The morning call., 1893-12-29
HOW EVANS ESCAPED.
He Fired Two Shots at Man Who
Approached.

FRESNO, Dec. .2S-When Deputy Sheriff
Scott got back TO the Jail he found Mrs
Evans in faint. She recovered from one
fit only TO go into another. and during her
intervals of consciousness she stated to
the jaIler that she had nothing to do with
her husbands escape. She is very i'll and
under the care Of a doctor.
No one for q moment believes her state
ment, and she is accused.on all hands of
being in the scheme to liberate Evans.
Either she or Ed Morel brought Evans his
pistol, and most people are inclined to
thbk that it was Mrs. Evans.
Of Morel. little can be found oct. S. F.
C0wau, proprietor of the Qaipby house.
on K street. says that about O'Clock
Morel came 10 the hotel and said be
wanted a supper to take to the jail as soon
as possible. he asked what time the train
left for the south, and he was told that it
left at 5:45 P. NJ. Cowan said 10 him that
if he wanted to catch the.train he had bet
ter not wait for dinner. Morel then said
he would take the dinner up anyway.
He did not show himself much, nor re-
main long. but said he would be back soon.
A few minutes later he came back and
paid for The dinner. Cowan asked him
who would bring the dishes back and be
asked Cowan If he would not come up
after them. Cowan demurred to this and
Morrel said: :AH right, I'll bring them
back Tomorrow and took the dinner and
left.
Morel worked for the proprietor of a.
merry-go-round last fall, but was dis
charged for stealing from his employer.
and is also said to have served in San
Quentin, and his name appears on the Jail
register for threatened offense. He was
put in on September % and got out few
days later by paying fine. From all ac-
counts he is very hard case.
He is a small. man of about 5 feet in
height and has a very feminine appear
ance. What he has been doing here for
living cannot be ascertaiDed now.
The escape caused the greatest excite
ment. and every officer in the city, whether
municipal or county. Immediately armed
himself heavily and went in pursuit.
Evans and Morel went in the direction
Of CenteTville, and it is reported by tele-
phone that cart and horse without
driver, supposed to be the one taken from
Cochran, has arrived there.
Bennie Cochran. one of the Republican
carriers. was returning home it'll the cart
hitched to gray horse and having a set
of harness in the cart 1t was shortly
after O'Clock and as he approached his
fathers house at the corner of Q and Mono
streets two men ran up with pistols in
their hands and said: Get out of that
cart and be ID quick about it." He
made some show of resistance and began
TO scream for help. and his brother, Will
lard Cochran, ran out to see what was the
matter. and their father, E. C. Cochran,
followed.
Willard approached, Evans took two
shots at him. and he got under cover. BY
this time be had dispossessed the boy of
the cart, and got in and struck out in the
direction of the main road TO Centervile
Young Scott. the jailer, is very much cut
up about the escape. While he is not sus,
pected in the least of collision with the
robber. he Is censured somewhat for not
exercising greater vigilance.
Soon after Evans had escaped a special
train with a number of officers on board
was sent to Sanger.