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PEARL HART WON THEIR HEARTSPHOENIX, Ariz.—Pearl Hart, the female bandit, who, with Joe Boot,held up the stage near Florence, Ariz., last June, was acquitted in the trial before Judge Doan at Florence, in the face of overwhelming evidence of her guilt. The jury reached a verdict at a late hour and was promptly discharged for the rest of the court term by the judge, who, like all citizens of Florence, are highly indignant. Another warrant was issued, and Pearl Hart is now held on another charge of highway robbery.The jury balloted 11 to 1 for acquittal within three minutes after it had retired. The case had been against Pearl until she addressed the jury in a passionate and eloquent manner, pleading her desire to return to Toledo, O., and get one last look at her mother, who was not expected to live long, and whom she has not seen inyears.Pearl is addicted to the morphine habit and lived in high life in Arizona a few years before she became a holdup, but she retains much of her former beauty. After the successful Florence hoid-up, Pearl and her companion headed toward Mexico, and were captured by the Sheriff and posse near Benson, Ariz., three days later, while she and* a confederate were asleep in a recess. Pearl sprang to her feet and showed fight,but,realizing her helplessness, gave way to fury, heaping execrations on her companian, whom she accused of being a coward. The two were incarcerated at Tucson, and a month ago broke jail.Pearl was later captured near Dem-ing, N. M. She had left a note in jailconfessing her crime, and saying that after she saw her .mother she did not care what became of herself, and she would properly surrender to the authorities. She exonerated Boot from blame in holding up the stage, saying that he loved her, and that she had forced him at the point of a gun to assist her.
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Mesa Free Press
Mesa, Arizona, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1899
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