bolton, i'd like you to meet detective james hume. mr. hume, c.e.bart... the infamous highwayman... 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, 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 endear him to man