The morning call., 1892-08-31

IT WAS A PINEERTON.
That Fourth Man Of the
Visalia Gang,
HE DUPED THE BANDITS.
The Way the sontags and Evans Were Clev.
erly Tricked By an Eastern
detective.
HE DUPED THE BANDITS.

The identi y of the mysterious fourth
man" who figured in the Fresno train rob-
berry was disclosed last night by a promi-
nent railroad official.
This mysterious parsonage. who was at
first supposed to be one of the Dalton boys,
was none other than PinRerton detective
named George Schultz
The story 4 how he iDgratiated himself
into tie favor and esteem Of the Sontags
and Evans and disclosed their 0peratio rs
reads like chapter from fiction, and ably
illustrates that the days of detective TO-
nance have not yet disappeared.
It was after the Alila train robbery when
General Manager Towne of the Southern
Pacific Company determined that the bold
assaults upon .the trains OF that company
must cease.
He came to the conclusion that the de-
teetiyes Of the Pa ifie Coast were unable TO
cope with the bod gang of train-r0bbers
that hold sway in the San Joaquin Valley.
de took R0beT. PinkeTtOn into his con-
fdence and after looking over the ground
thoroughly two of the best men in the ser
vice Of that agency were dispatched 10 this
coast with instructions to bring the high
waYmen up with round turn at any cost.
Upon their arrival here the two Hawk
shaws Immediately set TO work to ferret out
the traIn-rObbers They patrolled the San
Joaquin Valley in the guise of tramps. and
before many days had passed Schultz To-
Gated his game in NiSalia.
In the Sontags and Fans he recognized
old offenders, and r immediately set TO
work to ingratiate himself into their favor.
He found employment on one of their claims
and he was not long in getting upon the
freest kind of social terms with them. The
other detective then returned East and
.Wells-Fargo's detectives and the railroad
officials were informed as 10 the true char
. aeterS Of the SontagS and OF Evans.
1t was not many weeks before Schultz
was taken into the confidence of the three
men, and be was IN their counsel when the
attack on the train al Pixley was planned
and carried through TO a success.
He was a witness to the shooting of De-
teetive Len Harris. which was committed
By the SOntag now held in the jail al
Fresno.
In fact. Schultz had all the details of the
proposed attack upon the train at Pixley
before tie railroad and Wells-FaTgo's de-
tectiyes were also notified.
But here the detectives employed by both
companies showed their Inability TO deal
with the emergency about which they had
been fully Informed and had ample time TO
capture the entire gang.
Every one knows how that robbery turned
out. The robbers escaped as usual and
Pinkerton's men remained with the gang.
Months Jew by, and again Evans and the
SOntagS itched to add another robbery &c
their already long list
The attack on the Fresno train was sud
denly arranged.
Sontag had learned from soma source.
supposedly from this city, that large and
valuable express was to be on that train.
lie received the news less than twenty
four hours before the train was expected,
and the gang Immediately made hasty
preparations for the attack.
All the details and plans Of this c0ntem-
plated robbery were known by Wells, Far
COS detectives and the railroad officials.
They received this information from the
mysterious touTt member of the gang.
But again lack OK energy and a DISPOSE
ton TO sit down. In safe place and hold
councils Of war gave the hfghwaymen ample
opportunity TO rob the train. and escape with
their booty.
When the train was held I'D near Fresno.
Weils-Fargo's Detectives Hume aud ThackeI
and two railroad detectives were in the
Sherif's Office at Fresno.
They knew exactly who the men were
who were TO commit the robbery and were
acquainted with the exact details of the
entire affair.
OF the five men who were gathered in that
rHEe on the night in question Sheriff Gun
nngham was the only man present who did
not know anything about the proposed rob-
berry.
Several detectives were dispatched on the
fated train, but when the attack took place
: they were probably so frightened that they
:. were unable to move.
.Pinkerton's man in the guise OF robbel
was witness to the acts Of his cOnfedeT-
After the robbery had been committed
the PinkertOn man left his comrades, whom
he had. "shadowed" with such "a persistency,
. and Joined Hume and. Thacker and the
other coterie of. detectives gathered in the
Sheriff's Office at Fresno.
1t is needless to state that Sheriff Cum
bingham could hardly express his iDdigna.
tiono At the thought that the contemplated
robbery had been kept from his knowledge
and that no effort had been made by the de-
teetiYes to even make show OF capturing
the gang.
= When. the pillaged train rolled int
= Fresno the Hawkshaws who were on board
were given sdmulants and restored again 70
a feeling OF security.
= Tie entire crowd of detectives then re.
paired TO Visalia.
6: Acting on the advice given by the Pinker.
ton man 1t was determined to let the SOntagI
and Evans return TO their homes and as
sumo the CHARACTERISTICS of good citizen.
when they might be easily captured.
Schultz, the oPinkertoniaB, would theI
unmaSk himself and bring enough evidence
against them TO send them TO the gallows.
-. The local detectives became ensnarled IL
.tangle as regards their respective right.
. to claim the honor and credit Of the affair
The robbers. saw they were betrayed anC
they fed.
e The result oof this farce will be that
good many detectives will find themselye
thrust ont upon'tfe cold world
The railroad company and Wells-Fargo':
Express Company, IL is said, Wilt renoYatt
their tseTVice bureaus
George Shultz, the Pinkertonodete ctiye
F.. whose clever work. unearthed the GAM
and revealed their identity, Is in Fresno
where he viii awais the trial Of the Sontas
who was captured. and will then relate
the complete story OF bis connection will
the gang