The Florence tribune., 1899-06-10
THE BANDITS IN HOG.
Sheriff Truman Captures the Robbers
 after Weeks Chase.


 Sheriff Truman returned last Sunday having In charge Pearl Hart and Joe Boot, who robbed the Florence and Globe stage at Kain Springs on Satur- day, May 27.
 Immediately on receipt of news of the hold-up the Sheriff proceeded to the scene of the robbery and with coin- mendable persistence followed the rob bers to a point about twenty miles north of Benson, in Cochise county, where he arrested them on Saturday, JuneSd just one week after the crime was committed. The rain had obliter- ated the trail. and the Sheriff had been. thrown of the track when Boot came into Mammoth after supplies and was seen and recognized by man whe in formed the officer, but too late to catch him there.
 Proceeding on up the San Pedro Sheriff Truman stopped at g ranch houseover night, being assured by the owner that no one. could pass without his dogs giving the alarm. Imagine hfs'surprise next morning tosee the tracks of the robbers horses plainly ia the road, and the dogs had failed to give him uotiea. Procuring the services of ]. Nj, Oroseo he followed the plain trail to point but a shogt distance from the house, where 1t led inte the tangled brush. Here they dismounted and proceeded cautiously, when they soon came upon the robbers fast asleep. Pistols in hand they softly approached until they stood over the sleepers, when they emitted yell that would have wakened the dead. The woman jumped to her feet and screamed, but the man was slower in responding, and had to be warned 8 second time before he held up his hands.
 They were searched and all of the booty, $469 and five six-shooters were secured. The party than proceeded to Benson, where they took the s. P. train and came at once to Florence where the prisoners were lodged in jail.
 | 4 TRIBUNE reporter interviewed the woman, who give her name as Pearl Hart, though she said it was not her true name, as she was married to 8 man named Dan Bandman. She was dressed in black shirt, blue overalls and high boots, and said she was 28 years old; was born in Canada and had Q mother in Toledo, Ohio, who was very sick. Her object in committing the robbery was to secure money in order to go and see her mother. She is small and slight, weighs about 115 pounds and is not bad looking. She said she came from Phoenix to Mam- moth some time ago in response to 3 i.letter froza 3 woman who wanted iu- mates of a sporting house, but when she found the writer Of the letter was Q negro woman she refused to have a1ythiag to do with her and secured a tent aad went ntobusiness for herself.
 Here she met Joe Boot, whom she took up with and with whom she plsnned and executed the robbery.
 An examination of the prisoners was held before Justice W. H. Benson on Thursday and they were bound over to appear before the next grand jury 1 in the sum of $1 ,000 each.
 i o.J. Neil, of Tempe, who was re- lieved of $290, six-shooter and gold watch (and was much more relieved to get them back was the principal wit ness, though the prisoners were also examined and were very free in ad- mitting their guilt, of course with all the extenuating circumstances they could invent.
 The woman is well known in Phoe nix, where she was resident of Block fl. She is a confirmed morphine fiend and requires ten grains day to keeE herself in shape. The man Boot seeml to be harmless sort of an individual and evidently much the weaker of tht two, though he was man enough or examination to take most of the blame upon himself.