The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
TAE sRAwANo RoBB sa.
An Account of the Lone Highway
mans ,areer.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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of one Of the most prominent Zen in that
state, is in this city visiting friends. The
little city of Shawalo has recently become
noto ious throughout the country rs the
home Of the most daring freebooter that
has ever opera ed in this country. This
| lone highwa man has for several years
kept tue people of Northern Wisconsin in a
-. of terrpr. HIS last exploit was the
/ robbery OF the age, puplishst in the IN
| 81. eI o. tuesdiy. r. Upnam yefteTfla
| gave the folio ing account Of this deSpeTa-
| dos career of crime, which reads like tbs
widest romance Of the dime novelist de
ssid:
'The Lone Highwayman, about whom so
muca "a. beeI prIn Il, IS Il young German
| farmer, named Redmond Haltz .ey He
came from Germany several years ago and
| ssttled near Sha ano on a farm. he an
| pears { have been a law-abiding cit zs1
un Ii tn prinE, Shel he started on a c.
| reer Of cri ne That has neve bsel equ died
in this cJu ltry. He is but p years old, and
| is believed to nave iucated himself fOr his
| 'professio , uy reading dime no els. He is
fee inches tall, weighs l65 pounds, and
wears dark muStacle. He has never
masked himself but once.
HIS FIRST cow.
"His first bow to tIe public as hig lway-
man was made early this spring, when he
bbed stage ,ach "hic . carrie the
ma,l from Shawauo 10 the villa e of Pulcl-
fer, dist nee Of about eighteen miles. lie
/ ed tns nail bag, but got little for his
paIIs. This of coUr caused grsa5 excite
me 1t IN S lawano. o. this occasion the
rObber was masked, aud it vas not known
VINO he was. Toe excitement had sc freely
died away Def re he robbed the same stage
at lonely SPOT IN a woods. near where tins
| fl It o6bery vas com nittei. On tlis oc-
| cast N he got few reg sterel letters and,
believe, some money from the driver, who,
Of course, ffered no resi- tance.
Excite ne 1t arc md Shawano was now
at fever heat Every effort was made o
lind hatznev. who was now known t. be
t1e lbber, bat without avail. Postofflc
lnspec Pu c fe sne1t several weeks IN
vestigating the matter, but the robber d
disapp AIRED like e las. before the NOR
ing
9. here are number of stage coaches
running from Sha van TO coun rs VILLAGE,
and all of the drivers were very nervous
for some time OIe line runs through tn
Mlnominee Indian reservation to Lo0g-
| d., distance Of % forty miles The
dri' of this stage was very loudfn his
- sts OF WA. he - IL Al Jas r'Uoer
sh uld attack him. He ~ 4 ''e % tea
for nlm. Whether Haltzhey hear of thes
b asls or not / canuu " y
in good oil If ,shi med styIs, ! q the drive.
| offered not the sliS htest resistance
MONEY HANDED OVER.
1.-THE driver two pocket books, and
one of them c. ntaining SIS / o handed
| over t. the highwIym "a very msekiy. To e
| other was slvol Thomas Ainsw Orth, a
| promi ent cItizsn of Shawano county, wa,
robbed OF 50. He also had large sum of
mo ey l. another pocketb ok, which was
| not handed over. Mr.. Al lsworth afterward
sad tina it was worth 80 to see him do it.
| ut the driver thought $25 was a dear price
| for the . to tain en-.
by this time Shawano was in perfect
fever OF excitement. People were afraid to
| go out of the ci y limits. Young men were
careful how they ok their eethearts out
riding, and every travele went armed.
| 5 eriff NJ. NJ. Porter organized pose and
| tried t. t1nd Haiti ev, but the only result
| Of his search was that A. K. Porter, one of
the posse, and a prominent MAJ in the
county, fell out of his buggy and broke his
leg.
TRAIN HELD UP.
1.-THE next raid o the Lone High wayman,
| as lie no, came TO be called wa, on a Mil
waukee and n rchern train, near Eds
| junction. While the train was in motion
He ent to the rear end OF the train and
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order d every one to thr w 10 their
ha u.s. They did so. He drove than
all to the front of tie car and went
through their pocket, They wsret hen
| all DIR ven into the next car, while Q
tra was in motion, and the same tactics
we're repeated until eve on mad been
robbed. jus as the train slowed up fol-
| Ellis junction he lea. ed off aAd disappeared
IN woods. He got three watches and
| about $500
His next appearance was at Bo1duel, a
country corne. about nine mics from Sha-
wa %. He walked into the store of SJlo-
mon Kahn, and i'll the presencs of dozen
sffrighted farme 5 demanded the con ents
Of safe. Mr.. Kahn gave him $75, anC
vas conn elled at The p lint Of the pi ,JoI tt
go out hitch a valuable team i
front Of his store belonging to ons of tn
farmers, with which haltzuey drove off.
TREATED HIS PU RsUERs.
st he farmers PURSUED, and it is said
came up wit Haltz ey at a tavern. The
ter invited them in TO drink at o poin
# pist !. and they accep ed. Haltzhey
then drove off again and the team wa
afterward fould in the WOODS forty mile
away.
There was quiet in the land for som
weeks after ems, and just as peo lie wer
chngrltulatilg the ns,lves that he was
| uoou, II tuS OASIS OF CeT tain no S IRON
, Northern Michigan, ne robbed a Wiscon
SIN Central train near Chippewa falls. Il
only got about 800 and two or thre
wa,ch 8. TINS was about three weeks ago
The ext learned Of his ph reabout wa
in he Inquirer yes erday morning when
see he robbed stage coach near the Mich
gan state lire and shot two of the passer
gers. This is the first time resistance ha
been offered to him.
, THE PEOPLE ALARMED.
: "The people of the northern part of Wis
consin are thoroug lily alarmed, and larg
sums have beea offered for the arrest o
Haltzhey, but no one has ever bsen able t,
get near him He always operates alone
ut it is believed that he has a partner, wit
tags III Q woods and keeps his camp f.
him. His campfi has been fou id once o
twice by his pursusrs, but no one has bee
able to get any nearer him, except when h
had the drop on them
ut is believed tina he Is trying to ge
enough money to so back to Germa ~.
have no doubt the citizens of the stat
+ woul make up a handsome purss II hiu
II he would agree to 81 to Germany an
. never come back. Tue Indians GA tn
K reservation near S lawano are to recelv
y | $4,000 IN SD TT tins in payment r pi l
l. gs sold to lumbermen. Il Is believed tina
g hatzhey is waiting around to get cnauc
, at this money"
i Fugitivs Thoughts.
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