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all right

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thank you

West record many stories of famous and

notorious characters of that period

one of the most famous of them all was

black party working alone and on foot he

held up 27th coaches and for nine long

years in the 1880s baffled the smartest

detectives in California

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I'm Matt Clark railroad detective

assigned to the black Bart case

his repeated stage hold UPS had Costa

railroads and Wells Fargo thousands of

dollars

the sheriff on this one horse hunt had

captured a man and claimed he was a

notorious black Bart

hello Matt

howdy Sheriff

looks like you made the papers

I'm swearing here I'm not black part

sure the sheriff caught me sticking up a

stagecoach but I'm not Gilly of all

these other robberies I suppose you deny

you didn't have this over your head when

I caught you

well there's no denying it's just a

trademark of black Bart

but I got good reason to believe this

man's telling the truth

Black Bart's always worked alone

and you picked up this man he had a gang

with him

and another thing

he used a pistol instead of a sawed-off

shotgun if you want more proof why don't

you talk to that Wells Fargo Detective

from San Francisco named Harris Bob

Harris that's right got in town this

morning just left here after having a

talk with Blackboard or is he stopping

over the hotel

please believe me I'm gonna kill you

these holdups

I don't think you are either

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I thought you'd be around you heard I

was in town yeah the sheriff said you'd

paid a little visit over his office

man he's holding her as not black part

did you tell him that I told him I

couldn't swear he was a man come on sit

down look Bob

there's no detective on the west coast

that knows more about black bark than

you do

you could have confessed him of that why

didn't you

take advantage of all the free publicity

that's why as soon as Blackboard reads

those headlines he'll want to pull

another job just to show us how wrong we

are what are you expecting to do send

you a timetable the next best thing

maybe we can send him one yeah

I'm listening reports pulled 26

robberies so far most of them between

yarika and Sonora I think he'll take

that route again you might if we make

the payload attractive enough it's only

one here tonight Bob

if he sees mugs like yours of mine

riding the coach he'll never step out of

the bushes

yeah you got me there

do you ever think of using a woman never

have

what could a woman do she wouldn't

arouse suspicion and I've got just a

girl

trained head and a cool Observer

if we let her ride to coaches with a big

payload of Mark money and gold

and if we just happen not to be too far

away at any given time

sounds good send for her you stick right

here not back

whoa

uh Mrs stretch has coffee and beans

inside the station folks we'll be here

about half an hour

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thank you to both pleasure

my partner Frank Adams had been waiting

in San Francisco ready willing and able

I was meeting her on her first day out

here to join me for some nice cold

lemonade Miss Adams

a stretch of it

Andy

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um

don't turn around

don't ever do that

oh please don't shoot me Blackboard I'm

just a hard-working stage driver with a

family to support I'll give you anything

I got you better be quick about it I got

it up there in the booth just give me a

second and I'll get it for you foreign

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well what's the matter Todd don't you

like it

you mean it it really is for me yeah

your birthday

you think it'll be all right with ma uh

sure I fixed it before I bought it I

totally you're old enough now to start

doing the family hunting thanks missing

a goggle first rabbit I should have had

ma fix it up for you just wait like sure

thank you oh excuse me mister hey

you sure this boy is old enough to own a

rifle he's 13. I had a gun when I was

10.

if you're old enough to own a real rifle

my boy you're old enough to stop playing

robbers

surprised at you giving this boy a

weapon without proper instructions to go

with it

don't you know you never point a gun at

anybody unless you want to kill them

after all so I just gave it to him I

intend to straighten him out anyway it

ain't loaded but empty your loaded you

always carry a gun like this

if it should be accidentally discharged

the bullet will go under the ground

here let's see your rally Mister you

should know a lot about guns

I don't think we ought to bother the jet

anymore Todd

I'll come back tonight and teach you how

to shoot it now run along show your

mommy a new present I'm ready to leave

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I was a ride rough

never believe those travel posters again

no seats are not padded

how long will I be riding this Chariot

back and forth two weeks oh no

believe me it hurts me more than it does

you

what are you doing well of all the nerve

didn't Harris say anything to you about

carrying firearms yeah I know

a couple of fine gentlemen you are send

a poor defenseless woman out after Bart

26 hold up to no

start peppering away at him at this

he'll bless you share with that shotgun

of his

that old dude

there's no mining engineer by the name

of CE bold

believe me if you were just half the

gentleman he is

here he comes

come my dear I'm afraid Mr McDonald is

in no mood to wait for us

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foreign

that's the way it was going to be for

almost two weeks

Frankie riding the stages back and forth

with the payroll from the mines

but nothing happened

so on the next Thursday we made

arrangements for a big payload of Mark

money to go through we made sure the

news of the shipment got around

it was a Thursday the 4th of November

1883.

I rode a trail that parallel to main

Stage Road expecting to make a check

with Frankie at the Clear Springs weigh

station

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foreign

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oh gosh you scared me

I think it was a bear it could have been

there's lots of them around here

didn't expect to run into your way up

here me neither

learn to use that gun just like you said

I've been careful not to point it at

anybody I've been carrying it just like

this

that's the way to do it

practice what you're taught and you'll

have things in this world that can't be

bought

hurt yourself Yeah I broke my skin I've

got just the thing here

okay

for all minor cuts abrasions Poison Oak

and Ivy

not to mention the Seven Day itch will

it sting no not a bit

yeah you hold it there and you'll be as

good as doing a couple of minutes

what are you doing out here in the

country

you're lost

no

prospective

she don't look like it all dressed up

like that

time you get as old as me you'll learn

people never really look like what they

are

fact is I'm a gentleman prospector

better known as a mining engineer

house hunting not so good maybe I'll get

a rabbit on my way home that's the

spirit never give up

well I better be mojing along

good luck Sunny good luck to you sir oh

you find a lot of gold

I usually do young man I usually do

yeah

foreign

driver

throw down your gun

now the box I can is tied off in the

back boot it's a break and tie off the

rain

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all right

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foreign

it's not my Habit to Rob or hurt the

ladies

take that rock and put it under the back

wheel

come on all right driver get down

go get the box

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help him Miss

going on

set it over here

all right bro back in the seat in the

coachmas

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all right driver take it away

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foreign

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I would miss this for anything

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foreign

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held us up and golly can that lady shoot

I win the mat I saw him grab his arm he

just went over the hill there a second

ago

horseback no a foot probably has a horse

hidden on the other side you get back to

town square for posse

be careful he's got a shotgun

help

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foreign

I got to High Ground where I could see

the country for miles

I was looking for a man on Horseback and

that's where I made my mistake

I never figured a man would work

entirely on foot without a horse hidden

somewhere for a getaway

foreign

we found Clues strewn halfway down the

canyon he was turning that police in

that ax he says they sure he meant black

Bart just before the robbery you think

you could identify if you saw him again

Todd well sure he was the same man who

was at the weigh station when I got my

gun that mining engineer that called

himself CE bowls he even helped Benny

jump my leg

that's his own handkerchief he tatted on

himself hey Todd you think I could

borrow that tanker for a while

oh sure it stopped bleeding by now okay

will that give us anything

that might once we get to San Francisco

and see Bob Harris the Wells Fargo

office

oh this he left on purpose

this makes me sure it's Bart he's left

poetry in the strong box before

I've labored long and hard for bread for

money and large sums but on my cards too

long of tread

too bad he didn't finish it that could

be argued to have a dozen different ways

Frankie didn't give me much of a chance

to

I wonder what that last line is

now we'll have to capture him to find

out

as long as we can't find a man the name

of CE Bowles I've got a hunch this is

our strongest clue

what do you think of that Mark in the

corner of the handkerchief

Chinese character I'd say it's a laundry

Mark must be a thousand laundries in

California I don't think we'll have to

take in all of California the mark money

part took from the strong box has been

turning up here in San Francisco it was

a possibility that Bart lives right here

in the city between robberies

that'll be a good job for you Frankie

it's what I was afraid of

well come on let's go

for the next three days Frankie tramped

up and down the hills of Chinatown

calling on one laundry right after

another

looked like this would go on for weeks

that we'd have to start working on

laundries outside of Chinatown when

foreign

you got laundry tickets

is this Mark yours

oh yes Missy this marked mine

who does it belong to one moment please

I tell you if you belong to Mr C.E

Bolton

C.E Bolton

you know something Mr Chang you really

nice man me too sure thing you bet

okay goodbye goodbye

as soon as Frankie passed a word I began

my daily watch of Chang's California

laundry

on the third day a man answering the

description of black Bart entered the

laundry

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fairly good one moment please I get for

you

I beg your pardon sir are you Mr C.E

Bolton

yes I am I'm Matt Clark

railroad Detective

indeed

I wonder if you'd come along with me Mr

Bolton we'd like to question you down at

the Wells Fargo office well I'm Hermione

engineer you know would this have

something to do with my latest shipment

of gold yeah I'm afraid so but I doubt

if it was your gold

this is all very highly irregular of

course

however I should be delighted to go

along with you

telling this man's trying to rob me stop

it

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foreign

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wasn't a criminal you were just helping

out a friend

but it sure was muddy and convenient at

the time

foreign

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into town and tried to get away on foot

he might have made it

as it was he headed for Open Country I

guess he didn't figure on me having a

horse close by

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faster

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foreign

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wasn't dead he wasn't even injured it'd

take a lot more than a wagon accident to

hurt a tough robber like him

come on board admit it and get it over

with

when I shot at blackbaud after the

robbery he grabbed his left arm

would you mind rolling up your sleeve

please not at all not at all

I told the laundry man to have that

button yes sir

how did you get that scratched it on the

nail

pardon me

do you mind repeating after me

throw down that box throw down that box

come on in Mike

the voice you just heard Mike who says

it

I just heard the voice of black mark Mr

Clark was the last man who said

throw down the box that's all Mac thanks

Dodge you said you talked to a man about

30 minutes before the robbery

he said he was current an ax and a

shotgun

is that man in this room

answer

sir that he was so nice to me and

everything

fixing my leg with your handkerchief I'm

sorry too

that's all right my boy you're only

doing your duty

and I suppose I might as well do mine

you can tell all your grandchildren that

the man who taught you how to handle a

gun was black barked black Bart

gee whalicans that's all Todd thanks a

lot

before we go on to the confession Mr

Bolton one thing I'm curious about

why

it's very simple sir

I wanted to be a gentleman

after serving honorably in the Civil War

I came West to make my fortune

it wasn't as easy as I thought so I took

what gold I needed does your family know

anything about this indeed nut

except for the robbing of the stage

coaches I am perfectly respectable

I don't swear smoke or drink hard liquor

except for medicinal purposes I'd never

think of harming a living creature but

you always carried a shotgun don't tell

me you wouldn't have used it hardly the

shotgun was never loaded but the man in

the wagon

my hand

he's right he didn't have a gun

I believe you're somewhat of a port sir

we found this fragment of a poor among

box

would you mind finishing it for us not

at all not at all

see I have labored long and hard for

bread

for money in large sums

but on my corns too long you've treaded

you fine-aired Sons of Guns

pretty good

black Bart was brought to trial on

November the 17th 1883 just 14 days

after the robbery

whereas the said CE Bolton is convicted

of robbery by his own admission

he is therefore ordered a judged and

sentenced to San Quentin the state

prison for the period of seven years

take them away

everybody didn't stick to writing

portrait instead of robbery a judge it's

all according to taste Mr Clark frankly

had been accused of writing verse

instead of robbing coaches I'm afraid I

might have had to give him life