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>> he robs five more coaches in a year, further embarrassing 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. bolten the strong boxes to the floor of the coaches. after a reward is issued for his capture, black bart has ever reason to disappear, but the lure of just one more robbery, too much for bart to resist. >> narrator: boles returns to a reliable spot, a...

Foot following the stage coach routes through the wilderness looking for a place to strike. now a seasoned outlaw he knows how to keep himself strategically hidden willing to endure a big hardsh -- a little hardship for a big payday. >> easy, boys. easy does it. keep those hands where i can see them. >> would you be so kind as to throw down that box. >> i will get it right now for you, sir. >> easy, boys. >> grazed by a buck shot black bart barely he is-- he is scrap.

Was following him hume perhaps had a a hunch that maybe bowles might return to his nefarious ways. >> black bart may be a notorious criminal but far from the men of his behind. his kind part and poet. he never harms one. (laughter). oh, yes. couldnt stay say way, huh? what mask are you wearing now? >> despite his claims to be avenging a i dont think like charles sends one dime home. revealing the truth about a real man. in february 18, 88 bowles and

Detective james hume the one he has been able to elude for more than a decade. >> i think by this time he saw himself as bright and as whity as he could be and would be able to win them over. >> he wanted to meet james hume. >> how do you do? >> also known as black bart. the infamous highway name and poet.

Bandit and save his image, now hume thinks he has his man. >> infamous black bart. >> aint me. i was released from san quinton just yesterday. oh oo hume is described as a combination pit bull and blood houped. hes a p relentless tracker determined to get his man. but he is over worked. >> sir, it appears to be truth. he was locked up during the robberies. >> in a rush to judgment hume has gotten the wrong man p. >> hume catches other guys but he cant catch black bart. he is just too smart. >> i...

>> he begins to put together that this man is quite capable of covering long distances in between the robbery. he knows that its not a multiple-person job, that this is a lone man. >> narrator: 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 natural, he was intelligent an sharp. >> the teacher, the preacher, t...

Shoot back though. >> nope. not his style. >> no horse tracks. >> hes on foot. >> well, he cant walk forever. >> narrator: charles boles loses himself in the privileged live of bolton, and the outlaw adventures of black bart. feeding his appetite for extravagance and excitement.

>> narrator: in the summer of 1818, charles boles to exact revenge on the company that pushed him off his claim. he sets out on foot to scout wells fargos 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 road. it was a big target. >> narrator: 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...

He robs five more coaches in a year. further embarrassing detective james hume and wells far go in the process. >> as he keeps up his crime spree public humiliation forces them to faubolt the strong boxeo the floor. after a reward is issued black bart has eerie reason to disappear. but the lure of one more robbery is too hard for him to resist. >> he returns to the spot p sunk hill which should be an easy score. why do they>> the flame analogy they are being back to the areas. >> nothing could p...

He examines it, he sees the mark, f.x.o. 7, and he knows this was laundry marked. >> narrator: 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 barts become kind of a key role because of his actions, hume is feeling the pressure, why cant you get this guy? youre the great james hume. >> narrator: bart ha...