The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-19

valuables were taken from the passen-
gers who filled the coach. The passan-
gers asserted that one of the robbers
VINO held up the coach was a woman.
She was plainly observable in the
moonlight, as she stood at the heads of
the horses. Apparently it was she who
directed the affair." as she gave several
sharp orders to her confederate, a
road-shouldered fellow, who attended
10 the work of relieving the passen-
gers of their valuables The woman
held revolver in one hand, the rnuzzle
OF the weapon looking threateningly
now on one person and now on another.
Seemlngfy the eyes of a lynx cleaned
pehlnd the black mask, for not move
could be made that did not call forth a
sharp warning, re>en60Reed by a.
slight change in the direction of the
ever-ready gun.
Inc woman was in mans garments,
and IN the moonlight her slender figure
ana the masses of hair escaping from
beneath the broad sombrero were
plainly discernible. There were two
men among the passengers, but they
made no resistance, and the stage
QrlVef was the most passive of the lot.
FOR, as he afterWard declared that
Woman's revolver was the most eIo-
quent thing he ever looked into in his
life. 1t told that there was an expert
behind 1T, and your Old-ti Arizona
man never fails to notice such little
signs and to govern himself according
ly.
Captured in. the Mountains.
When the passengers told their
story, after the stage coach had been
aIloWed to go on to it's destination, it
was hardly believed at first. 1t seemed
incredible that woman would dare
FISK death in a country where men are
always on the lookout for stage rob-
'perS' and where a successful stage
ROBBERY is rarity and must be en-
glneered by a skilled hand Sheriff
Freeman of tPinal county, finally or
gamzed a posse, however, and Yfollow-
ed the slight trail tf4f Ted from the
scene Of the hold-up. The trail led to
a lonely spot in the mountains. where
Pearl Hart and Joe Boot, with the
plunder still in their possession, were
surprised and captured. They were
taken to Tucson, and later to Flor
ence; where both were tried and con-
V1cted. Pearl Hart was sentenced to
HVe years in the penitentiary and Root
got seven years.
The girl told the full circumstances
OF the robbery, and it was made annar-
ent that the deed was planned more
out of spirit of of bravado than with
criminal intent. Arizona juries, how
ever, are not inclined to take sympa-
thetlc views of hold-upS, even when a
pretty woman is the principal in a.
case. Pearl Hart received her SEN
tence with cOmposure. She knew the
result when she was arrested. for she
inao hved in Arizona long enough to
know that no stage robber gets mercy.
AS soon as she entered the peniten-
.tlary, however, she made an earnest
effort to reform. She learned the ART
OF lacemaking and sold a great deal of
fancy work to visitors who called to
see the famous woman bandit. Most
OF these visitors gave her money, SO
Pearl Hart left the penitentiary the
other day with snug sum to her
credit
Will Be the Star.
The girl is reticent about the NAV
she is said to have written during her
term Of imprisonment, but it is said
10 De melodrama Of more than ordi-
nary merit. The heroine, through force
OF circumstances, become stage rob-
Der, and about her deeds very inter
estng play has been written. . IT ia
said that a manager has already been
secured, and that the drama will be
given an early production, with Pearl
Hart herself as the star. In her pictur-
esque cowgirl garb, which Pearl Hart
afected just before the escapade which
led TO her Imprisonment, she certainly
made very engaging and attractive
figure. She has no doubt as to her
ability to face an audience, laughinglv
declaring that anyone who has bravery
enough to hold up an Arizona stage
ought to have nerve" enough to go
before theater full of people.
Pearl Hart declares that she will NOT
return to Arizona until the term Of
her sentence has expired, according 10
her agreement with Gov. Brodie. She
processes warm admiration for that
official and declares that some day i'm
the future she intends to manifest her
gratitude in a substantial way. Wheth
er Pearl Hart succeeds as a stage star.
or whether she sinks into the Oblivion
of private life. it is certain that she
can boast a career that is unique even
in an age accustomed to sensations of
all sorts. And it is probable that she
will continue to be known as the onIy
woman stage robber In history, as no
young woman Of today will be daring
enough to follow her example.
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