Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-16
r,yplr OF THE COAST.

Arrest for a Long Period
p.,t the Poe-S,n the most fam
9 l.l. -obbsr on the coast, who com
.,.--vty.three robberies during six
sl ,eIeased from San Quentin
=, Nav Years day. He promises
''- Va ~, a new leaf from that day on,
-il y,I' nj this resolve a brief history
Y . ,'.@ will be found more than
y n iatsresting, as the histories OF
.gcs robbers go. -
eJlfnu bighwaymeR, or road agents,
So So called. who have flourished on
o!.'s, coast since the early days of
s5,u.b. For six years he was the
.ot Wells. Fargo & Co.'s express
y. Vs seemed to be ubiquitous. lie
l,;sI an a mail coach in the Sierras
a. rsyt heard of him would be IN the
S.kiyou Mountains, on the old
ao oregon. He was always alone,
!. nave, failed 20 do his work in sys-
,a,apd gentlemanly fashion. II there
n, 3onbt a the drivers mind of the
Of the lone highwayman, this
vas always dispelled when the de-
arrived on the scene of the rob
Attached to the rihed express box
sqsys be found some bit of pa
IN few lines Of doggered poetry,
Black Bart, the POe-S." The ex-
company has in its employ some OF
skilful detectives in the coun-
a these men were always battied by
Bart" Up to the time of his
-,st5ey did not even know his name
rofhis haunts. The chief cause
MYSTERY was that Bart was P pheno-
nal criminal who never had any con
.s-nsver drank liquor nor had any
51s with women. In this way most
I sources of information on which
police rely we're cut OF. Bart, when
o. The road, was known in this city
Sacramento as Charles Il. Benton, or
/ o. ana Charles Barlow. He was sup
lobe mining man who made fire.
i ;ay. into the interior TO look after
5nysrties These trips, it is needless
we're always marked by "clean-
Sa. tlis was made at the express com
expense and the only tools that
llsrlous miner used were a shotgun
slsde any refractory stage-coach
!, and q crogbar OF sx TO break open
Igrsss.bo1.
-HE ROAD AGENTS METHODS.
ss Bart was dsally captured in No
3sr, 1888, but this occurred only after
siplisued his lucrative calling for
la'8, His first appearance in Cali
tavas on August 8, 1877, when he
The regular mail stage from Fort
TO the Russian river. The road at
point is along a high bluff, and, on
az mentioned, as the stage swung
CO.. short curve, the leaders were
h BY q scarecrow figure in the middle
road with double barreled shot
u big hand The makeup of the
agent was unique. He had jute
bags on the lower part of his legs;
odi vas clad 10 an olden time buster,
DIS head aud face were covered with
' -)lrsack, through which CLEANED
.sl, eyes Of the robber. On his
Be- lad cap which bore a striking
-9tace to the conical hat of the
clown,
MS IIEsT ROBBERY.
2's The astonished driver could
2k- 10 the strange apparition he
,i.l 10 polite tones, please throw
91- aad mail-bags." As the gun
.--- on aim be lost no time in
y Then this figure nimbly leaped
"le OF the road and ordered him
oh No attempt was made to rob
.. passengers in the coach.
'e stage reached the next station
aqua started out but he found only
voted treasure box, the riaed
sna au old ak. From the box
agent had secured $500 in coin,
ea san Francisco bank for
NL 'le back OF @ weigh bill OF
company was scrubbed the
'e'eA soon was TO be so well
sack Bart the Poe-8" The
signature of the highway man
-".- amusement throughout the
,-' .Ae express officers thought he
.''1A and idey had heard the last
1AAt SUCCESSFUL HAULs.
,'.'- amounting to $500 in all wers
'.' .i- capture Of the staggered
.-,r d e.sw was gained by any of
'.-! ot detectives that worked
The detectives had only
a % the hunt, when another
-, 'y lone highwaymen was
.. Ns12ocino county, and among
VI small boxes and exnress
lolFl some ezecrable verses.
9'aea Bart Again rewards
49, ana gain the unavailiug
--la During the nert FIVE
s.b.4 W express boxes
this ptsc'ica, highway
s... ZINES year. He never
'1at hed q shotgun mes
h @ disturbed passenger.
for bis politeness to
'1 whom he assured no
A.. them; yet he always
good swag. his
as from $500 to 5000.
paruality for gold
r- l1- be also appeared
--s- OF knowing zhen heavv
made la this var
a- that he worked 81
not have averaged less
which came out Of the
company and out
-rch #uer.
Ellu Is REWARDS.
wore a sack ova-
u- oarelessly "a
7srs IF stages were
pains to get a de.
Soua deserir.;o, 4l