Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-13
BLACK BART"
BLACK BART"
THE LONE HTGHWAYAAN OF
WISCONSIN, IN CUSTODY
HE CONFEssEs THE ROBBERY AND
MURDER-HIsTORY OF HIS
EXPLOITS.

A special to the Erenin0 Wis
consn from Republic says: Rel
mund Holshey, the lone highway
man who terrorized Northern Wis
consln for five months past robbing
trains, waylaying stage.coaches,
and holding up pedestrians, is in
custody. He was captured here
and was taken to Bessemer to an
swer for the killing of Fleischbein
at Gogebic. Holzhey cOnfesses to
all the stage and railroad rob
berries. City. Marshall Globe and
Justice.of.the Peace Weiser we're
walking down the street. When
near the railroad depot they met a
man dressed roughly and apparent
| " ANXIOUS to escape attention.
The Marshall was struck by his
strange likeness to the description
of GOgeble, the stage-robber, and
Immediately stepped in front OF
the man. saying, 81 want you"
The stranger whipped his hand to
his hip poclet, but before he could
draw a pistol was felled by Mar.
shal Globes billy, which stunned
him. He was taken to the village
jail, recoyerlng consciousness on
the way. At the jail he was search.
ed and three revolvers, three gold
watches, tour pocket books, and
other articles were found on his
person. One pocket book bore the
name of Rnimund. HOlzhey broke
down under the examination and
confessed the robbery and murder.
Holzhey came here the day
before he was captured and
put up at the Republic House,
The police officers in all the towns
up here had been furnished a de-
scrlptlOn of the rObber, and when he
entered he was at once placed un-
der surveillance under the suspi-
cion that he was the man wanted.
The Bessemer authorities we're
telegraphed to 90 further In the
matter, but till that morning moth
ing has been received from them.
Marshal Globe resolved not 10
wait word from them and to make
the rest, being fearful that if de.
layed longer the man might escape.
A pocket. book found on him was
the one he took from Fleischbein,
the man whom he killed and rob.
bed when he held mp the stage at
Gogebie, and which contained let.
ters and papers bearing Fleisch
beln's name. Another pOcketbook
evidently belonging to w. &.
Decelle, of st. Paul, was recovered.
There was also a gold watch num-
bered 991,S14. The man admits
that he took the watch from Fleisch.
bein.
There we're two other watches in
his possession. 1t was some time
before Holzhey would admit his
identity, but finally. when con-
fronted blythe evidence of his own
pocket book, acknowledged his
identity. He stubbornly refused
to say that he had committed other
robberies than those at Ellis juno
tion and at Gogeble, but, after
much cross. examination, said AT
| is generally supposed that one man
has done them all and think thai
is So"
lie then entered into a detalled
statement OF his various crimes
His story was an interesting one
The crime for which the high
wayman IS under arrest was an ex'
ceelngly bold one. A stage.coach
plies between Gobebie station, on
the Milwaukee, Lake Shore aud
Western road and a summer.resorl
hotel on the GOgeble lake, three
miles distant. On August 26, th'
stage left the hotel with a party
of four men who had been spend
ing several weeks there. The mem
bers of the party were Donal'
Mackearcher, of Minneapolis, on
of the officials Of the First Natlona
e Bank of that city; A. G.. Flelsch
bein, of Belleville, H.; Rober
Rintoui, of the Bank OF Montreal
, Chicago, and William PaddOn, al
4 30 of Chicago. About 11:30 O'CLOCK
t as the stage was dragging lazll
r along over the roads. its drive
k was startled by the command
II hold in the reins and not make
> single move at the peril Ofhis life
y There IN front of him was = stage
9 robber wearing slouch hat an
t holding two immense revolvers
/. which he pointed at the drlve
o One of the passengers adopted
t trick to throw the rObber of hl
o, guard. He had a cOnslderabl
~ amount of money on his perso
n and did not want it taken from hin
ly " hen the highwayman extende
'r a general invitation to "cash in
IL he put his hand into his pocket pr
sumably for his pocket book, b'
p'' really to get his revolver. He DIRE
ig it and commenced firing at Il
robber, who stood his ground al
VI returned the FIRE. The hors
" dashed away at a rapid rate, bl
~ the robber continued to empty b
revolver at the men 10 the coac
Mr.. Fleischbein rose up In bis Sc
=, and received a bullet IN his hI