“Black Bart,” the Stagecoach Robber
In the pantheon of Wild West outlaws, one enigmatic figure looms large – Charles Boles, better known as the infamous “Black Bart.” His brand of criminality was a finely tuned art, specializing in audacious stagecoach heists that garnered him considerable notoriety. For a substantial stretch between 1875 and 1883, he reportedly staged more than twenty-five of these daring robberies, all while managing to elude capture.

What set “Black Bart” apart from his contemporaries was his uncanny ability to blend seamlessly into society. With dapper attire and polished speech, he defied the typical outlaw stereotype lurking in plain sight. But perhaps his most perplexing trait was an unexpected penchant for poetry. After each caper, he allegedly left behind verses of his own creation, an enigmatic calling card for lawmen to decipher.