Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-24
BLACK BART"
 ID BE PAROLED
Once Notorious Northern Outlaw May Soon Be Given Liberty in
 Michigan
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MARQUETTE. Mich, March g - The law enacted by the state legis lature last winter, which extends the benefits Of the parole law to convicts undergoing life sentence, will. 1t is confidently expected. enable Ray mond Holzhay. more widely known as Black Bart a life prisoner with a sensational criminal record, to ob- tain his release on parole from the Marquette prison, where he spent nearly twenty-three years of his life for murder. Holzhay, who has been a model prisoner for many years. eI- poets that under the new law his sen tence will be commuted to one of 40 years and that he will be released on parole shortly after the communication of his sentence.
 Holzhay's career was extremely sen sational. and interesting from a crim- inological point of view He was born in Austria and came to the United States when quite young But little is known of his early life. scarcely more than that he was illiterate, Of great physical strength and courage and had strongly developed criminal tendencies. He was still in his teens when he began work in Wisconsin
 pineries." The life of a lumberman did not satisfy Holzhay's adventurous nature He decided to become a ban dit and began his criminal career by holding up a stage coach in the lum- Der district
 His succes was encouraging and HOlZhay, single handed held up and robbed coach after coach until the mere mention of his name struck ter TOT to the hearts of travellers in the lumber region. His boldness was as tonishing While lodging the officers Of the law, who were pursuing him, Black Bart" walked boldly into the lumber camps asking for food and ob- taiuing it, no man being willing to take the risk of making an attempt to seize the outlaw.
 Alter a while. finding the robJing Of stage coaches too tame, Hoizhay took Co holding ur trains and for a considerable period be terrorizgd the whole northern Wisconsin and Mich igan holding up railroad trains and stage coaches rObbing the passengers and riflinE the mail Uags and employ ing his time between the bigEer coups by robhinS banks. stores and private houses Large rewards were offered for his capture by the government, the state authorities and the rail roads. but nobody seemed to have courage enough to earn the reward.
 After having held up and robbed Wisconsin Central train near Ca do-t Holzhly went to the Gogeblc rs- sion. where he held up a stage coach near Lake Gogebic One of the pas seuge-s was a Chicago banker. named A. F. FieisChlin. who carried con- siderable amount of money. The tanker drew his gun but before he could make use of it. HOlzhay shot and killed him Another passenger also tried 10 resist, but HOlzhay shot him also and after having robbed his victims. he made his escape. The authorities made a determined effort 43 capture the daring bandit, but, al though blOOdhounds were used to follow his trail, no trace of him could be found.
 Five days late-. however. Marshal Glade and Justice Weiser saw HolZ- hay in one Of the streets of the town of Republic and arrested him. He tried to make use Of his gun, but was knocked down and overpoWered be- fore he could do SO. He was brought to Marquette and was positively iden- tified a. the man who had killed FleischU aiu. Holzhay was tried, con victed and sentenced to Marquette prison for life During the first year Cf his imprisonment Holzhay gave q great deal of trouble 10 the prison au thorities He was moody and rebel iious and not inclined tO submit Co the prison rules and discipline. on one occasion be obtained possession of a knife and held one of the guards at bay in his cell when he came to ta,-. -.G. +c york. Warden TomDklus C..... e.. .--.-.-..-at ate and shot Holzhay through the hand n which he held the knife. Not until then did the prisoner submit.
 Holzhay remained untractabie and finally ne was sent to the asylum ioI the insane at lOnia, where the doc tors decided to perform an operation on the prisoner. to remove Q piece oi bone which pressed upon his brain The oucratiCn was successful and after his return to prison Holzha' va; a changed man. He became model prisoner. began 70 study au' gradually acquired a good education Through the warden. who took grea interest in him, Ilolzhav invested nl' earnings in copper stock and accum ulated handsome fortune. He wa!
 made the librarian of the prison, cd tied the prison paper andJ did all th' photographic work requS q. IL a
 believed that the operation on h. brain has transformed Holzhay into normal and law abiding individual free from criminal tendencies