The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-03-14

When the coach had rumbled out OF
sight on the way down the mountain
side Black Bart turned his attention
to splitting open the wooden box con
tanning the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany's treasure. Something must nave
disturbed the highwayman While ne
was gathering up the money trom tne
treasure box, for when the stage coacn
passengers had armed themselves at
the next station and hurried back 10
the scene, later In the day, they found
among the debris of papers, empty
purses and wrappings Of parcels
linen cuff. The robber evidently hau
dropped it in hurried fight to bis
refuge.
The cuff was turned over to the ex-
press company detectives. They found
after weeks Of inquiry, that the lndeli-
BILE laundry marks were those or
Chinese laundry on Bush street, In
San Francisco. When the detective
had learned from the Chinese laundry
man that the marks on the cuff indi-
Gated that it belonged to one Charles
E. Bolton, regular patron of the
1aundry, they set about to hunt up
Mr.. Bolton. 1t came out that Charles
u. Bolton, who owned the cuff, was a
quiet unobtrusive. spare man of about
30 years. He lived in Il modest and
quiet boarding house, where sedate,
old-fashioned business men had rooms,
and every one there was his friend.
When a detective went to live In the
same boarding house he found that
Mr.. Bolton was studious man, lived
a correct life, was a reader Of new
books, dabbled In poetry, and every
few weeks went away to visit one of
the several little mines about Callfor-
mia in which he had investments Boil
ton was an expert whist player, and
evidently he had travelled far and wide
In his early life. His hobby was water
colors, and he spent whole days In
painting bucolic scenes alone In his
rooms. Then when he had dined In
style along with the other bachelors in
the boarding house he went alone tC
the theater, where he took the least
conspicuous seat. He never got mai
and never sent letters, but he devoureG
the daily newspapers at times. Never
theless 1t did not take the detective
long to connect this quiet, polished gen
| tleman with the most dreaded outlaw
in California.
For II years he had kept half thu
. sheriffs and constables, a lot Of detec
tives, and all the United States mar
! shals In California ceaselessly watch
E full for fresh deed by Black Bart
;. He had many a time walked down t
local bank carrying a snug FORUM
5 in his gripsack-the proceeds Of a re
e cent affair out on 1.-THE road"-pas
= hundreds of San Francisco people
while they were excitedly dlscussin
Black Bart's latest hold-up.
The outlaw was convicted and bC
= cause of his confession and apparen
D determination to lead a new life he wa
:. sentenced to San Quentin prison 70
only eight years. lie was a model pri:
=; oner, and he earned all the commuts
I tions Of his sentence for good eonduc
e He was libreated In July, 1890. For
few days he lived in Sacramento, wal
ing. he said. until be got some none
, from Eastern relatives when he meal
! to go to Seattle aud earn an honest liz
ing. Then the man disappeared.
There is no doubt In tie minds {
the officials who participated In Blac
N Bart's capture before. but that the a
complished stage robber is again 1
work and will once more lead the o
ir hcers of the law a merry chase befol
he is apprehended