CHAPTER 1: A GHOST APPEARS
“Horace Greeley went over this road”: Twain, Roughing It, 161.
“Please throw down the box”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 2.
“If he makes a move, give him a volley”: Hume and Thacker, Wells, Fargo & Co., 43.
“Do you want to get us all killed?”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 2.
“No, Ma’am”: Hume and Thacker, Wells, Fargo & Co., 43.
“That will be about all, boys”: Hungerford, Wells Fargo, 142.
“Please throw down the box”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 3.
“REWARD! Wells, Fargo & Co.’s”: Wells Fargo History Room, San Francisco, California.
CHAPTER 2: WELLS FARGO CONNECTS THE WEST
“picking gold out of the”: Atlantic, July 1911, 166.
“I soon shall be in ’Frisco”: Thomas L. James, “Development of the Overland Mail Service,” Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1896, 605.
“I am still here”: Erastus Granger, letter to the editor, Hartford (CT) Courant, May 21, 1849.
“After the period of six months”: Palmyra (MO) Weekly Whig, February 7, 1850.
“I hope there are none”: Madison Indiana Herald, January 22, 1851.
“Two real judges”: Kelly, Stroll Through the Diggings, 32.
“The miner stoops down”: Woods, Sixteen Months, 51.
“launched in 1852”: National Magazine, 1910, 414.
“Freight, Parcels, Money”: Sonoma County Journal, March 6, 1857.
“It seems that private”: Santa Cruz (CA) Weekly Sentinel, February 16, 1866.
“The most polite”: National Magazine, 1910, 420.
“O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon”: Copyright Meredith Willson Music.
“Wells Fargo combined”: “History of Wells Fargo,” www.wellsfargo.com/about/corporate/history.
“The station-keeper up-ended”: Twain, Roughing It, 42–43.
“a stout leather strap”: Charles F. Lummis, “Pioneer Transportation in America,” McClure’s Magazine, November 1905, 88.
“If there is a prettier”: Hungerford, Covered Wagon, 10.
“crowded together”: Gillilan, Trail Days, 113.
“Passengers dozing in corners”: Frederick, Ben Holladay, 85.
“The best seat inside a stagecoach”: Fradkin, Stagecoach, 42–43.
“the kind of men you can depend”: “About Wells Fargo,” www.wellsfargo.com/about.
“Stage robbers were plentiful”: Henry J. W. Dam, “A Morning with Bret Harte,” McClure’s Magazine, December 1894, 42.
“were hardly worth”: Hume and Thacker, Wells, Fargo & Co., 234.
“The huge vehicle swayed”: Harte, Writings of Bret Harte, 453.
“Come out with your money” and “You have no business”: Santa Cruz (CA) Weekly Sentinel, July 30, 1864.
“jumped from behind”: Marysville (CA) Daily Appeal, October 26, 1876.
“We want the box” through “There is honor”: San Francisco Chronicle, October 27, 1871.
“get the top of his head”: Petaluma (CA) Weekly Argus, November 26, 1868.
“You can go ahead”: Santa Cruz (CA) Weekly Sentinel, July 30, 1864.
“The passengers, eighteen in number”: Santa Cruz (CA) Weekly Sentinel, June 5, 1875.
“That’s the way to do it”: Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, September 18, 1875.
CHAPTER 3: JAMES B. HUME, LAWMAN
“There is no such thing”: Dillon, Wells, Fargo Detective, 62.
“Mr. Hume intends”: Placerville (CA) Weekly Mountain Democrat, June 21, 1862.
“Our city, under the administration”: Dillon, Wells, Fargo Detective, 85.
“We do not want anything”: Dillon, 92.
“In that capacity”: “James Bunyan Hume Dies at His Home in Berkeley,” San Francisco Call, May 19, 1904.
“It was thwarted”: Dillon, Wells, Fargo Detective, 121.
“Rogues, after they came”: “New Appointment,” Sacramento Daily Union, May 18, 1872.
“I’ll take the job but”: Bill Armantrout, “James Hume—Frontier Manhunter ‘Never Forgot,’” Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, January 16, 1974.
“The Company offers a standing”: Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express Instructions, 1884.
“I discovered two different”: Dillon, Wells, Fargo Detective, 154.
“and getting them”: “Highway Robbers Plead Guilty,” Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, January 8, 1876.
“He is a terror to”: “On Business,” Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, December 27, 1879.
“J.B. Hume, the head”: Sacramento Record-Union, September 15, 1880.
“As the steamer”: “Turned the Tables,” Sacramento Daily Union, January 22, 1879.
“I do not think that man”: “Turned the Tables.”
“He doubtless is better pleased”: Sacramento Daily Record, May 1, 1884.
“corps of officers” and “The present effort”: “A Grand Haul,” Sacramento Record-Union, December 8, 1881.
CHAPTER 4: A LEGEND GROWS
“Hold up your hands” through “probably getting mad”: “Another Stage and Express Robbery,” Marysville (CA) Daily Appeal, December 17, 1875.
“This job is the work of a professional”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 6.
“showing the prisoners how hopeless”: “Highway Robbers Plead Guilty,” Marysville (CA) Daily Appeal, December 29, 1875.
“throw off the box”: “A Bold Highwayman,” Petaluma (CA) Courier, August 16, 1877.
“I’ve labored long and hard”: “Arrest. Stage Robber,” Wells Fargo reward circular.
“Throw out the box”: Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, August 3, 1878.
“Here I lay me down”: “Arrest. Stage Robber.”
“It will be seen from the above”: Wells Fargo circular.
After the last robbery, Bart had made his way: Collins and Levene, Black Bart, 80.
“Sure hope you have”: “The Story of Charles E. Boles aka Black Bart,” www.sptddog.com/sotp/bbpo8.html.
“Detectives on his trail”: Wells Fargo Messenger, September 1912, 2.
“He was a polite”: Wells Fargo Messenger, September 1912, 2.
“The robber was probably”: “Stage Robbery—Rich Mines—Weather,” Sacramento Daily Union, November 22, 1880.
“Why, man, you’re crazy” and “sauntered down from his room”: Charles Michelson, “Stage Robbers of the West,” Munsey’s Magazine, July 1901, 457.
“How do you make it”: Dajani, Black Bart, 61.
“I’ll blow your head off”: “Another Stage and Express Robbery,” Marysville (CA) Daily Appeal, December 17, 1875.
“I’m glad the robber”: Dajani, Black Bart, 62–63.
“That stage robber”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 37.
“The roads in many parts”: Santa Cruz (CA) Weekly Sentinel, October 15, 1881.
“If Detective Hume fails”: Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, May 12, 1883.
CHAPTER 5: CLOSING IN
“dusty, tired, worn-out”: Dillon, Wells, Fargo Detective, 165.
“This method of turning”: “Knows How It Is Himself,” Sacramento Record-Union, August 11, 1881.
A WELL-KNOWN DETECTIVE: Sacramento Record-Union, January 9, 1882.
“dressed in steel-mixed coat”: Wells Fargo circular, October 23, 1880.
“Name. Harry Barton”: Wells Fargo circular, October 23, 1880.
“He wore a linen duster” and “ran down the hill”: “Halted By a Road Agent,” Cincinnati Enquirer, August 18, 1882.
“dodged from tree to tree”: “Black Bart and Hackett,” Quincy (CA) Feather River Bulletin, December 8, 1883.
“It was a soft hat”: Sacramento Daily Union, July 14, 1882.
“parties were immediately”: “Attempted Stage Robbery—Plucky Express Messenger,” Sacramento Daily Union, July 14, 1882.
“This is a nice night”: Dejani, Black Bart, 72.
“J.B. Hume is on the trail”: Petaluma (CA) Courier, January 3, 1883.
“He is polite”: Ukiah (CA) Republican Press, December 30, 1925.
“There are very few ‘Black Barts’”: “Science of Stage Robbery,” Pittsburgh Press, February 4, 1893.
“Hereafter, should the stage” and “proper persons in your community”: Wells Fargo circular, September 5, 1883.
CHAPTER 6: THE CAPTURE
“Throw down that box” and “I can’t”: “Black Bart Caught,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 1883.
“Here. Give it here”: Hoeper, Black Bart, 66.
“A ten-year-old”: San Francisco People’s Press, December 27, 1883.
“was elegantly dressed”: Hungerford, Wells Fargo, 140
“He looked anything but a robber”: Jackson, Bad Company, 154.
“knew at once” through “I am certainly not the only”: John A. Henshall, “Tales of the Early California Bandits III—Black Bart,” Overland Monthly, June 1909, 478–480.
“What! Do you take me for”: Oakland (CA) Tribune, February 19, 1922.
“Yes, he does”: “Black Bart Caught,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 1883.
“Oh, my! That man a stage robber”: “Black Bart. The Noted Stage Robber Captured at Last,” San Francisco Daily Alta California, November 14, 1883.
“I don’t admit”: Henshall, “California Bandits,” 481.
“‘Black Bart’ throws up the sponge”: “Black Bart,” Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1883.
“The officers say I am”: “The Poet Robber,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 1883.
“all doubts are at rest”: Sacramento Daily Union, November 30, 1883.
“seemed rather pleased”: Jackson, Bad Company, 178.
“I know that” through “If I had my usual”: “The Poet Robber,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 1883.
“Didn’t you just hear me say”: Frederick (MD) Post, March 22, 1911.
“Welcome, good friend”: Bierce, Collected Works, 186.
CHAPTER 7: WHO WAS BLACK BART?
“He was a young man”: San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 1884.
“This precious Bible”: “The Saga of ‘Black Bart,’” Decatur (IL) Daily Review, March 3, 1949.
“The 116th had” and “as having in him”: “Scrap Basket,” Decatur (IL) Daily Review, October 26, 1910.
“We slept in the same” and “known as a good penman”: “At Highway Robbery,” Decatur (IL) Herald, December 9, 1888.
“My own dear Mary”: “More About Boles,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 1888.
“After waking all these days” and “If anything were needed”: “A Model Husband,” San Francisco Chronicle, December 11, 1888.
“I have been”: Charles Michelson, “Stage Robbers of the West,” Munsey’s Magazine, July 1901, 458.
“a package of crackers”: “Bold Black Bart,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 28, 1888.
“Is it true, Mr. Hume”: “More About Boles.”