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The Weekly Expositor
Brockway Centre, MI
March 14, 1890


                        HOLZHAY The Bandit Tamed.
                        
              Marquette, March 10. - HOLZHAY, the train robber
            and murderer, whose frantic effort to escape re-
            sulted in Warden TOMPKINS shooting away the fingers
            of his right hand, is sullen and refuses to talk. 
            As the bones of his right hand are crushed it will
            be some weeks before he is out of the hospital.
            When he recovers still further punishment awaits
            him. Warden TOMPKINS when asked: "What punishment
            are you allowed to inflict on HOLZHAY for his
            rebellion?"
              "There is no regulation as to punishment in
            prison," replied the warden, "save the general
            one forbidding such as are cruel and unusual.
            HOLZHAY is punished pretty severely already, but
            when he comes out of the hospital I shall give
            him a good term of solitary confinement. He is
            too dangerous a man to take any chances with."
              The crippled outlaw since the shooting pays
            no attention to questions either English or Ger-
            man. All the courage seems to have gone out of
            him and he whimpers and moans like a hurt child.
            The bullet had grazed Meservey's legs, cut the
            cloth of HOLZHAY'S trousers and struck just
            where the fingers join the hand. The first two
            fingers was crushed to pulp, the third hung by
            the skin, and the fourth was cut clean off.
            The iron handle of the knife was also broken
            by the ball. Dr. JES JARDINS thought at first
            he would have to amputate at the wrist, as the
            metacarpal bones were all broken, but concluded
            to try and save the thumb and stump. The be-
            havior of the convict MESERVY showed the high-
            est degree of coolness and nerve. He preserved
            the utmost calmness all through the affair and
            was very handy in assisting the doctor to apply
            the dressings. When HOLZHAY was shot he quietly
            remarked to him: "You brought it on yourself;
            I told you you would, old man." The knife 
            which HOLZHAY had was one from the prison table.
            Whether he stole it himself or it was given to
            him by another prisoner is not yet known. By
            rubbing it against the iron rail of his bed and
            on the cell floor he had ground it to a sharp
            point and a fine edge. In the hands of a strong
            man it formed a terrible weapon. It is believed
            he intended to stab the night keeper and then
            try to escape. When called by Keeper PALLISER
            he probably suspected that he was to be searched,
            and formed some wild plan of seizing the keeper,
            and, by threats of killing him, to obtain some
            concession.
            
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