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WHY PEARL BECAME OUTLAWpoaviHUSBAND DESERTED HER AND SHE TURNED TO WRONGAinrParents Did Net Know for Years 8': soWhore s-e was Located—WerebaArrazed to Learn cf Her Eicapad? t».CiInAa article rceeatly appeared in lit Chicago Ict^rOretn concerning Pea/1 Hart, fj) •»a- recently parried b Governor Brodie trom the penitentiary at Yona. K xepUng lor the statement that the was in the prison at thia city, the article U true. The dispatch purported to romo from Toledo. Ohio, the form-r borne of the girl and vaa •ubstantia.ly ^ follows:4 The re!eaiir on parole of the fam- i **iVs04OOB woman bandit. Pear! Hart, from *\ th*- penitenua y at Phoenix. Arizonaaw»!• ! oiftI i’iSi|P!ha» only added fuel to the Are of curi-osr.y that Ua^ smoldertd ij the public wind (or «*erera; years. That the wo-| man vaa born and raised in Toledo ba.* been wc-Ii known for tome time an i tha: h-r mother and sister live here has also been made public butj“J the Identity t: these two women has N*been carefully kept *lt;}cret. But ac- ‘cording to the story that is just com-j^ lag to the » unace. Pearl Han. the 1 v wemar. bandit, will ere long not be so, much o' a mystery as she has been lor some years.It Is a matter of genera? knowledge that among he- other deeds that gain- £\ ed her no little unpleasant no to He. y.,the alas- robbery in Arizona three i j.; years ago wan her undoing. With Joel Bool one of the most desperate of A western b’uhwaymcn fbe held up a stage betw* -a Florence and G'obe in .j typical Dick Turpin style. Pearl, ask, «h calls herself, kept a rifle leveled J upon the passenger* of the stage. I y while Bool relieved them of their *al-l uabtet j f3Office** followed th^m for several days and the stolen booty was Anally fi recovered and the robbers brought to o jostle* Tuey were both sent to the T penitentiary. I pDuricg her hearing In court the girl; hdec are.1 that she ba *. been abandoned o •y a worthless and faithless husband I ant took to :hf* road as a manner of earning a livelihood. The Tact was also brought quite plainly that she wa- absolutely devoid of fear. She in-forae i the court that her last hold up was the resell of a desire to visit her c mother in this city, whom she said was rery ill.A Toledo attorney at once took tip her case and as much for the novelty of the matter and a very kindly feeling j he entertained for her people, who j * were Kfe ong friends of his own fam- pily. he persistently worked upon the case until Pear! Hart, as Bhe is known in the west, waa granted a parole by Governor Brodle of Arizona on the recommendation of the b'jrd of contra] and superintendent of the Institution rnger the laws of the com-mooFea rh. she can leave the terri-rory. but .: is saJd that her relatives here hav- already gone west for at iec.-t. a brief sojourn. If not to make tb«ir permanent home providing the woman is wil ipg to settle down and live the commonplace and peaceable life of mother and sister, both of whom ar* widows, the mother for the second time According to the best information here toe girl’s name was Carotin** Hartwell, and she la about 31 years cf ace. She was educated in the Toledo schools and has a fairly good knowledge of the studies taught in the cite high schools. Sfc*lt; Anally eloped wf*h a man by the name of Baldwin, j Dick B’iwin they called him and he| «2{ a devil may care sort of a fellow,; with just enough dash and gincerj ah ant him to win a girl like Caroline Hartwell.They remained at the family hometcv a L'm°. and Bald win. who bad beenc-cmneeted with a railroad surveyingcorps, appeared 'o lose a never very strong desire to i»*»rform any labor, ir fact he concluded he had a eood thing and decided to make, the best ofit, Tfa. death of her father soon after disarranged their plans and the fellow Anai’y went to work with a construction gars for rtoe Michigan Centra! roadH. shifted jobs frequently, and ini time began to neglect his wife. She bravely stood by him. however and ' wa.4 quick to if pent any affron* offered j r.’m or asp^r^ion upon his character or toabHf. He besan to Indulge in liquor quite frequently and the happy-hearttfd trlrl tecame. dispirited and. dovr.-heartejFinally they drifted west, where the F'ory comes that he took every cent she had and then deserted her. Ne-| ceaslty knows no law. and she in time took up with character! that sh* was reared n Toledo !-!*t'e is known of her rar«*er for a time, oniy aa the criminal courts and western press furnishde'ailsIt was a long time before ber peop e hero discovered what had t ‘come of her and their amazement may well bo Imagined when they were Arst made acquainted with the escapade that landed her in the p*-Dtientlary Jn Arizona.
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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Arizona, US
Tue, Jan 20, 1903
Page 3
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Julieta C.
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