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>> easy, boys. easy does it. throw down that box. please. we wouldn't want to spook the horses. let me take that lockbox off your hands, and you can be on your merry way. [ wolf whistles ] >> black bart! >> aah! >> i won't miss. [ rifle shot ] ♪
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>> looking dapper as usual today. >> thank you, william. >> thank you, sir. business must be good. >> it is, william. yes, it is. [ chuckles ] ♪ >> ♪ my country, 'tis of thee ♪ ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ land where my fathers died ♪ ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ ♪ from every mountainside ♪ ♪ let freedom ring ♪
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[ wind whistling ] [ man vocalizing ] >> on the north american plains, opportunity calls men of courage to chase the sun west into a new frontier. they would shape a nation, lay hold of their destiny, and birth a new mythology. but with the passing of time every myth has its reckoning. black bart. the name conjures images of a surly stagecoach robber... >> throw down that box. >> ...and notorious bandit a violent outlaw ready to kill. but behind every bandit stands a man, and behind every legend
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lies the truth. >> charles boles, also known as black bart, is the most eccentric stagecoach bandit in the history of the west. and yet his story is unfamiliar to most of us. unlike the brazen outlaw killers of his day, this gentleman bandit never fires a single shot. boles is a man driven by revenge, who masks his identity. instead of leaving trails of blood, he leaves behind verses of poetry. >> keep a weather eye on those rocks, charles. >> stay warm and take care of robert, and i'll tell you this. >> in 1848, gold is discovered in the foothills of the sierra madres. by 1849, tens of thousands of men, known as the '49ers, are swarming into northern california. one of those '49ers is an ambitious young man named charles boles who convinces his brothers to join him on the gold rush.
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>> i think there's probably more up this way. ♪ >> charles and his brothers -- they had been barn raisers in new york, and none of them liked farming life, and they couldn't wait to get out to the gold fields in california. >> can i get some help? help! anybody! >> for many fortune seekers, like the boles brothers, the hope of striking it rich moves them to endure incredible hardships and sacrifice. [ animal calling ] they camp along the riverbeds in squalid conditions, giving rise to waterborne diseases like cholera and typhoid, which often result in death. >> [ coughing ] >> johnny boy, come take a gander at this. >> are you kidding me? >> we got it! >> [ whooping ] >> some strike it rich. >> [ distant whooping ] >> but charles boles is not as lucky. >> [ sobbing ]
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>> after months of mining, he not only fails to find gold. he loses both of his brothers to illness they contract in the camps. >> charles was devastated. he had been the one to truly want to come out to california. he felt guilty. he was a restless soul. that played very heavily into the choices he made later on. >> boles heads back east a broken man eventually stopping in illinois, where takes a job on a farm and soon marries. >> on the one hand, you have the adventure of searching for gold and perhaps making a fortune versus working on a farm, the tedium of tilling and harvesting and seeding, that to him was not quite as attractive. >> frustrated with his farming
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lifestyle, boles is haunted by his failure as a miner and dreams of striking it rich. ♪ when word of the montana gold rush reaches charles, his gold fever returns. boles leaves his family and sets out for montana... on foot. >> there's an interesting aspect to boles's life. it's said that he had an aversion to horses. when he enlisted in the military, he volunteered for the infantry, presumably so he wouldn't have to ride a horse. >> it's likely boles's fear of horses is triggered by a fall.
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still, he doesn't let his fear hamper his service to the union. >> what you might not expect is that charles boles is a respected civil war soldier. wounded while fighting for the federal army, he returns to battle and is even with general sherman on his brutal march to the sea. >> to march with sherman's army, you certainly are fit. he was very demanding of his soldiers. and being able to understand what trails will get you where what trails could be easily ambushed, and therefore you set up defenses for them at the proper places, that would be of value to someone who later becomes known as black bart. >> after two years of panning for other miners, boles is finally able to stake his own
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claim to a riverside plot he's sure will make his sacrifice worth it. but as word of montana riches spreads, the competition for claims increases. >> pardon. pardon me. good day to you, sir. the usual, please. oh. and this. >> well, that'll be three cents. or 10 cents for express service. >> what's that? >> well, you can thank mr. wells and mr. fargo. they just bought me out. >> seems like they aim to buy up the whole territory. >> large companies rush to capitalize on local strikes and eliminate the competition, buying up businesses and all the land surrounding successful claims. >> there was mining going on in various sections of montana. he did have a claim where he was in competition with other people also setting up claims, and there was a lot of violence that was occurring around him.
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>> mr. boles. >> welcome, gentlemen. what can i do for you? >> we'd like to make you an offer. we want to buy your claim. >> [ chuckles ] no, thank you. no, thank you. good day. >> doesn't look like much is coming. >> there'll be plenty just as soon as the water comes up. good day. >> it would be a shame if it didn't. [ suspenseful music plays ] >> wells fargo is already consolidating its stage lines through new mining towns in idaho, utah, and montana. [ horse whinnies ] now, rumors the company has plans to go into the mining business make boles suspicious. just days after he receives an
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offer for his claim, the water supply dries up. [ dramatic music plays ] >> aah! >> boles is convinced it's no coincidence. >> what wells fargo did is divert the stream from which boles was panning the gold to where he was forced to abandon his gold mine. >> for charles boles, the montana claim is likely his best chance for success. but when the water slows his claim becomes worthless. many historians believe that this is the moment he sets his sight on wells fargo, making the company out to be responsible for his misfortune. >> the hardworking miner and former union soldier with dreams of striking it rich has just made a bold decision to exact revenge on one of the
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>> in the summer of 1871 frustrated miner charles boles is determined to exact revenge
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on the company that pushed him off his claim. he sets out on foot to scout wells fargo's stage routes. >> all over northern california, they were shipping lots of gold from one place to another. they had over 3,000 miles of stagecoach roads. it was a big target for thieves. >> consumed by revenge, boles breaks ties with his family, cuts himself off from his past and completely reinvents himself. >> he moved to san francisco all the while nursing this anger, this hatred toward wells fargo. >> boles's time in the military has conditioned him physically and trained him strategically. but experiencing war has also given him an aversion to violence. >> i watched the stages from a second camp far from my home camp to ascertain the exact time they passed. i found them to be at the same
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spot every morning at 7:00 a.m. >> boles comes up with a clever way to pull off a nonviolent highway robbery. it's called a quaker cannon trick. used in the revolutionary and civil wars, that is named for the quakers, who, like boles, oppose violence. the trick uses strategically placed sticks made to look like guns to fool the enemy into believing they're facing a force much larger than they actually >> charles boles, once a law-abiding citizen with dreams of making an honest fortune, is about to become the west's most notorious bandit. ♪ losing thousands each month to highway robbers, wells fargo hires james hume, a detective with a reputation for solving difficult crimes. >> james hume chose to become the kind of person who would
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never quit. he has an obsessive-compulsive kind of desire to make things right. >> gentlemen. >> this is the beginning of this detective period. when there's a robbery, you don't just get out there and look for horse tracks. it gets much more sophisticated. >> this is the bullet that i pulled from his body. you see the markings on it? >> technology and such is starting to change as to how to track these guys down. and this is what hume is really adept at. >> welcome to school, boys. welcome to school. ♪ >> because of men like hume, boles is cautious. he uses a burlap sack to cover his face. he travels on foot, wrapping his feet in cloth to avoid leaving tracks. and to avoid violence, he never loads his gun. [ horses neighing ]
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>> if he dares shoot, give him a solid volley, boys! throw down that box. ah. madam, i have no desire of your money. ♪ in that respect, i honor only the good office of wells fargo. throw down the box. ♪ i know what you're reaching for, friend. >> charles has poked sticks through the bushes so that it appears that there could be other guns around. >> just give him what he wants. >> and he's got his mask on. he's got a duster on. he's got his gun pointed. he was an enigma. he was a very hard man to figure out. >> good day to you, sir. thank you kindly. [ horses neighing ] ♪
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>> boles was thrilled. his plan for retribution against wells fargo was being carried out the way that he intended. >> [ wolf whistles ] >> there was probably a level of bravado here, such that he often looked forward to his next attempt. >> boles makes his getaway over 120 miles through rugged terrain over the mountains back to san francisco, where a transformation begins. >> charles boles is a truly audacious criminal. after committing highway robbery, he returns to high society to hide in plain sight. he has the ingenuity to avoid capture by developing an alter ego and living within blocks of the target of his crimes. boles's plan is a brilliant piece of criminal strategy. but it's also a risky one. >> he now calls himself
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charles bolton and lives in san francisco, posing as a successful gold prospector and socialite. >> charles boles went by charles bolton because it sounds very sophisticated. it has a certain dignity associated with it. he is as comfortable living in the wilderness as he is in the city. >> yes, sir. >> more champagne. circumstances compelled me. i yielded to the temptation of crime only after enduring severe struggles from which i had no control. >> detective hume also lives in san francisco. and this recent string of robberies is testing his patience. >> gentlemen, our efforts up to this point have been unacceptable. he's making a mockery of us, and i will not stand for that. >> hume begins to put together that this man is quite capable
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of covering long distances in between the robberies. he knows that it's not multiple-person jobs, that this is a lone man. >> boles is curious, with diverse interests. he takes odd jobs that pull him away from the city and give him access to new targets. >> he was trying just a little bit of everything. he tried school teaching for a while, which would have been a natural for him because he was intelligent. he was sharp. >> the teacher a lesson he taught. the preacher a sermon he "praught." and the screecher, he awfully "scraught." [ laughter ] [ chuckles ] now let us turn to "the case of summerfield" and that notorious bandit, black bart. >> he's incredibly well read. in addition to shakespeare and that kind of thing, he also reads the sacramento union. and in the union paper is a story written by an attorney
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who does make up this character named bartholomew graham or black bart. >> to get what he believes is owed him, charles boles transforms himself into black bart. his robberies are not only bold. they're executed with style and flair. >> now, how was his behavior his demeanor? did he threaten you or take any of your personal belongings? >> no, sir. he was polite. said "please" and "thank you." and that's what's left of the cash box over there. >> boles enjoys the challenge of the heist. and he's good at it. becoming confident in his skill and elusiveness, he leaves playful messages for wells fargo's detectives. >> "i've labored long and hard for bread, for honor, and for riches, but on my corns too long you've tread, you fine-haired sons of...bitches. black bart."
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>> in this instance, boles was able to taunt the authorities through the black bart poetry saying, "yeah. i'm the guy that did it. catch me if you can." >> boles, now as the notorious black bart, continues to taunt the helpless wells fargo detectives. >> "come what will i'll try it on. my condition can't be worse. and if there's money in that box, 'tis money in my purse. black bart the p o 8." >> [ chuckles ] >> he's mocking me. he's mocking me! [ yells ] >> black bart's brash robberies and taunting poetry had gotten the attention of wells fargo's lead detective, a man as cunning and relentless as the bandit himself. nexium 24 hour introduces new, easy-to-swallow tablets.
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and so they're determined now to try and figure this out, and lots of pressure is coming from lots of different directions. >> i refuse to buy a romanticized image of black bart as fabricated by the press. he is a fraud who is robin hoodwinking a gullible public. >> sir! >> what is it? >> we got him, sir! he's in your office. >> who? bart? >> yes, sir. >> show me. show me! >> excuse me, sir. >> from 1875 to 1882, black bart holds up at least 20 wells fargo stagecoaches. >> well? >> that's him, chief. >> the giant transportation company is depending on detective hume to catch the bandit and save its image. and now hume thinks he has his man.
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>> well, now. i'll be. the infamous black bart? >> ain't me. i was released from san quentin just yesterday. got some release papers. >> hume is described as a combination pit bull and bloodhound. he's a relentless tracker determined to get his man. but he's overworked. >> uh, sir, it appears to be truth. he was locked up during the robberies. >> in a rush to judgment, hume has gotten the wrong man. ♪ >> hume catches other guys, but he can't catch black bart. he's just too smart. >> it ain't him. >> and all this makes hume more determined, "i'm going to catch this guy." >> it ain't him! >> sir! sir!
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we got him, sir. >> who? bart? >> yes, sir. >> show me. show me! >> charles boles, a.k.a. black bart... >> excuse me, sir. >> ...is proving to be an elusive bandit, and james hume is taking it personally. [ horse neighs ] returning to his gentlemanly ways and scouting his next strike, boles overhears talk of a coach that'll be carrying $23,000. >> this meal was excellent. i hope you enjoyed -- >> no, no, let me get -- >> no, no, no, no. i insist. please. when you hit your mother lode of gold, you can pick up the check, my friend. >> boles began to expand his exploits beyond things related to wells fargo. he enjoyed this lifestyle. but that lifestyle is a high-maintenance lifestyle financially, and he had to have money to do it, so he continued to rob. >> driven by a growing taste for the good life, boles treks on foot for four days following the stagecoach routes through the wilderness, looking
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for a place to strike. now a seasoned outlaw, he knows how to keep himself strategically hidden, willing to endure a little hardship for a big payday. ♪ >> easy, boys. easy does it. [ horse neighs ] keep those hands where i can see them. nice and easy. would you be so kind as to throw down that box? >> i'll get it right now for you, sir. >> easy, boys. [ rifle shot ] [ rifle shot ] >> grazed by buckshot, black bart barely escapes the close call. but even a brush with death isn't enough to stop him. >> i do beg your pardon,
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>> [ clears throat ] what can i do for you, officer? [ heart beating ] >> we caught someone making off with your coat. ♪ >> [ exhales ] excellent work. excellent work. thank you very much, officer. i was never really afraid of the police officers. i knew many of them. and they knew me to be a man associated with good people -- and never dreamed i was in the business of robbing stages. [ chuckles ] ♪ >> hume is making little progress. so wells fargo sends in reinforcements. but even the toughest and smartest detectives struggle to keep pace with black bart. >> bart was armed, but he didn't shoot back, though? >> nope. not his style. >> no horse track.
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>> no, he escapes on foot. ♪ >> well, he can't walk forever. >> don't suppose so. [ classical music plays ] >> charles boles loses himself in the privileged life of c.e. bolton and the outlaw adventures of black bart feeding his appetite for extravagance and excitement. he robs five more coaches in a year, further embarrassing
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detective james hume and wells fargo in the process. >> as black bart continues his obsessive crime spree, public humiliation forces the wells fargo detectives to increase their efforts bolting the strongboxes to the floor of the coaches. after a reward is issued for his capture, black bart has every reason to disappear. but the lure of just one more robbery is too much for bart to resist. >> boles returns to a reliable spot, funk hill, for what should be an easy score. >> why do criminals return to the scene of the crime? it's a sense of superiority. just like the "moth to the flame" analogy, we are attracted back to the areas that also could cause problems for us. >> but nothing could prepare boles for 19-year-old jimmy rolleri, a friend of the coach driver, who's hitched a ride into the wilderness to hunt small game. rolleri jumped off the stage and
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is armed with a .44 henry rifle, just off the trail. [ horse whinnies ] [ horse whinnies ] >> whoa. >> throw down that box. >> i-i can't. >> please. >> bolted to the floor. >> it's lucky for you i brought my tools. easy does it. you wouldn't want to spook the horses. now, come down off that stage, friend, and start walking, and don't stop. [ grunts ] [ horse whinnies ]
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[ wolf whistles ] >> black bart! >> aah! [ rifle shot ] >> i won't miss. [ rifle shot ] >> aah! >> the last time boles was shot, it stopped him from grabbing the gold, so they didn't give chase. but now, with $5,000 of wells fargo's money, he knows he's a dead man if they catch up to him. ♪ with guns blazing behind him
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black bart beats a hasty retreat... leaving his dirty laundry behind for hume, who is more than happy to pick it up. >> what you got, hume? >> fresh sign. [ whistling ] >> as my dear mother used to say, "even a broken clock is right twice a day." >> son of a... >> don't you cross that square with my watch. >> for more revealing stories on these and other western characters featured in "legends and lies," purchase the companion book, available at billoreilly.com and bookstores nationwide. ♪ ram trucks are reaching new heights when it comes to capability and efficiency. the ram heavy duty is the most capable full-sized pickup on the road today. and, the ram 1500 is the most fuel-efficient
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>> after 28 test. test. for years, he has dodged the wells fargo detective, james hume, under the alias black bart. >> what you got, hume? >> fresh sign. >> when james discovers the handkerchief, he was delighted and as he examines it, he sees the mark, "f.x.o. 7," and knows
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this was, in fact, a laundry mark. ♪ >> good day, sir. >> for boles, revenge has long been satisfied. now his greed is turning to arrogance. >> after the last robbery, i walked over 100 miles to sacramento, got a new suit of clothes, and came back to the city, returning to my accustomed ways. >> black bart's become kind of a folk hero because of his modus operandi. hume is feeling the pressure from wells fargo -- "why can't you get this guy? you're the great james hume." >> all told, bart has lifted the modern equivalent of $1 million from the wells fargo coaches. but what black bart doesn't realize is he left behind something even more valuable -- his handkerchief. laundry companies mark clothes
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with a code to keep the goods straight, and that code is assigned to a customer -- name address, and occupation. >> this man must be found. >> hume decides, "we're going to have to track this laundry mark." >> take your men and leave no stone unturned. >> so they go to 93 different laundries in the san francisco area. >> yes, sir. can i help you? >> yes. is that your mark? >> yes. that's our mark from one of our customers. c.e. bolton. he's a local gold prospector. ♪ >> hume and his detective come up with a plan. >> the gentleman that knows the laundry mark belongs to bolton leads them to bolton's home. hume's detective convinces bolton that he is interested in mining for gold.
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>> how are you today? >> how do you do? >> he says, "say, i've got this other friend i'd like to introduce you to." and he walks him right into the wells fargo office. you know, we talk about all of these outlaws who make one bad mistake. and he should have looked at that wells fargo sign and says, "ain't going in there. no way." [ laughs ] >> tempted by the prospect of a meeting that could bring him even more wealth, boles allows his ego and greed to cloud his judgment. >> so, word on the street is you're quite the successful gold prospector. tell me, mr. bolton, where are your mines located? >> well, if it's one thing i've learned, sir, it's not to disclose too much information to a perfect stranger. [ chuckles ] ♪ >> mr. bolton, i'd like you to meet detective james hume.
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and poet. >> um... i had a premonition that this would happen today. aren't you the lucky one? >> charles boles wanted them to know that it was him and to be able to tease and to play with the people that have been chasing him and trying to get at this -- it gave him pleasure. you do want somebody to know. ♪ >> on november 17, 1883,
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the west's most notorious stagecoach bandit is sentenced to six years in san quentin prison. he signs in under yet another alias -- t.z. spalding. after serving four years without incident, he's out on good behavior. reporters wait for his release. >> black bart, are you going back to your life of robbing stagecoaches? ♪ >> no, i've given up my life of crime. >> are you going to go back to writing poetry? >> did you hear me, son? i said i'm done committing crimes. [ laughter ] [ chuckles ] ♪ >> charles e. boles, bolton, black bart, t.z. spalding -- whatever the name, his polite nature and charismatic ways
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endear him to many in the west. but one man rejects the romantic notion of a gentleman bandit or highway poet. >> aside from the criminal matter of obtaining a livelihood, his career has been entirely and completely despicable. >> when boles is released, he returns to san francisco, where hume has him tailed. >> boles was a pretty smart guy. it is likely that he knew that hume was following him. hume perhaps had a hunch that maybe boles might return to his nefarious ways. >> black bart may be a notorious criminal, but far from the typical violent men of his time. his polite manner and witty poetry set him apart as a gentleman bandit. in his streak of 28 stagecoach robberies, he never harms one person. >> [ laughs ] oh, yes.
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couldn't stay away, huh? what mask are you wearing now? >> but despite his claim to be avenging a wrong done to his family by wells fargo, charles boles never sends one dime home, revealing the truth about the real man. in february 1888, boles and his alter ego, black bart, disappear for the last time, leaving behind a legacy of crime and a true legend of the real west.
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