driving a wagon he escaped and was never seen again. At the time of his escape, Boot had completed less than two years of his sentence. The attention Hart had received in jail continued once she was imprisoned. The warden, who enjoyed the attention she attracted, provided her with an oversized mountainside cell that included a small yard and allowed her to entertain reporters and other guests as well as pose for photographs. Hart, in turn, used her position as the only female at an all-male facility to her advantage, playing admiring guards and prison trusties off of each other in an effort to improve her situation. Hart's release from prison came in the form of a December 1902 pardon from Arizona Territorial Governor Alexander Brodie. There are accounts that she and the warden were lovers. There is no evidence Hart ever had a third child, so this rumor, if true, may indicate a successful ploy on Hart's part. Upon release from prison, Hart was provided with a train ticket to Kansas City. Later life After leaving prison, Hart largely disappeared from public view. She had a short-lived show where she re-enacted her crime and then spoke about the horrors of Yuma Territorial Prison. Following this she worked, under an alias, as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In 1904, Hart was running a cigar store in Kansas City when she was arrested for receiving stolen property. A census taker in 1940 claimed to have discovered Hart living in Arizona under a different name, as she had married again. In popular culture In addition to being a staple of pulp western fiction, Hart's exploits have been featured in other venues. The play Lady with a Gun and the musical The Legend of Pearl Hart are also based upon Hart's story. Pearl Hart is the main character for the play Waiting Women by Latina playwright Silvia Gonzalez S. The Danish rock band Volbeat has a song called "Pearl Hart" on the album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, released in 2013. Further reading The foregoing account of Pearl Hart is claimed to be largely fictional. For another account of her life, see: John Boessenecker, Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's Most Notorious Woman Bandit. New York: Hanover Square Press (2021) References "Pearl Hart and the Last Stage", short story by Edward D. Wood, Jr. published in Outlaws