peace.
Weiser had met the man on the street.
The Marshal notified Deputy Sheriff John
Glade, and together they went to the
hotel Finding the landlord already sus-
picious. their own suspicious were con-
firmed, but they decided not 10 disturb the
stranger in his room. They were certain
he was we'll armed and would shoot if
disturbed. 1t was therefore considered
best to wait uutil morning. and plan of
capture was quickly determined upon.
HolZhay arose at 6 O'Clock, ate a light
breakfast aud paid his bill. He had a
cheekered quilt, rolled up and bound with
a sRail rope In this improvised grip he
carried change of clothing Singing the
bundls over bis shoulder he started of. iE-