Autobiography of a Stagecoach Robber, Reimund Holzhey, Paperback, Autographed

Description: Autobiography of a Stagecoach Robber: The Saga of Reimund Holzhey, by Bruce K. Cox (I will autograph it). A work of creative non-fiction written in the first-person, the story is drawn from contemporary newspaper reports published in various parts of the Midwest, as well as other sources, and is as true to life as possible. An amazing story about the highwayman Reimund Holzhey, who became an instant celebrity on the Gogebic Iron Range of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A German immigrant who came to this country at age fifteen with a cousin and went to work for an uncle in Fort Howard, Wisconsin. He later lived with another uncle at Pulcifer, Wisconsin. Holzhey robbed a stagecoach on Stagecoach road between the south end of lake Gogebic and Gogebic Station, in the western part of the U.P. of Michigan, on 26 August 1889. This is said to have been the last stagecoach robbery east of the Mississippi river. Holzhey suffered from mental problems as a result of a skull fracture, and subjected himself to daring and foolhardy exploits as a form of release until he was finally caught. He began his criminal career by robbing stagecoaches, trains and lone travellers in Shawano county, Wisconsin. His exploits were sensationalized and he was portrayed as a greedy and bloodthirsty desperado. The publicity surrounding his capture and trial would be considered highly questionable nowadays. There was doubt concerning who fired the shots that killed one of the men on the last stagecoach he attempted to rob.

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Location: Upper Peninsula

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