The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-02
TeutOn Bandits
Arrest Ends a
!. Daring Career

ons had returned. He organized his
little army and had his little scrim-
images with such opposition as pre-
sented itself In his way. With 40
Of his band on automobile trucks he
went to Markneuklrchep-fa for
the Manufacture Of vlcllns-disairn,ed
the home guards after a little Eight.
and then liberated the Sparticist pris-
oners In jail there. Incidentally he
carried Oh 100000 marks. "as pledge
that the arms would be delivered up"
he said.
Made Threats OF Slaughter.
Wherever he went he breathed out
threatenings 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; but he was not half SO bad a.
his talk. In fact, there was a quality
Of 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 had got of and
gone to the leading hotel they wen
II there and soa rehod n
One Of the guests was correspond
ent of Leipsic newspaper. They ar
rested him and took him Off to Falken
stein because they found on him q
notebook containing the substance of q
news report which he had telephonet
TO his paper. In the castle at Falken
stein he found two young universit!
men who had been held In captivit!
for more than a week, waiting 10
some kind friend to pay the 1000
! marks ransom demanded for them b,
Hoelz.
Warned Tender Hearts.
AS Hoelz grew In fame and renow
as an outlaw he found that he wa
; touching many tender female heart
? with his deeds Of courage. He wa
I flooded with letters from women ths
: annoyed his virtuous soul. Finally, h
3 had printed in heavy type In the Fall
s. enstein Anzeiger notice warning "a
3 unmarried and married women pc
e sons. upon pain Of heavy fines an
4 the publication of their names, again
i tempting him with love letters and LEI
8 obvious allurements." He was ma
J. ried man, the notice concluded. and
d "energetically forbade" this indiscrir
J. mate love-making.
While Hoelz was amazing all G.
many and the world with the boldne
!. Of his robberies and impressments. Il
= Saxon government was equally Il
!. cause Of amazement through Its 8
- pineness. Herr Gradnauer, the sOci,
- list minister-president Of Saxony,
y first did nothing whatever again
=, Hoelz, and later explained that he HI
+, hoped the workmen would themselv
a take measures to restore order
as falling in that, would come and a
To the government for troops. AS late
= April 8, about two weeks after Ho
20 began his 'reign," Gradnauer was 81
* calling upon the various faction &C
"A mittees' that had been formed In I
- larger towns Of the Vogtland to IS
"a to it that the unconstitutional state
or things instituted by the commun
~. Hoelz in the Vogtland be remedied
al speedily as possible" If this were
Cd done In the very next days, this p
od nouncement went on, the governm
,s. "would be compelled in the general
terests of the state to restore lie
conditions with all the power at
~ disposal"
,tv Workmen Ordered to Arm.
vn. At the same time news from CHI
re- nitz, which lies near the Vogtland.
nt. to the effect that Gradnauer had pr
zen ised no troops should be sent for
oh. present, and was depending upon
ink Chemnitz executive committee (of
ar. socialist organizations) to negot