The morning call., 1894-03-08
IN BLACK BART'S TERRITORY
Where the Famous RObber Was
Run to Earth.
PASSENGERS NOT FORGOTTEN.
Three Separate Vehicles Stopped on
Mountain Road by the
Road Agents.

stage from this place was held up on the
Carmin Hill grade. going up Bear Noun
tain, three miles this side of EiKhorn
station, about o'clock this evening, by
two masked men.
The road agents first broke open the
wooden box, riding it of its contents, and
then went through the passengers. taking
their money and jswelry.
A few minutes later an extra from
Neely's stables, which was following up
the hill. was also held up. and the passen-
gers relieved of their valuables.
The robbers also halted single rig. but
the parties had time to hid their money
and they lost nothing.
The officers have started TO the scene of
the robbery. Dan McDougsld of McDou-
gald, Sangster d Co. of Stockton, who Is
returning from Angels Camp. brought the
news 10 LoriD tonight.
STOCKTON. March From what can be
learned here the robbers who stopped the
Angels Camp stage this afternoon we're
novices in the business, for they held up
the stage on trip when little or no treas
ure was carried.
Wells. Fargo g. Co. send treasure on tn
road in charge of q shotgun messenger, and
he is here, having come in from trip
yesterday.
Further evidence of their lack of
knowledge of the business is found
in the fact that they had a Ratchet
with which they hoped to open the treas
box, which Is of iron, and boiled to
the bottom of the stage.
Wells. Fargo & Co.'S agent at Milton
says there was no coin in the wooden box
which was thrown out by the driver on
demand Of the TO bbers.
The men had shoIguns, which they held
on the passengers, while the frightened
people were called Oh TO give up their
yaluables.
Ii was very near the scene of this rob-
berry that BLACK Bart, the Poe s." the
most famous stage-robber who has ever
operated on the coast. made the last stand.
and where the first clew was found which
finally led to his capture.
Bart made his first appearance 10 Cali
fornia on August 3. 1877. when he halted
the regular mail stage from Fort Ross TO
the Russian River, and for the next six
years he was the terror of Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s express agents. He seemed to be
ubiquitous. He first levied on a mail
MIN would be In the lonely Siskiyou
Mountains, on the OLD trail in to Oregon.
He was always alone and never failed to
do his work in a systematic and gentle
manly manner.
Perhaps he would still be levying on
the stages of the State had it not been for
bit of careessness on the morning OF No
VEN Der 3. 1883, when he robbed the stage
no Milfnn and Snpnro OH
miles from Copperopolis, on the old mail
road from the Yosemite ana within a short
distance Of the scene of last nights hold
up. 1t was his tweDty-third stage robbery
and be had become so expert that he used
a powerful pair of feld-glasss to detect
whether any armed passenger was on the
stage. On this day Mcconnell, the driver.
had allowed boy of the neigh borhood who
had gun to ride with him, but the lad got
down just before the stage was stopped
and had gone into the woods to hunt
When Bart halted the stage he asked Nc
Council what had become of the man with
the gun. The driver told him the truth,
when Bart ordered him to throw down the
box and unhitch his horses. Then Bart
went through the box like an old hand,
getting $4,000 of amalgamated gold, three
and quarter ounces of gold dust and $3.50
| in coin packages. BE gathered these up in
his arms, said ''good-by" to the driver and
was scarcely one hundred yards away when
| the boy with the rife appeared. McCon-
nell snatched the rifle and fired four shots
| at the retreating robber. but the thick
brush prevented him from taking good
| aim.
| Whe the detectives explored the scene
few hours later they found the remnants
! of Bart's camp fire and near it a SLOUGH
hat, a silk handkerchief and a linen cuff
| with blood-stain on II. What delighted
them, however, and furnished the first real
clew they had ever gained. was laundry
mark on the cuff. 1t was the mark used
by one of the steam laundries. and the
| detectives at once secured San Francisco
for the man who had handled this mark.
They found him to be laundry agent in
this city and he identified the cuff as be-
longing to c. E. Bolton. man who had
clothing awaiting him at the Office. His
description of Bolton Tailed pretty closely
with the appearance of Bart So the de-
tectives laid for the appearance of the
stage-robber. He returned in exactly a
| week from the date of the robbery. and
was arrested as he called for his clothes.
He professed great indignation at his
arrest, but a search of his room led to the
! discovery of his real name and to the find
ing of number of articles of clothing with
| the identical mark on the cuff. His real
names was Charles F. Bodies, as it was
found la family Bible aud in discharge
from the regular army, 10 which he served
| during the war