Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
NEWS OF INTEREST.
Some Toms Grouped Together For
the General Reader.
The Lone Highwayman Captured-A Real
DEMONSTRATING on Longs Peak-Other
News That May BE Found
Interesting.
..Bl.ck Bart. CAPTURED.


REPuBLIc, Mich, Sept I-Reymund
Holsheys the lone highwayman who has
tsrrorized Northern Wisconsin for five
months past, robbing trains, waylaying
stage coaches and holding up pedestrians,
ID In custody. He was captured here yes
tsrday morning by City Marshal Glode
and Justice Of the Peace e. E Weiser, and
will be taken to Bessemer to answer Tor
the killing of Fleischbein at Gogebic on
Monday Of last week. Holzhey confesses
to all the stage and train robberies.
At the Jail he was searched and three
Fsvolvers, three gold watches, four pock-
et-books and other articles were found on
his person. One pocket-book bore the
name Of Reymund Holzhey. He broke
down under examination and acknowl-
edged committing the robbery OF the Mil
waukee & Northern train at Ellis juno.
tion, last May, and the robbery at Lake
Gogebic on Monday last
Among the pocketbooks found on
Holxhey was the one that he took from
Fleischbein. the man whom he killed and
robbed when he held up the stage at
0ogebic, and which contained letters and
papers bearing Fleischbein's name.
It was some time before Holzhey would
admit his identity but finally. when con-
fronted by the evidence of his own
pocketbook, acknowledged his identity.
He stubbornly refused to say that
he had committed other robberies
than those at Ellis junction and at
Gogebic. but after much cross-examina-
ton said: ut Is generally supposed that
one man has done them all, and I think
that il So" He then entered into de-
tailed statement of his various crimes.
The story was an interesting one.
A Real Hero.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 3L-Forty five
men were at work in the Allegheny mime
thirteen miles from Cumberland, belong
ing to the Consolidated Coal Company,
when the wall between 1t and the adjoin.
ing worked.out Boston or Etna mine.
gave way from pressure of water from
the old mine. It flowed steadily in a
strong stream over four feet in depth and
there were grave fears for those inside.
Hours passed before any relief could be
obtained by the men inside, and out
side the deep concern of wives, children
and loving friends were depicted on every
countenance. Finally the water had sub
sided to q depth that would allow entrance
to the mine and II. P. Mems, the mining
engineer of the company, started in alone
In search of the imprisoned men, none of the
outsiders being willing to overture. After
wading through the water, against strong
current up to his armpits and over an
irregular bed 500 feet he came to group
of forty three men, who told him of a man
and q boy being in a far distant room. No
one would go to their relief. He started
on anew, and, finding the two, placed the
boy on his shoulders and bidding the man
to follow, turned back and Joined the
group The men seemed terrified and
without Judgment They declined to go
forward until after much persuasion, and
then only after Mems had taken the lead
with the child on his shoulders. For
tunatsly all escaped.