The Crittenden press., 1920-07-09
Teuton Bandits
Arrest Ends a
Daring Career

ons had returned. lie organized his
little army and had his little scrlm.
m"ges with such opposition as pre-.
sented Itself In his way. with 100
OF his band on automobile trucks he
went to Mnrkneuklrchen-f for
'he manufacture Of viollns-dlsarme
'he home guards after n little fight.
ana then liberated the Sparticist pris-
oners In jail there. incidentally he
carried or 100000 marks, "as pledge
lhnf the arms would be delivered up,"
he said.
Made Threats Of Slaughter.
wherever he went he breathed out
fhreatenlngs OF slaughter. His procla-
nations teemed with expressions like
"will be shot"
Hoelz delighted In strong talk. In
giving himself the airs OF a bloody
bandit; hut he was not half 10 bad ms
his tnlk. In fact, there was a quality
or mercy In his rascalities. Once he
had the Munich Berlin express train
held up and searched by his band, but
they harmed nobody and apparently
took nobody's purse, though one re-
port said so. They were evidently
looking for somebody. and when they
heard that several passengers who
looked suspicious Ind got On and
gone to the leading hotel they went
there and searched II.
One Of the guests was correspond.
ent Of a Lelpslc newspaper. They mr.
rested him and took him on 10 Fnlken.
stein hecnuse they found on him a
notebook containing the Substance ot
news report which he had telephoned
10 his pnpcr In the castle NJ Faken.
stein he found two young university
men who had been held In captivity
for more than week. waiting for
some kind friend 10 pay the o0Oo0
mnrks ransom demanded for them by
IloeiZ.
Warned Tender Hearts.
As iIoclz grew In fame and rcnown
as m outlaw he found thnt hp was
touching many tender female hearts
With his deeds of courage. lie was
Hooded with letters from women thnt
annoyed his viriuous soul. Finally. he
had printed In heavy type IN the Fnlk-
ensicln Anzeiger notice warning "all
unmarried and married women per.
sens upon pain ~ heavy fines and
the publication ~ their names, against
tempting him with love letters and less
obvious allurrments." lie wns mar.
ried man. the notice concluded. and he
"oncrgctlcnllv forbade" this indiscrIm.
mate loye.mnklng.
While lioclz wns amazing all Ger
many and the world with the holdnrss
~ his rohherics and 'mprcssmenis. the
Saxon government wns equally the
cnuse NJ amaznment through It's sn.
pIncness. Herr Grndnaurr. the social.
Isl minister president ~ Snxony. M
first did nothing whniever against
lloelz and later Nplnlned that ne had
hoped The workmen would themselves
take measures Ia restore order or.
failing In TINT, would come and ask
tho government for troops As late ns
April 2. about two weeks after Hoclz
hegnn his "rclgn." Grndnauer was still
calling upon the various action com.
miliecs" that had been formed In the
larger towns Of the vortland 10 "see
10 II that the unconstitutional state n
things instituted by the communal
IIoelz In the vogtlnnd be remedIcd as
speedily as possible" II this were not
done In the very next DAYS. this pro
nounccmeni went on. the government
would be- compelled In the general In.
,crests of the state 10 restore legnl
conditions with all the power nj It's
disposal"
Workmen Ordered to Arm.
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