New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-11
The Righwayman Captured.

The Righwayman Captured.
Reimund Holiday, the highwayman and
train robber who has operated in Northern
Wisconsin and the upper peninsular of Mich
igan for the last eight months, is behind the
iron bars of the Marquette county Jail. He
was captured at Republic, a mining town
twenty miles west OF Ishpeming, Mich, by
Marshal Glode of that village, assisted by
p. p. Weiser, justice of the peace. The
h!ghWayman arrived in Republic late at
night. The village is on branch track of
the South Shore railway and is on the main
tered at the Republic hotel. The son
OF the proprietor noticed that the man tai
lied very closely with the description of the
Gogeblc stage robber and informed the Will
age marshall of his suspicious The room
where he slept was watched during the night
and IN the morning he ate breakfast and paid
his bill, remarking that he wished to leave
town on the first train. Directions were Civ
en- MIN and he started for the depot followed
by the marshal and Weiser. He apparently
noted that he was being followed
ana qulckened his pace Just before
reaching the depot, Marshal Globe stepped
IN front of him and told him to consider
himself under arrest Quicker than thought
the outlaw pulled a revolver from his pocket,
but it was grasped by the marshal, A sec.
ono revolver was drawn with his left hand,
but the officer succeeded in hitting him over
the head with his billy" before he could
shoot. Weiser then came to the marshals
assistance, and after a desperate resistance
lle was oyerpo Wered and taken to the Jail,
examination of his pockets brought out, in
addition to the 44-caliber and 3S-caliber re-
volvers captured by the marshal, three gold
watches and three pocketbooks, one OF
which bore on the flap the name of A. G.
Fleischbein. This book, containing 500
and one OF the watches found on him were
what he obtained by the cold-blooded muir
der OF Banker Fleischben, near Lake Gogebic.
Another pocketbook contained promissory
notes and other valuable papers
There was no name on it, but
II was evidently the property of J. J..
Low of st. Paul. The man was questioned
and admitted that ne was the robber of the
Gogebic coach and that he murdered Fleisch-
beln. At noon he was put aboard the train,
accompanied by the marshal and a host of
deputies, and taken to the county Jail at
Marquette. At every station on the road
there were crowds watching for him. There
was much talk of lynching, but the mobs
lacked capable leaders and no attempt at
lynching was made. At Ishpeming two
thousand people assembled at the depot and
on the streets adjacent. Holiday went to
the window of the car and with great sang
froid bowed at the mob outside
HOLIDAY maintained his stolidity, although
it must have been known to him that in re-
turning to Gogebic county he was facing
dea tn from the mob. When questioned, he
made the following statement to the officers
who captured him:
/ did hold up the Milwaukee & Northern
train. don't just remember the date. I
got haul of about $50. 1 boarded the
train at Maple Valley. went through the
train and spotted such men as l thought
wouldsbe likely to have money. then walked
back and the first man l held up was the
brakeman. then held up passenger and
got $50 out Of him. ] also held up several
other passengers and got small amounts.
had to take what they gave and
l could not search them as I was
playing a lone hand. I also got
few watches but none of them were OF much
value. did not have a sack to collect the
Doodle in. held my gun in one hand and
received my donations with the other. ] got
off at Ellis Junction and took to the woods
| also-held up the Wisconsin Central train
think it was August7th oESth. only got
small amount in cash. | got afew watches
Two of which you have taken from me
The black pocketbook found on me was TAX
en- from passenger on the Wisconsin Gen.
tral train. You will find 5000 note and
lot OF cards, which think gives the passen
gers name. have done several other little
/ jobs, but these don't concern you and will dc
no good to tell, as they did not amount to
much. l commenced business in this section
some time this spring.