| Show THE california HIGHWAY MAH A in NEWS give gave tile the particulars parti cArs ol of an Ater view with mrs bolles bollea the wife obbe e notorious rions california Califor aia highwayman bo for a decade or more has robbed robbe stages under the pseudonym of 11 BI black 1 k bart th the e lady does not share in the odium attaching to her husbands name being respectable and apparently well thought of generally in the community eliere she resides Hanu hannibal loal mo but her ep estimate amate of the man is wide of the mark it seems he be has promised to be with his family on christmas next and the reader may conclude for himself how nearly he will keep the promise by being informed that his bis capture would be followed by a reward tor for the captor and aad a lito life sentence at san quentin for the ca captive tive there is a dash clash of romance romance the morbid lurid kind in black barts career he would never have a confederate or assistant in which he be showed shrewdness as there was then no chance tor for treachery with the aid of a pair of powerful field glasses he would sweep the country in all directions whore where there were stage roads and when he saw a stage coming without without an armed messenger would post himself near vie ie road and donning a long mask would appear at the proper time and make the driver stop the team and throw up his hands the persuasive influence being a cocked and well aimed double shotgun the driver would then have to dismount as would also the passengers and he be and toe toed would be ranged in a line while the highwayman took all their valuables and everything worth having in the mall mail pouches and aad i treasure box to ladies he would invariably return their jewelry and a little money but the luc luckless klese males were allowed to depart with empty pockets he was captured at last and sent to the san quentin peul penitentiary tent iary lary tor for a term of neven years which he be served out he became a very useful fellow in the prison being a man of natural ability abid aptitude he took to chemistry and mastered it theoretically theoretic allt and practically during durl li 9 his term and emerged from his bis lon long g penal servitude well equipped for making an nono honorable rable and comfortable living this was on the of january last less than eleven months ago and for some time past he has beer been wanted worse than ever he has it is estimated a fortune since nince he be got goc out one and aaa it ic is to get a trace of him as it is of the White chape murderer Hoar derer indeed witti with the exception of the wide alje difference in the enormity of et the crimes their methods are very much mike alike mrs bolles charitably believes that her husband to is engaged ena aed in jinlat mining in some secluded place and that he be cannot an emerge into the world because became d detectives tec tives are everywhere re on his kraev of course she is not posted on western life but she might know that mining is not a cause for the employment of detectives anywhere least of all io in california she would would do well to cul sivate a regard for him as nearly op ap pro preaching aching inc that of other people as possible and besin begin to look upon her husband as a man unfit to bear her and her chil childrens doens name dame A highwayman is ont one degree in crime beloian below an assassin af w a rule but bat in order to be the former successfully it Is necessary to be the latter also when the occasion re quires it |
