The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
7 gone one on the inside called out; She's
What Won got aboard'- asked the masked

Porteryille,. and the express poA MINT so' q
We'll, Black Bart never robs women. you
know. and III take your word Tor tine express
Then with a significant glance at the driver,
Black Bart lowered his rifle, and directed ms
attention to the women inside the coach;
sv s0h. d .sIS be 80 ;oo i1IsG'eHsd a at sU q GGG'f f HaSs
a hair OF your heads. I'm rlsking more
now than any one on this stage; Come, come.
% aSn,s be money sS i02 for a sIf Soui i Just 'A rode Ssi
here TO tease the driver on top ana 10 n'rI VIII
you girls"
preaching ranch wagon was heard, and with
a curse Black Bart ordered the coach to get
along as fast Is the horses could haul 4. while
he went over beyond the Gu! in the hill. where
sight across the country. ,.
As time wore ON Black Bart became a holder
s ana p, more proficient i h,ShMayI ama n,n me aoI Ina
manuscript to some object at the SCENES or
his exploits, knowing that the scene Of a high
way robbery y a. once invested WIN a par
the stage running from Sonora 70 Milton was
robbed by a lone highwayman. The express
box was thrown, out and the stage was allowed
to proceed without It.. When a searching
party went back to capture the robber the
box was found broken open and empty In the
roadway, and scrawled upon the 10 was a
gold and attesting his cheerful Willingness
to have the matter thoroughly understood
in is true light ~ that or n -tralghtIOrN aru,
a gRisUr Rs@, FpS os The verse was signed
In August. 1877. the POS" disclosed, in the
same way, his Identity as the author Of the Fort
for six years thereafter he added a score OF
poems to the lids Of as many broken express
boxes in various parts OF the state. lie al
ways performed these little details In precisely
the sam way: he would suddenly appear at
the heads Of the leading horses, level n shot
gun al the occupants of the, front seat and
becams philosophic' He used to expaiiat,s
in verse on the difference between his hard,
venturesome life and that of the head of the
how honest and true he really was, while rich
corporations we're legalized robbers that de-
manded. not only money. but poor peoples
likelihood and bone and sinew. He never
soldiers. ,"Oh. I'm a g., A. r.. boy, too, he
would call out at the sight Of n Union soldier
His diversions were bankers and money lend,
them In any stage coach he held up, A good
deal Of his peculiar verses dealt with 10y at
getting, treasure from. the express company.
Marysville. Cal. was pointed out ms the nervy
guard of the Wells-Fargo express box who
almo.t shot Black Bart TO death in 1890. During
the time that Hackett rode stages Black Bart
won fame. Stages on the Oroville and Downie-
vile routes were likely to be held up any day,
and the messengers kept their eyes strained
on every patch of chapaTral, for out Of such
hiding places usually came persons of the
Black Bart stamp. One day, when there was
II large amount Of treasure aboard In charge
through territory that Black Bart regarded
as his own, that individual suddenly appeared.
As usual, he went to the heads Of the horses,
ms he depended upon the shelter afforded by
them. A spike team was in use that day-that is.
instead Of n pair of leaders there was a single
horse in the lead. Becoming excited. this
horse plunged wildly, disconcerting Hackett'-
aim. However. he fired a charge at Bart,
who sent n charge OF buckshot in reply. Bart
lost his grip on the plunging horse, and the
buck bu.ssh "fn IN G ,he face marK one 1 nT tn sc'I perfars ,1ms
his tongue, Black Bart AS twas afterward
asCertnlned) caught two buckshot, in the top
Of Of his fSr skull, along On Which, Which they rs p, ,lms SdS : couple snns
Rushing blindly into the chaparral he fell.
and for some time lay as II dead. When he
Tegained consciSuTness he was SURPRISED to
was some time before he resumed operations.
While Black Bart lay senseless. In the cha
parr,al the spike team went, w%hirling down the
road, Hackett was not only wounded but in
dignant. For the first time in, his career ha
had left his faithful revolver behind at a stage
station; He vas confident that If ne had
dations would have been ended. He reloaded
his shotgun and kent up his lookout for bandits.
ter was another thicket, and from, behind a tree
at the edge Of It Hackett deserted the futtar Of
a linen buster.
There's more Of 'em. " he remarked TO tho
The horses jumped as the long whip touched
their TANKS. and they kept on running despite
the omman of the man in the linen dllster.
Hackett fired a shot in passing, and the charge
tore the bark from the side Of the tree just at
the height Of Z mans heart, bIt the tree
day subjected TO the perils Of the road Hackett
reached the end of his run with his treasure
intact. He did not think much about the
achievement, but as soon IA his wounds healed
took TO his duties again
Once when the Oroville stage had been robbed
Detective Hume started out TO sec II he could
run, but a little later the messenger happened
to be in the vicinity and decided TO do n little
sleuthing on his own account. Proving around
where the robber had hidden the gold and part
Of his clothes. Hackett knew the man would
be back soon after the clothing. and so he Sc
and the robber appeared. Hackett made him
throw up his hands, bound his arms securely,
and took him to Downieville. When Hume ar
ready for him, The robbers name was Liver
pool. He went to the penitentiary and Hack
EFT went back 10 his run.
I.imping Dick, T. whom, nine highway, rob
berries have been attributed, Is IA widely differ
ent sort Of outlaw from Black Bart. He is a half
bred Mexican about " years old, tall, muscular
right foot ten or twelve years ago while he was
escaping with some. plumber from Fort Bowie,
and ha has limped ever since, He is known
as |l.imnirg Dick. the outlaw, all over the South
west. The person who will give information
causing llmping Dicks arrest will get some
s2,oP reward from several sources a year
among the dend in the fagui warfare In Sonora.
Mexico. He Ind fed 10 Mexico for safety after
the hoid1up OF the Southern Pacific overland
train AZ Box Springs station.
Limping Dick first became famous "a the all
round bad man OF Arizona by his scheme, TO rob
Major }; ". Wham. Paymaster n the United
fall Of 1900 that Major Wham and an escort Of
ten or twelve soldiers we're proceeding from