The record-union., 1892-09-15
special totae RECoRD-UN1oN.

special tonne RECoRD-UNIoN.
VIsALIA, Sept. 14.-There is nothing
new in reference to Evans and Sontag.
At O'Clock another posse started to the
mountains in search of the desperadoes.
Frank Burke and his two Yuma Indian
trailers started for Yuma, accompanying
the remains of Detective Wilson. Burke
will return in few days, but the In
dams say they will not come back. There
is talk of petitioning Governor Markham
for a large reward for Evans and Sontag,
dead or alive. The people are asking
why those evidently assisting the out
laws are not arrested, as it is certain
some of them, easily named, are arying
communications from Evans to his wife,
and otherwise assisting the robbers.
ONLY TWO KILLED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.-Dispatches
from the Associated Press correspondents
in Fresno, Visalia and Sanger state that
the reports sent out last night, that more
than two persons were killed by Evans
and Sontag at Sampson Flat yesterday,
were incorrect. The only persons killed
were United States Deputy Marshal
Wilson Of Tuscon and Andrew McGinnis
of San Francisco, formerly Constable at
Modesto.
WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
FRESNO, Sept. 14.-Deputy Coroner
Stephens, who went to Dunlap yesterday
afternoon to meet the men bringing down
the bodies of Deputy United States Mar
shall McGinnis and Vic Wilson, returned
TO Fresno this evening. Stephens ac-
companied Sheriff Hensley and posse to
Dunlap, and says that when he left that
place this morning at 10 O'Clock Hensley
and his men were getting ready to start
in pursuit of the robbers. Hensley told
Stephens that he would take no chances
and that the posse would shoot OH sight.
1t is now certain that there were two
men in Young's house with Evans and
Sontag, who aided the robbers in their
murderous attack upon the officers.
Probably the first work of the officers
will be to make q roundup of all per-
sons suspected of having given informa-
ton and assistance and the two accom-
plices of the robbers will be arrested.
Constable Hill told Stephens he had
learned from one of the robbers friends
that they the robbers) say they had
Sheriff Hensley and Deputy McCardle in
their power few days ago, but spared
them. The two officers passed within
easy gunshot OF the robbers, who were
hiding, but they wouldn't use their adj
vantage. AS proof OF this they say they
left medicine bottle at the place where
they were hid, so that the truth of their
story might be substantiated.
A rifle pit constructed by Sontag and
Evans on the mountain side about one
mile from Youug's house was found by
the officers. 1t is large enough to con-
tain both the robbers and good amount
of provisions. 1t is approached from one
side only, and the robbers could have
held it against small army.
No news was received here to-day of
the movements of the posse.
CoRoNER's INQUEST.
VIsALIA, Sept. IA Coroner's inquest
was held this morning on the bodies of
Wilson and McGinnis, the victims of
Sontag and Evans. Both men were rid
died with shot and must have been in
stantly killed. The Indian trailers now
here say that Evans was not wounded, as
they saw him running away after the
shooting. No word has been received
from the posse to-day.
An Englishman named Mering was the
principal witness. He was made pris-
oner by Evans and Sontag and was forced
to get breakfast for them. His statement
of the occurrence at the house is the same
as telegraphed last night.
The jury found that the men had come
to their death by gunshot wounds in
flicted by Evans and Sontag.
There were more than 100 duclkshot
found on the person of Wilson, many in
the bowels and thirty-five in the left
arm. McGinnis was hit by thirty-six
duckshot, and Winchester ball entered
his left jaw opposite the mouth