Arizona republican., 1913-07-07
RIVAL 0F JESSE
 JAMES LEAVES
 PRISON MONDAY
" Black Bart Holzhay, With Spectacular Grim inal Career Serves Quar- ter Century of Life Sent
 ence and Will Be Freed.
Especial to The Republican,

MARQUETTE, Mich, July 6 =
 Black Bart" Ho1zhay, whose criminal
 career was one of the most spec
 tacular ever recorded in the United
 states, will be released tomorrow from
 the Marquette prison, after having served twenty-four yedrs of a life sentence imposed on him in 1889 for murder His release is made possible oy legislation enacted two years ago.
 .ich extends the benefits of the pa role law to convicts undergoing life sentence.
 Holzhay is now 47 years old. When he was received at the prison he was liHterate and possessed a record as desperado stage coach and train rob- Der. He gave She prison much trouble during the first few years but follow ing a surgical operation his character changed completely and he became q model prisoner. He has since been student and has given himself good education. For many years he has been the prison librarian and photographer.
 Because of his swarthy appearance and i'll kept beard Holzhay gained the name of Black Bart, the bandit, and under that sObriquet he became no- torious as the most picturesque crim- nal in the histories of Wisconsin and Michigan-the terror of two states His exploits in the woods of northern Michigan rivaled those of Jesse James. A pea ceful lumberiack for while, he suddenly broke into series of crimes which continued until the mention of his name struck terror to the hearts of travellers in the north woods Stages were stopped one after the other on their trips between the lumber camps and the town and their passengers held up, the mail sacks rlfled and every article of value stolen.
 Finding stage coaches too tame, Holzhay took to holding up trains. go- ing through the coaches and robbing every passenger. Large rewards were placed on his head by the government and the railroads, but he was fearless and was not captured The rewards grew as his depredations continued until they totaled the sum of s2.5OO. Every man in the woods was watching for him, but when Holzhay appeared in their camps and demanded food they feared to lay hands upon him.
 HOlzhaY's career of crime continued unmolested. banks. stores, trains, stage coaches and private houses alike falling into his hands and getting out
 
 before Finally Holzhay planned to hold up the stage which passed Lake GOgebic, learning that several Chicago bankers. among them A. F. F'Ieisch- bein, were to be on board. He stop ped the coach and demanded the money from the bankers. Fleischbein reached his hand into his pocket, but instead Of cash he pulled out a re- vOIver. Before he could shoot the bandit had fired and F'leischbein fell, mortally wounded. A second nan tried to resist, but HOlzhay shot him also, searched the men and got away. l
 The authorities of two states took l up the pursuit. Trains were watched | and stages guarded But for a long | time Holzhay evaded his pursuers. He | slept in the woods only going to the | villages for necessary food. |
 It was when he went to Republic l that the bandit was captured. Village | Marshal Glode recognized "Black | Dart" and aided by several men he lured Holzhay to an upstairs room. l There all bounced upon the bandit 1 It took three men to bind the des l perado after he had made a fierce | fight and had attempted to shoot his | captors
 Tn his cell Holzhay was as fearless as he was when holding up a train | or coach. On one occasion he stole | a table knife, sharpened it on tho floor of his cell and held one of the guards at bay in his cell when he | came to take the prisoner to work. Many other times he gave the officials much trouble during the early years of his confinement. Finally the phy- sicians decided that he was insane and he was sent to the asylum at Tonia There he was operated upon, and then returned to Marquette.
 Since the operation Holzhay mas been a different man. He has given no trouble whatever, his demeanor has been as gentle as that of a child and all his time when not at work has been devoted to reading. He is familiar with the history and politics If every nation and has written many assays on sociological and philosopm- al subjects He invested the small earnings he had saved in copper stocks and his savings jumped to several thousands, with the help or warden Russell, who placed his moh- ., for him He is now an expert Tn te doings of the market. It is be- ie,,ad he has saved enough money to
 or him the rest of his days He ,,iu probably go to live with relatives n Wisconsin