The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-07


man has mother. and pose as the
discoverer Of startlingly original
truism.
Somewhere in the background there
turks the eternal feminine whose ex-
istence spurs the thief on to the ap-
preparation OF other peoples property
or nerves the nlrderer's hand TO deal
out death by bullet, poison or knife
blade to his victim. The professional
thug Is wont TO look forward eagerly
to the good time in store sor him in
the company OF the painted damsel
whose capyicious favor he hopes to
purchase with a portion Of his ill-got-
ten gains, while your amateur. edu,
Gated criminal would fain win the
smiles OF some siren OF higher social
caste by the expenditure OF that for
which he risked honor and liberty
For the colonel's lady and Judy
O'Grady are sisters under their skins"
sings Kipling. and equally so there is
little TO choose between male maraud-
ers OF high aud low degree.
Admitting thar there Is usually a
woman In the case" somewhere, one
seldom finds a member OF the fair sex
taking an active physical part in the
commission Of carefully planned
crime on a large scale. Street hold
ups with female particIpators are not
unknown in police records, hus ss a.
general thing the woman merely plays
the part OF decoy TO draw the vic
I'm within reach OF her strong-arm
companions During my experience
as United States marshal in Arizona
and later as an investigator OF bank
r0bberies ! knew OF but one case
where woman figured as an actual
live worker" 10 the extent of en-
forcing a demand for cash at the muz.
xle Of six-shooter. She was Pearl
Hart. then a girl In her teens but pos
sessed OF dare deyil courage and
recklessness worthy Of member OF
the Jesse James gang 81 there was
nothing masculine In the d earance
Of this extraordinary girl, nothing to
indicate. the Amazonian spirit that
lurked within her slender frame. She
was Of slight build, weighing in the
nelghborhood OF 100 pounds, and. clad
in the male attire she usually affected
looked like not particularly robust
and rather attractive boy.
II was in the jail at Tucson. Arizona.
that ! first made PEARLS acquaintance
and obtained from her confession
which laid bare the details of her row
ing and singularly romantic life. This
was Immediately after she had sprung
into notoriety by accomplishing feat
never before performed by one of her
Eex-the holding up OF stage coach
and robbing the passengers at the
point OF a gun. II was the culmina-
ing exploit OF her career which had
been stormy and eventful one from
early childhood
Pearl Hart Is native OF Canada,
where her parents. honest, respecta:
Bile people IN humble circumstances,
reside to-day AT the age OF 13 she
made her first pilgrimage into the out
side world, running away from her
home in Lindsay. Ont, and taking |
with her younger sister. The two.
dressed as boys. made their way by |
boat TO Buffalo, N. r.. where they
worked for while in a factory |
where children were employed. After
the sisters had been in Bufralo for
about two months their parerss got
track Of and finally recovered them.
But the love of rowing had became
too deeply implanted in Pearl Harts
restless bosom to allow OF her leading
a quiet and uneventful existence at
home Two years later she again
wandered away her sister accompany
Ing her as before and the pair went
TO Chicago. Both were dressed in
boys clothes and apparently had nc