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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-18
TRUSTEE SALE.

By virtue Of the authority vested in
me in certain deed of trust executed
on the 2Sth day of February, A. D.,
1912, by Sam Carmichael to secure a
certain Indebtedness therein men
toned to C. D. James, as guardian of
Miss N. N. James, ]. C. James, Miss
w. A. James and Miss J e. James,
said deed of trust is recorded in book
10, at pages 266-7-S and 8 of the Rec
ords of Deeds of Trust on Land in the
chancery clerks office of Forrest
County, Mississippi. The indebted
ness secured by said deed of trust and
being unpaid and the said deed of trust
being subject to foreclosure by its
terms and las such trustee having
been called upon and directed by the
said c. D. James, the said guardian to
said deed of trust and sell
The following described property, Il
will therefore, on
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-18
Wednesday, the 18th day of April,
A. D., 1918,

offer for sale and will sell to the high
est and best bidder or bidders for cash
at public cutlery at the front door of
the Court House in Forrest County,
Mississippi, within lawful hours the
following described property, which is
described and conveyed in said deed
of trust, to-wit: All of lot in block
1874. according to Crittenden map of
the City of Hattiesburg. except the
following described parcel of land, to-
wit. A strip of land 20 feet wide off
the NV. side of lot 2, extending the
hull length of said lot and CONSTITUTE
ng a portion of the street now known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

The train consisted of an e1p|
directly behind the engine, and
that a baggage car and a long
sleepers and cay coaches.
The athletic young man approa
station just as the train was put
With the ease OF an experienced
man he graspa the railing on 4
platform OF the express car as 4
him. and swung himself on hoard
This young nan who crouchet
shadows Of the platform until the
lighted Albany Nrds had been lief
~es Oliver Perr. Having made
poor success OF burglary and ser
eral prison sentences, he was no
TO try his hand at train robbery.
The express car as I have said.
nrst car In the tain. It's front
solid panel Of meal and wood
curely locked.
The front half OF the car was nj
q miscellaneous assortment of DO
rels and other frekht, makint @
PILE from the floor o within a few
the ceiling. In the rear half OF
wv oohCo anu QRBk RI W
solitary express MESSENGER was
sorting way bllls.
The train was abo,t forty miles
Albany when. abov, the clatter
wheels. the messenge thought he
voice.
Hands up!" was what he IN,
uafd-but how absurd
He was not a nervos man and
sure that he was all done In the
thought his imagination and the
the train must have deceived him
out even raising his he'd he went
bis work
But again the voice sunded. r
II was unmistaka BILE, ah to the
command there was somthinp ad
Hands up" It said. Nr ri hi,
head off,"
Looking up. the astonshed m;
saw Perry's ugly face leeing at b
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
"Black Bart" Is Caught

After eluding the police and express
companies for years. BLACK Bart" finally
lost his nerve in way that seemed strange
in view OF the GOODNESS he had displayed
on 80 many previous occasions.
He had held up Southern Pacific train
In the usual way. As he was packing the
last of the plumber into his bag a farmer 8
boy came walking down mountain trail
toward the train.
The boy had been hunting and carried a
rifle. He was innocent of any intention to
interfere with BLACK Bart"-in fact, had
he had any idea that train robbery was
going on he would promptly have taken to
his heels.
Strangely enough the sight OF this lone
boy with the rife filled the train robber
with the greatest alarm. Hurriedly throw
Ing his bag OF booty over his shoulder he
started of In the opposite direction az fast
as he could run
The passengers and trainmen were
dumfounded. Why should this robber run
away when ne had six armed men over
them to protect him?
Just then passing gust Of wind blew
two OF the sombreros Off the heads" OF
BLACK Bart's" dummies That laid bare
for the first time his clever ruse-the ruse
which had enabled him to steal thousands
OF dollars from trains and stages single
handed!
The express messenger was the first OF
the victims to come to his senses. Selling
the rifle from the astonshed farmers boy
be hred several shots at the fleeing robber
But none Of them took effect and BLACK
Bart soon disappeared in the woods high
up the mountain side
Detectives who visited the scene OF the
robbery found that In his hurried flight,
Black Bart" had dropped the first clue to
his Identity they had ever been able TO
md II vas q handkerchief, bearing in one
corner the initial "B'' and the mark of
a San Francisco laundry
close watch was set in the vicinity OF
this laundry. When. a few weeks later.
BlacE Fart" left his lonely cabin In a
wilderness Of the S!crras and came to San
Francisco 10 digpose Of the proceeds OF his
iatest TobDcricn. he was promptly arrested.
d,s sense'ess panic Mt the sight of the
fainers boy and his rife had proved his
undoinI
tiark Bart" pleaded guilty At his
tfiai ne amused the court by relating how,
frequently on hs Waits TO San Francisco.
ne mad discussed his crincs with some of
the very detectives who we're searching
for him
Altsr. serving long term in San Quen.
un prison. he reformed. and the last I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
Sophie Lyons-the Queen Of the Burglars"

knew OF him he was living honestly All
the money his crimes brought him had
been gambled away and he was penniless
when be left prison and had TO struggle
hard to make living For this daring
and unusually lucky Desperate surely
crime did not pay.
"Old Bill" Miner was another famous
train robber who generally worked alone
and who. like BLACK Bart" never posed
as bad man and never took human life.
He was one of the first train robbers TO
operate on the Pacific Coast and Is said to
have originated the expression, Hands
up!"
Only a few years ago he figured In
daring series Of robberles along the Cana
dian Pacific Railway. The crimes fol-
lowed each other in rapid succession
hardly a week passed that this bold man
did not hold up some fast train and make
his escape with large sums in currency
and gold dust
The reward Of $4,000 which the Cana
dian Government offered for his capture
seemed to have no terrors for Miner. One
May evening when the search for him
was at its height, he stopped a fast train
near Furrer. British Columbia. on almost
the exact spot OF one Of his previous rob-
berries
AT the point OF his revolver. Miner
forced the engineer to uncouple the COM
rest OF the train and take It a mile or 80
down the track. AS Miner knew, a heavy
shipment OF gold dust had been made on
this train and he expected to make a rich
haul
But TO his surprise, when he came to
rine the car, he found not one Of the ex-
press company's strong boxes. The only
thlng OF value the car contained was a
small quantity OF registered mail.
Women Train Robbers
The frequent robberies had made the ex.
press messenger apprehensive for tho
safety OF his treasure. Just before reach
the point where Miner had waved his red
lantern across the track he had taken the
boxes OF gold dust out OF the express car
and secreted them In vacant stateroom
In sleeping car at the rear Of the train.
Disguised at his failure TO find the gold
DUST where he had expected and fearing
some trap If he attempted to search the
rest OF the train. Miner abandoned the
robbery and fed.
But again he was to be foiled by the
QUICK wits OF this same express messenger.
AS the train robber jumped on his horse
and rode away. the messenger climbed
Telegraph pole. cut a wire and with an
emergency key, flashed the news Of the
robbery to the nearest garrison Of the
Canadian Mounted Constabulary.
As result, several armed posses were
soon hot on Miners trail. They surround
ed him five days later and after a desper-
ate gun fight. succeeded In making him a
prisoner. He Is now in Canadian prison
serving life sentence-this was the Sad
reward OF all his crimes.
| am thankful to say that never had
any inclination for this kind of crime and
never assisted in holding up a train. The
fact that was woman would not have
prevented my doing this had wished, for
there have been many successful woman
train robbers.
Eta Place was one Of these She was
the recognized leader OF the desperate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
No. 8 Of Series of Extraordinary Revelations
Written by SOPHIE LYONS
The Most Famous
Million Dollars
Has Now

band known as the wild Bunch" whose
operations for years terrorized tho rail-
roads of the West
Yet although I was never a train rob.
Der myself. was the friend Of many men
and women who were active In this branch
OF crime, and the incidents I am giving
you here are as they related them to me
There was always a more or less close
connection between train robbers and
bank burglars, because they both usually
had to face the problem OF getting into
safes. They frequently sought one an
others advice as to the best means OF
breaking open some particularly refrac-
tory type OF strong box
Many bank burglars eventually took up
the robbing OF trains to crafty their crav-
Ing for excitement and many men who had
been train robbers In their early careers
later became bank burglars.
In the latter class were Ike Marsh and
Charley Billiard, who were associated with
Mark Shinburn and my husband In some
OF their most famous attacks on the banks.
One OF their first successful crimes was
the robbery OF an express car on the New
York Central Railroad OF $4,000 In ca ali
and Government bonds
This was an Inside" job-suggested by
Putnam Brown. the messenger In charge
OF the express car which was robbed. and
carried out with his assistance Here Ia
the ingenious way It was arranged.
Brown was to notify the robbers the
night when an unusually large shipment
OF vaiuaoies would be made in his car from
Buffalo to New York City Billiard and
Marsh would be waiting a; Albany and
when the train stopped there. Brown would
open the door on the side OF the car away
from the station platform and admit them
without detection
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

head significantly In the direction of tho
"riRemen,' whose hats and "gun barrels"
showed from the usual ambush at the side
of the track. he said loud enough for all
to hear:
Don't FIRE unless give the word
boys!"
The hint was quite sufficient. Convinced
that they were at the mercy Of a large
band of desperate men, passengers, train
men and express messengers quickly
handed their valuables over to BLACK
Bart"
When he had secured all the plumber
ne could. he uttered his usual threat about
not looking back on penalty of being shot
at and allowed the train to move on.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
A Lone Highwayman

Black Bart" began his long career as
hold-up man in the days when the stage
coaches used TO carry large amounts of
currency and gold dust over the mountain
trails OF the Far West He always worked
alone. but by clever ruse which will
tell you about he led his victims to believe
that he had several heavily armed accom-
pllces 10 help him enforce his demands.
The vein OF humor which showed Itself
In everything he did extended even to the
way he dressed himself up for his rob-
berries He invariably wore long linen
custer with a jute bag wrapped around
bis body like an Indians blanket A tail
cone-shaped hat, such as clowns in the
circus wear. completed a costume more
outiandish than any ever seen outside a
fancy dress ball
Black Bart" chose the scene for each OF
his roooeries with che greatest care His
iaVorite spot was a sharp curve at the foot
OF long Hill where the road ran through
bit OF forest or between high cliffs.
A lew yards from this point in the road
out close enough to be plainly seen fro.a
the halted stage coach. the robber rigged
the ingenious dccoy by which he lured his
victims into believing that he was not
alone but had with him a considerable
armed force
WIN )ute bags or pieces Of tent canvas
ne built screen about three feet high be-
tween two trees or two piles OF rocks The
outside OF this ambush he carefully masked
WIN branches OF trees and chunks of sod
behind the ambush he stuck in the
ground half dozen sticks and on each
SUCK ne hung an old sonbrero such AZ
every cowboy and miner in those DAYS
wore.
These hats showed above the ambuah,
JUST as they would have IL there had been
real men underneath them. Below each
nat Black Bart" stuck piece OF broom.
suck painted black TO give the semblance
OF rife barrels.
II all looked very real and very for
mldaole-for all the world as il six mon
were crouching there with rines In hand
ready 10 fire on the stage coach al the hIs,
sign OF resistance
When II came almost time for Che coach
TO be due the lone high way1nan would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

Perry lay flat on his a,od
half sufocated by the smoSe
to death at every motion al
himself along to a steel ven|
Fastening one end Of a iono
waist. He sripped the ROPE
himself cautiously down the
only a man Of almost SUPER
attempt. Hanging in midajI
hand and smashed the glass
"Open that door or IN n
The astonished express
would stop the train, but bef1
Then, reaching hts hand thr|
che door open and swung hir
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25

" HE bank robbers and other criminals
whom have been telling you abou.
in these pages depended for the sue.
cess Of their crimes almost entirely upon
their ingenuity. 1t was their brains against
police, and to carry out their dishonest
ends they very rarely found Il necessary
to use violence
1t ia quite true THAI most Of these rob
bers were always heavily armed. but the
weapons they carried were, as a rule used
only In the most desperate emergencies
when a weIl-aimed bullet was the only
thing that could save their own lives and
liberty. Men like Langdon Moore and
many other successful burglars whom
have known positively refused TO have
anything to do with crimes where it was
necessary TO harm their victims or even
to threaten them with violence
But with train robbers It Is quite DIFF
ferent Like the pirates who used to In
fest the seas these desperadoes can &C.
complish nothing without first hllfng their
victims with the fear OF serious injury or
death. The automatic revolver. the repeat
ing rife and the dynamite bomb are essen
tal parts Of their equipment and on the
slightest provocation they stand ready to
shoot to kill Indeed, the train robber, In
his eagerness to get his plumber, often
shoots down helpless men and women
when there is really no necessity for
bloodshed.
In my previous articles I have shown
that the biggest bank robbery ever accom-
plished was really an Improbable under
taking; that the great and successful"
burglars lived to learn the lesson that
life OF crime is not really profitable; that
even those VINO, when caught, have man
aged TO escape from prison. prof1ted moth
Ing. And to-day in the field Of train rob-
berry ! shall prove to the readers. of this
page that here. again. the rule holds true
that CRIME DOES NOT PAY!
or course, there have been men clever
enough to hold up trains without resort
ing to violence, but they are exceptional
cases. The famous BLACK Bart" the lone
highwayman, was such man. He boasted
that the shotgun he carried on his exploits
had never been loaded and that never in
all his long criminal career had he taken
4 life or injured human being
This BLACK Bart"-Charles Boles was
his right name-was as romantic a char
acter as any swashbuckling pirate OF the
story books. He was we'll educated man
and had once had prosperous business
Just how he happened to turn highway
man and train Tobber was q secret which
he would never divulge.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

was only after he had stumbled along
for an hour without raising a bird, and
had come out on the old farmer for the
third time that his choler arose and he
yelled out:
See here! you blamed old idiot! I am
back again"
Il decIar', If you ANTI" replied the
teller. why, you must be lopsided TO
walk in a circle this way"
You are a liar! came down here
after snipe-"
Yes. YOU said So"
"And I've waded around for i've long
hours and not seen a blamed one!''
"Shoo! Sheet
And don't believe there is one in the
Statew
Gosh all fishhooks. but I dunno. un-
less they've all crGwled into a holler
log TO get out OF the wet I've heard
they do that when it's purity bad. Yes,
that must be it. but il you'll hang on,
you'll find 'em flying around, and waitin'
to be plunked."
The car which conveyed Mr.. Bowser
from the snipe grounds to the town also
conveyed a cross-eyed, bowlegged man
who sat on a back seat and quoted poetry
relating to swamp tourists and snipe
hunting. There were forty verses. and
the end of every verse left the hunter
in a ditch or on his nose in the grass
The passengers applauded at the right
spots. and Mr.. Bowser bobbed around
and vowed that he would hunt that cross
eyed man to his doom. Dinner had
waited two hours when he arrived home.
He wabbled as he walked. When he
finally reached his own gate, he saw
Mrs. Bowser and the cat on the steps,
and he halted a moment to brace himself
for the ordeal. AS he braced Mrs. Bowser
called out:
Nothing for you this EVENING"
He stared at her and wondered what
she meant, and she continued:
II have neither cold victuals nor money
for you!"
He opened the gate and advanced, and
she rose UP and said:
"If you come in here I will call a po-
liceman to arrest you! Go on, YOU bad
man.
Nimrod Bowser was taken for a tramp
by his own wife!
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28
THE GRAND PROMOTER
He Was Almost Out When Jack Turned

ed twenty and-didn't pull the trigger!
No, No! I will live on!'' he ex-
claimed as the pistol was replaced and
he stood up.
That's right, old roosterT' exclaimed
a hearty voice at the door; and the major
turned to behold a jolly-faced stranger
What can do for you, sir?"
Were you about to commit suicide?"
II vast
IN hard luck?"
THE hardest kind
Don't do it, major. 1 came in here
two months ago with only 50 left. I had
determined to take a desperate chance.
That is, to invest my last shilling with
you. You sold me some silver stock at
8 cents on the dollar. You said it would
soon be worth ninety"
But was deceived" replied the ma
jor, who expected blowing up.
You mean you lied to melted like a
trooper; but don't get nervous over it.
I have called to thank you!"
"You-you have"'
Yes, sir. I have sold that stock at
par!''
"You-you can't mean it!' gasped the
major as the room whirled around with
him.
Sure thing, old man."
Bought from me for cents on the
dollar and sold for par!'
That's what did,
"And-and as I put you on to a good
thing you have come to divide?'
Milky on the divide, major! Just my
thanks"
But you have made thousands" was
walled.
Had to or bust!'
And 1 am out of it?"
Way on the outside, but never de-
spair. You are hard up, and there
doesn't seem to be anything in the
future for you except a pauper's grave,
but hang on, old man-hang like a dog
to a root. A sucker is liable to come
in any minute"
you ought to give me a thousand
dollars"
"I must make the tour of Europe"
Say five hundred"
And I've got to buy some race
horses"
Make 1t hundred"
"Got to have a diamond pin"
Tn the name of heaven make II fifty
81 go to see about q castle on the
Rhine, major-tai tar
Mai. Crofoot's legs gave under
him, but he wabbled to the desk and
brought out that old revolver.
It should be death this time.
The grim, grimest OF deaths.
He had had q fortune in his hands
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

two husky chaps and chucked into the
| hole prepared for It, and that would
be the last Of a good man.
The major had the muzzle to his
ear again, and was wondering II it
made any difference which ear re-
ceived the fatal bullet, when a woman's
voice cried out:
Hold, rash man-holdr'
Il will not?'
You mustI'
'I am ruined and can no longer face
the world"'
Maj. CroIost. scat you recognize my
voice? Put in~L that immoral weapon
and turn, your :"Se this way
MY Iandlady,' he gasped as he
obeyed her.
But you gave me the cold glare this
morning."
II did, and was sorry for it five min
utes later. You owe me about $50 dollars,
but should landlady worthy of a name
glare about a trifie like that?'
But can't pay itr' despairingly an
nounced the major.
mo one asks you to. Room and board
with me right along for the next two
years, and nothing will be said about the
bill"
MRS. CIawhammer. you can't mean
itr'
That's the sort of a woman I am.
And there will be porterhouse steak for
you at every dinner"
Am alive or deadT'
"As lively as cricket. Major, and
please take this $40 and use 1t as your
best Judgment dictates"
'I certainly am dead and in Para
dise!''
'And come to dinner early, major. and
change your seat to the head Of the
table"
And when she had departed the major
kicked over the rusty old stove, broke
the backs OF the two chairs and few
down to a lunch place he knew of and
J ordered three pork sausages. well done!
The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

Good morning, Sergeant. Die some
p0licemans lock oop a man last night
named White? He vhas a frendt Of
mine, und if he vhas drunk I like to pay
his fine
The fat policeman was busy behind his
desk as Hans scftly entered the station
house and made inquiry as above. II
was a long minute before the ofi1ceT
raised his head and quietly replied:
What has happened to you this time.
Ccbbler?'
'rNottings happened to me. How could
6ey? Do you belief 1 vhas shwindled
eafery day in der week? Can't l shust
drop in to ask aboudt Mr.. White mitont
l vhas shwindled?'
Mr.. White was not arrested last night.
Neither was Mr.. Black nor Mr.. Green
nor Brown
"oh! Do: vhas all right. Mr.. White
was my frondt, you know. So he doan'
be arrested?"
The Sergeant made no reply, and
Hans started to 90 out At the door hs
halted, waited a moment and theiI
turned and walked back to the desk ana
said:
Sometimes vhas shwindled, Of
course, because 1 vhas greenhorns, but
dot vhas long ago. I know how she vhas
now, und I shust like TO see somebody
come some gum games on me-!
The Sergeant still had nothing to say,
and after looking out of the alley win
dow and pulling down his vest the Cob
Ter went on:
You tell me you vhas my frendt, und
yet you vhas always believing ] vhas
some fools! Humph! A great, big
frendt, you vhas! vhas a leedle schild,
or a crazy mans dot 1 can't take care
of myself"
Mr.. Cobbler.' softly began the Ser
geant, as he walked out and sat down,
"just tell me all about it. and let me ad-
wise you"
"Ha! ha! ha! So you belief 1 vhas
played, eh! Vhell, l like to tell you dot
you Vhas mistook. Sergeant, l vhas
shust $3.50 in mine pocket, und doan you
fcrget herr
oh, you are2. How is it? If you have
made a good thing, 1 would like to hear
about it,
"vheIl. you know what gold vhas, of
course?'
of course
She comes out der groundt-out of a
gold mine
Yes"
Where vhas dot town called Lame
Ri-er?"
Lame River? Lame River? 1 never