Show STAGE COACH TALES fly by E C last of the road agents AYMOND he insisted R RAYMOND hla big name was spelled this way though although it it usually was spelled soltz by the police was probably the last of the notorious highwaymen or road agents who preyed upon the old stage coaches in the northwest ile he operated in wisconsin and michigan in the and was famous as it a crack shot ue ile practiced shooting by firing at a bulls eye while riding swiftly on a horse sometimes he would toss up hazel nuts and crack them with revolver shots he was of the same type of gunman famous through the southwest a few years earlier in the spring of 1890 1800 a stage coach was held up between pulcifer and aad bud net nel wis with small loss the holdup was laid to holise one morning soon after that herman was driving his stage roach from the north toward shawan ifo 0 ile he looked around and stored stared into the muzzle of a revolver pointed at his face behind the gun was holise there were two passengers on the coach thomas ainsworth known as a wit in that section and a Aleno ml nee indian at once brought his hors horses eit to a stop and holise ordered the mall mail pouch be thrown out asked ainsa ainsworth orth what he should do and ainsworth advised him to obay the command after the mall mail was surrendered the bandit ordered the driver to produce all his money handed him 11 demanded more but ra fath insisted that was all he had in later years he said he had 45 in a vest pocket and had saved that by lying to the bandit I holise took from ainsworth all that gentleman had with him im sorry it an even 10 11 ainsworth told the bandit 1 I still owe you a quarter come and collect it some time holise ignored the menominee indian and ordered Itu fath ainsworth and the indian down the road they walked a hundred yards away and turned around to see holise alp ripping pl D 9 open the mall mail pouch they could hear him swearing because the pouch contained nothing of value after that stage holdup Holz ses description was broadcast throughout wisconsin and a constant watch was kept tor for him by police and stage coach drivers the sheriff a short time titter later took to look at a suspect tie he had captured but it was not holise and the man was released batata kept a wary eye open tor for the bandit after that but never e encountered n him again A youth who often substituted for as driver of the coach however did not take any chances lie ile whipped up his horses whenever he saw ft a suspicious looking man standing by the roadside tind and manya many a prospective passenger waa was left swearing when the stage rattled past him at a fast clip holas e loved the limelight and it proved his undoing ile he held up stages in a grand eloquent manner and apparently patently ly areld to put on a special show whenever he be was committing III hi crimes near marquette bitch ni short tim after his activities had forced him ra tc flee beyond the state line of wisconsin holise stopped a stage coach carrying mall mail and filled with passengers he warned all aboard the stage against shooting but one passenger did not heed the warning and fired a shot tit lit the bandit opened fire on the coach then firing bullet after bullet through the windows and walls of the vehicle one passenger was killed and another seriously wounded two bu bullet lletA fl pierced the hat of the driver holise was captured by posses who were quickly put upon his big trall trail and later was sentenced to the michigan state penitentiary for life ile he was released in a few ears however no 5 1931 western union I 1 |