Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-04
HOW HE WAS CAPTURED.
THE BOLD HIGHWAYMAN OF WIS.
yCONSIN NEATLY NABBED.

But Only After Desperate Struggle wa
He Handcufed--Hls Travels After tn
Gogebic Stage Robbery and Murder
Sufficient Evidence of His Guilt
MARQUETTE, Mich, August 81.-Redmone
HolEay, the Gogebic stage robber, was cap
tured at Republic, in this coonty, thil
morning. The method by which the cap
ture was effected was as clever and neat al
the bandits own exploits Lad been DARN,
and astounding.
There is no doubt whatever that Holzay
is the same man who startled the entire
Northwest, about two months ago, by 60.
ing single-handed through a train on the
Milwaukee & Northern railroad at Ellis
Junction, Wis, and levied tribute on a
score or more OF passengers; and who. four
weeks later. rode up to store in a small
country settlement, and, at the muzzle of a
revolver, compelled the proprietor to cor
tribute the contents of his safe; and who,
at Saltwater, held up O train on the Wis
consin Central railroad.
Holzesay was brought to this city at Q
p. m. to-day and incarcerated in the county
jail. 10 an associated press reporter he
said he had made for the thick woods i'm
mediately
AFTER THE STAGE ROBBERY.
He pushed rapidly eastwa.d and struck
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic rail-
road about fifty miles south OF Nestoria.
There he boarded q train and rode to
Champion, the northern terminus of the
Milwaukee & Northern.
Republic lies ten miles south OF Cham
pion, and to that point Holzesay made bis
way afoot. He applied at the Republic
house for lodging and was assigned to
room. 1t was about 6 o'clock yesterday
afternoon when he arrived there. He ate
supper ard an hour later was shown to his
room. The landlord observed striking
harmony with the Gagebic stage robber,
and informed the village marshal who
also had been notified by e. e. Weiser, JUS
tice OF the peace. Weiser had met the man
ON the street. Marshall notified deputy
sheriff John Glode and together they went
to the hotel finding the landlord already
suspicious, their own suspicious were con-
frmed, but they decided not to disturb the
stranger in his room as they were certain
he was well armed and would shoot il dis
turbed. 1t was therefore considered best
to wait till morning and a plan OF capture
was quickly determined upon.
Holzesay arose at 6 o'clock, ate break
last and paid his bill. He had check bed
quilt rolled up and bound with small
rope. In this improvised grip he carried a
change OF clothing.
Slipping the bundle over his shoulder he
started off intending to make for Wiscon-
sin lumber camp. .-.. . z
Officers Glode and Weiser were
AWAITING HIS APPEARANCE
on the street. They were dressed in citi-
zens' clothing to avoid arousing suspicion.
As Holzesay approached them they walked
toward him, apparently engaged in earnest
conversation and paying no attention to
the stranger at all. When they came Mt ar
they parted to allow Holzesay to pass be.
tween them. No sooner were they abreast
than the officers seized their man, one
at each arm and shoulder, and threw
him to the pavement. He struggled
and tried to reach for his hip
pocket, and nearly succeeded in doing 80.
At that moment Policeman Whalen came
up, and with his stick gave the PROSTATE
man rap on the head which quieted him,
and he made no further resistance. Hand
cuffs were then applied, and the terror OF
Northern Wisconsin and Michigan was Sc
cure 10 the hands OF the law.
A purse found on him bore the name OF
A. f. Fleischberg in large letters on the in
side cover. File schberg was the man who
was killed during the attack upon the
stage,