Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-27
BLACK BARE"
A Sketch of the Notorious
Highwayman.
HIS HA BIS AND MEHODS.
He is Believed to be at Work Again
in automatically
Wanted.


the famous stage-robber, who it is be
lieved, has resumed his nefarious calling
and is suspected of being the lone high
wayman who has been so successful
stopping stages up North recently. Th
last daring feat, whereby two stages il
Mendocino county were robbed within
half an hour by the same man, show
that the individual who is at work is al
expert at the business, and throws still
further tine shadow of suspicion on Bart
The fact that since his release from Sar
Quentin January last his movements have
oeen comparatively unknown, is wha
helps to puzzle the detectives, and the
following circular has been Issued by
Mr.. J. Il, Hume, special officer for Wells
Fargo & Co:
On the 9th day of last July the stage
from Briber, Modoc county, to Redding
Shasta county, was robbed by one man
of the United States mail and Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s treasure box, the latter
containing only $31.75. The amount OBJ
tanned from the mail is not known, but
would probably be several hundred
dollars.
On November 9Th the stage from Dow
melville to Nevada City was robbed near
Niger Tent" by one man, who rifed
three United States mail bags and
Wells, Fargo & Co. s treasure box, get
ting from the latter 500 in coin and a
gold bar OF the value of $1,000.
On the Goth of November the stage
from Eureka, Humboldt county, to
Ukiah, Mendocino county, was robbed
by one man, who got from the express
s64S "A, coin and currency, anC probably
81 900 from the seven mail bags which
he rifed.
Since that date up to the present
time there have been several other
similar affairs in each of which
the business was done by oae
man, and we have reason to believe
that all of the robberies were commltted
by the notorious G. Z. Boles, alias G. E.
Bolton, alias Black Bart. Between July,
1885, and December /, 1885, he robbed
twenty-eight stages in this State alone.
He was released from the State Prison at
San Quentin, January %, 1888; spent
two weeks in San Francisco, then went
to Modesto, MADEIRA, Merced and Visalia.
leaving the latter place on February 2Sth
under the name of NJ. Moore"
HIS DESCRIPTION
is as follows Education, liberal; ma
tivity, New York; age, about 60 years
occupation, mining; height, fl. 81
inches; complexion, light; color of eyes,
blue; color of hair, iron-gray; heavy
mustache and imperial nearly white
size of foot, No. g.; weight, 100 pounds;
size of hat, II does not use tobacco in
any form, nor Intoxicating liquors, nor
opium; he has been troubled with
throat disease, and mis- voice, at times,
seems somewhat impaired; is a person
of great endurance, a thorough noun
taineer and remarkable walker, and
claims that he cannot be excelled in max
ing quick trips over mountains and
grades; when reading without
glasses, holds paper off at arms
length; is comparatively well edu-
Gated, a general reader and is
we'll informed on current topics; cool,
self contained, sententious talker, with
waggish tendencies, and during his
arrest on several occasions exhibited
genuine wit under most trying circum-
stances; made his headquarters in San
Francisco for eight years; made but few
close friends, and those of first-class
respectability is neat and tidy in dress.
highly respectable in appearance, and
extremely proper and polite in be-
havior, chaste in language, eschews pro-
family and has never been known to
gamble, other than buying pools on
horse races and speculating in mining
stocks.
SMOOTH WORKER.
During the time that G. E. Boles was
engaged in robbing Wells, Fargo & Co.,
extending over period of eight years,
he lived in Sau Francisco at a respectable
clearinghouse, and reported or gave
people to understand that he was en-
gagged in mining-owned a mine, in fact.
His brief absences from the city when
he would rob stage were supposed to be
necessary visits to his mine, and his
daily associates never dreamed of his
true character. His habits, his appear
ance, his tastes and intelligence were all
foreign to the generally accepted ideal of
stage robber and thief. 1t is quite
probable that he has adopted or still con-
tinues the same modes of life, and
in any community where he may be
a resident is doubtless regarded
as an honest and law-abiding citizen.
During his incarceration at San Quentin
he was seen and noted by nearly every
sheriff there, officiating in the State and
could hardly fail to be recognized by any
one Of them in the event of a chance
meeting. He would be known by all
conyicts who were at the penitentiary
during the time of his imprisonment,
and all these facts leads to the conclus-
ion that it is highly improbable that he
has chosen this State as place
of residence. He is an accom-
plished stage robber and pursued
the business 80 long and successfully
that there is no reason to believe that
he would be willing to earn his living
bv actual honest work, and the recent
numerous one man stage robberries oc-
curing in this State bear 30 many char
acteristics of Bart's artistic handiwork
that tho detectives think he has resumed
his former "mining operations" and is
again prospecting for bullion in Wells
Fargo's treasure boxes.
WARY AS A FOX.
He is too subtle and keen to risk sus'
picion by selecting any small town
as a place OF residence, fol
the reason that his frequent ab'
sences would be noticed and dis
cussed, and he would naturally desire te
avoid particulars by regard to his trips
his name, ETC., and, as is we'll knowr
fact, this is much more difficult to &C
complish in small town than in a city
where one scarcely knows the name o