Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-01
A." BLACK BART"
THE LONE HIeHWAYMAN OF VISION
SIN, IN CUSTODY.
He Confesses the Robbery and Murder on
Monday Last-History OF
His Exploits.
LEY tnlnrranh 70 Tho pi,patrh.l

MILWAUKEE, August ALA special 20 the Ere.
ming WfseonsfH from Republic says; heiulnus
hozhcy. tho ionO highWaynnn who torrofl1e'
Northern Wisconsin f7r I'VE months past ~ D
liag trains. whyiaying stage-coaches, ana hol1-
inR up pedestrians. f. 10 custody lie was chP-
tured here this morning AID VIII o. taseh ~
Bessnucr g. answer tor The killing OF flel-chbelh
ct & genis on MOndar last HOlzhey cJnfeasfe 70
all TIE stage and railroad robperie- Al 0clorh
thi7 morning City ershsl Globe ana JuHucc-"l-
iLo-Peace Neiscr were waking down the street,
Wnou near The railroad depot thoy met a m4h
dressed roughly aud apparoniiy ANXIOUS 70 80
cape attention. The Marshal was struck py ms
strange likeness 20 the description OF 6oeetio
Ire 8Vge-rObber. and Immediately stepped ~
trout Of tho man. saying, 81 want you no
stranger whipped HIS. hand u his hp-pocket
bu; before be could Grsw a pistol was
fsIed ~ Marshal Chores billy, when
stuEned him. lie WIS tak0n % The VIII %
sal. recovering consciousness on the way. AZ
Tie fan 10 Was searched ADD three reviewers,
ttree god Wn che-. four pCcEei-bcOks. ana otheF
articles were un1 on his person. One POCKET
book bore the name Of Reimund. HOHhoy
broke down under the examination hhu GU
feesed the robbery and murdor on MONDAY ios.
Holzhoy csme here last evening aud put up a.
the Republic House The police Officers 10 Gil
the towns up here had been furnished deecrlp.
tiOn OF the rObber. and WHOM ne ehteiou
he vas n once placed under HurYeilahco unheI
the suspicion that be was The man WAhteo'
Tho Bessemer authorities were telegrnphed 70 80
further in the natter. but UP 90 this morning
nothing Was received from them hafshA
Globe resolved not % WGit word from them AUG
to make tho arrest being fearful that II delayed
longer the man might escape. A pocaetDook
tound on him wa the one be io9k IRON
Flei-rh bein. the man whom he suled hnu
robbed when he Ia up mo stage AZ noso-
bic, Rnd which contained le;tors ana papers
bearing Tleichbeins nnme Another pocEet-
book, evidently belonging n ". e. beccho'
of ~ Paul. was recovered. There was Also
gold watch numbered Bl.JlA ms man
admits that he TOOK The Waich from fle'shOeln'
There were Two other watches In Lis posses
sion. Il was some time before llolzhey would
admit his identity. but finally, whom con1ronteu
~ The evdours q hts own pocket-bOOA. NJ
kuOwicltel his identity. lie stubbOrnly reiused
% ssy that be had committed other fOhberieb
shan tho-e AZ Ellis Junction end At GoSeDle, put,
after much eros s-cKaminatiOn. snid III u gene
rally supposed that one man las done them al
and think that Is So"
IIe thon entered into detailed statement OF
his various crimes. Ills story was on interest
ing one.
MARQUETTE. MICH. August 3L-The crime for
which the highwayman j. under arrest was an
exceediugly bold ono. a stsge-coach plies be-
tween Gocebie station. on the Milwaukee, lase
Shore and Western road and summer-resort
hotel on the G0gcbl- lake, three miles as
taut On Monday last the stage lett me
LOtel with PARTY Of four meu WHO nae
been spending several weeks thero. The mem
beers ~ the party wero Donald Mackeercher,
Of Mnnoai oils, one Of tho officials OF the FIRST
National Bank Oi that city a. G.. Fleischbein, oi
Eeio,lio, H.; Robert Rntoul, on the BANK o,
Montreal, Chicago. and William Paddon. ALSO OF
Chicago. About 1889 O'Clock, as the stage was
dragging lgZlly along over the roads. It's driver
was startled boy the Command 20 hold In the reihs
aud not mako single move a. the porn o. ms
life There in front Of him WAS a stage-ro9Der
wearing a SLOUGH ia; and holding two immense
Tevolycrs, which he pointed q; the driver. ono
OF tn passengers adopted q trick To throw the
vobbcr Od his guard. He had con-
a moi
son and did not want 1t taken from
him. When the highwsyman extended
general invitation to leash i'm no put his hand
INTO his p0-ket presumably for his pocSet-Oook,
but really 10 get lis revolver. lie drew u anu
commercial firing az the rODber, who stool hts
ground AMI returned the FIRE. The horses dash
ed away at rapid rate, but the rODDer coz
unuei TO empty his revolver no the mon IN the
coach. Mr. flei 'chb n roo up In hB seat anu
received a bullet ia hI~ nip. Al the Same ulne
fhe coach gave q lurrh and he was thrown FOR
ward IN the roadway Banker Mackearcher also
foil + victim 90 tho robbers murderOus weapon.
he received two iullci-wounIs-One III the lcfI
side OF the bend and another ~ tho leg. The rob
her poruced uu0n his REL plcss victim In the r0ni
Nav showed "a pistol ia his face, and threatened
20 fr sh him then and there fleis'ADolu pleadei
for his lifr. aud IA" rohner, at;1r going through
his pockets and taking abou, $40 IN money, LIS
watch ami cham auI ring, lott him lying in the
roAI lie lay there nearly three hours before
he was taken 20 Bo-sener aud put IN o nos
rlfal but ho mad blcI so much mat no dled ttct
night after having furnished good description
Of tho highwaymau.
Mr.. Neckrarcher was taken 10 Minneapolis
where, at los; nccouut', he vas said TO De re-
covering.
II h believed tbo robher Is the same
man who Recently hold up q Northwestern
ami Wisconsin Central train. As soon a.
lhe news q tho robbery reached Ashland,
sheriff Foley and JJsse started IN pursuit.
.rhey were soon Joined by a mob under Judge
lynch. pack Of booIhOuu1s, with their In
dian ira, ers were also brought into requisiton.
All avenues OF escape were cut Oh and q sJs-
tematr msn-hunt was beCun. ending his morn
Ing. hs above stated.
KNOWS ALL ABOUT HIM.