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>> that aint him. >> sir. sir, we got him, sir. >> who, bart? >> yes, sir. >> show me. show me! >> charles boles, aka black bart, is proving to be anlusive. and james hume is taking it personally. returning to his gentlemanly ways and scouting his next strike, boles is talking. >> no, no, i insist. you hit your mother lode of g d gold. >> boles began to expand his exploits beyond things related to wells fargo. he enjoyed the lifestyle, but that lifestyle is a high maintenance lifestyle financial...

Mark fxo-7 and knows this was laundry marked. >> 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 set of clothes and came back to the city. returning to my accustomed ways. >> black bart has become kind of a folk hero because of his modus apperandi. why cant you get this guy? youre the great james hume. >> all told, bart has lifted the modern equivalent of $1 million from the wells farg...

>> black bart! >> ah! >> i wont miss. >> the last time boles was shot, it stopped him from grabbing the gold, but they didnt give chase. but now, with $5,000 of wells fargos money, he knows hes a dead man if they catch up to him.

Bandit and save its image. and now hume thinks he has his man. >> ill be. the infamous black bart. >> aint me. i was released from san quentin just yesterday. >> got release papers. >> hume is described as a combination pit bull and bloodhound, a relentless tracker determined to get his man, bt hes overworked. >> sir, it appears to be true. he was locked up during the robberies. >> in a rush to judgment, hume has gotten the wrong man. >> hume catches other guys, but he cant catch black bart. hes...

With guns blazing behind him, 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? sunday dinners at my house... its a full day for me, and i love it. but when i started having back pain, my sister had to come help. i dont like asking for help.

A man, and behind every legend, lies the truth. >> also known as black bart is the most excentric stagecoach bandit in the history of the west, 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. bulls is driven by revenge who masks his identity, instead of leaving trails of blood, he leaves behind versus the poetry. >> keep an eye on those rocks, charles. >> stay warm and take care, ill turn it in. >> narrator...

Stranger. >> mr. bolton. i would like you to meet detective james hume. >> after eight years of cat and mouse the bandit and tracker meet face to face for the first time. cramps but not phillips. it has magnesium and works more naturally than stimulant laxatives. for gentle cramp free relief of occasional constipation that works! mmm mmm live the regular life. if youre looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isnt that car.

To ride a horse. >> narrator: its likely the fear of horses triggered by a fall. still, he doesnt 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, but returns to battle and with general sherman on his brutal march to the sea. >> to march with shermans army, you certainly are fit. hes very demanding of his soldiers. and being able to understand what trails will get you where, what trails could be easily amb...

And in the union paper is a story written by an attorney who does make up a character named black bart. >> narrator: charles boles transforms himself into black bart. his robberies are not only bold, theyre executed with style and flair. >> the behavior, the demeanor, threaten you or take any of your personal belongings? >> no, sir, he was polite. said please and thank you. asked what was left of the cash box over there. >> narrator: he enjoys the challenge of the heist, and hes good at it. beco...

I will not stand for that. >> he puts together this man is quite capable of covering long distances between the robberies. he knows it is not a multiple person job. this is a lone man. >> he is curious with diverse interest. he takes odd jobs that pull him away from the city and give him access to new targets. >> he tried a little bit of everything. he tried school teaching for a while. it was natural for him. he was intem gent and sharp. >> the preacher a sermon fought and a screecher he often ...