Female Outlaws of the Old West. Three 19th Century Newspaper Accounts of their Exploits, 1886, 1898, & 1899.
Including:
1) The National Police Gazette, New York: July 24, 1886, sensationalist tabloid featuring true crime and scandal reporting, with a full-page wood engraving depicting Belle Starr on the back cover, and tales of other crimes and criminals graphically illustrated, including portraits of Emily Burton, sentenced to life for her father's murder in Newport, Rhode Island, and Maria Dorsey, an accomplice in her father's murder; an article entitled She Sharps, How the Women of St. Louis Enjoy Themselves Playing Poker, and more; one tear stitched together with black thread, 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
2) The York Weekly, York, PA, March 8, 1898, featuring a long story on the back page entitled, A Woman Outlaw, with a column-length piece about Jennie Metcalf, aka Little Britches, aka Jennie Stevens; famous outlaw of the Old West; the paper brittle and chipped, with browning, 21 1/2 x 15 in.
3) The Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, October 22, 1899, with a front page account of Pearl Hart's capture; Hart and an accomplice had escaped from jail in Tucson on October 12, and had been at large ever since, delicate paper, with contemporary stamp above the masthead, "Territorial Library," eight pages, 19 x 12 3/4 in.
"Pearl Hart Captured. Tucson, Oct. 21 ---Pearl Hart was captured yesterday at Deming and was brought to Tucson this morning by George Scarborough. Ed Hogan, who broke jail with Pearl, was also captured. Pearl became bold in New Mexico and at several mining camps outside that she visited she boldly stated her identity. She was recognized by a drug clerk in Deming, who notified the officials. Pearl says she will not go to Yuma and it is thought she will try to end her life."
