The sun., 1893-06-14
proved to be /. remarkably cool young man.

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even the Kind Of braid. on the coats-thel
figures and voices. as TO be able subse1uentl
TO Identity George sontaG. who was capture
When tie sIds track was spPrSssshea Len one
Sassy; The sxplsss @es.enses. IoIei,:
tSs train moved On ). Se II, Iis them again x Il,
throw throw the I messenseT s sGpH down. ~ 'u'0'n' US
The rOSH hS 9dS5d dSS th three
ns % 10 was Sn back S '
where he h9a in 91t
dynamite: The first bomb broke In the cal
sSns @ The The a I1" RfsT &rcn Rs Rs mSre sssS
hi Sp lis RanS rt & S eSdeG
The messenger was told to come out and the
fireman TO enter, the car and report IL there was
hen the dbSefs entered With the
ger, who opened the two way safes, but was
unable to open the through spfe, sG, which con on
tained i.O2b ferdyian silver dollars and 1000
united States half dollars. which belonged TO
Trcasury In San Francisco to Prescott. Ari.
These we're loaded in their coin sacks and put
on tho backs OF tho frenen and messenger,
who were told to walk along the track ahead OF
Thore, sitting on the pilot Of the engine, was
| the imperturbable young Hobb. calmly view;
ns @sne.Sny ss SrPssa oniy @ tsisssaSS so,ss
from this un npromising view Mr. Hobb saw the
ion on shsss ,Ss snd Inquired 'h'er'u' he came
5his time, ansysred one Of the o. rob: %.
SS5 Es shls sear and % 81 GS
t65sI bet ss sa 9 hs %S Ths ss ale
tachcd on the eccentric rod. and. lighting the
@Sndrod @ ysfd! ahead G'e q Il. tho rob-
bers took the coin and struck OF across the
The eccentric rod had not been badly dam
ehe train rsseSed Fresao
drove to Tssn In thirty minutes Thf5s
robbed train came into the station, he mingled
with the peorie and pretsnhsd to have been
There % i thsy Surisd the Peruvian silver in Ev-
Two hours after tho robbery railroad and cx-
pross detectives were slowly tracking the rob
Eers trail. al, aidsd t ey the moonlight apd their
task less difficult, Before the night OF Aug. 4
epough had boen learned about the m2yements
started for visaiia. and John sontag and Evans
Cured tho first OF the bloody encounters In
Guiding the last battle the hunt for Evans and
wth the ksa the list
killed viii be added to by the death Of sontag
Here is tho list:
KILLED.
Oscar BEssver, in front of Evanss barn at Tl'aiA
FIAT. SEPT. IL isaa a. '0"nt 'A''H nsAf '"'"p'0hS
Victor q. Wilson. in the encounter near sampson's
WOUNDED.
ssSS y Wy sna add Olsen .e s
E at rs%P ia Iasfs Gsaon m.y s
John sontAg and cL'is Evans. in the last named
Afterthe escape OF the robbers from Visalla |
and when it became known that they were in |
hiding near SIMPSONS Flat the people In that
swearing. Thinking. poisterous man hunters: |
volunteers in the service prompted by ayarice
Jurcd and xii led stock. insulted women. and de-
nlanded meals from the ranchers. who received |
tainnsnt Then came cam tt the offca man hunters te
the fEishtened and insuitsd ranchers made @ il.
ing robbers Whem they % beeYed Sa sae ND
An p1nSprsudiceSd ed observer; who happened to
that time. wrote TO- San Fran cisco paper:
hsss D99ps 20 found tS be ChsaRs in
In the roles OF bandits. They have been
s4s.s ana % da Sy .s whO ate shS
quiet Industrial. pastoral lives: ,'
They r haye th small herds q cattle; horses and
thiS o4es IN hs s Ss Sssys H
further up the n ountatns and tho hunters in
what they call 'protraated meetings when
they + gather IAN and listen to e. preacher Of the
tenn perate: In fact. total nbstainers and are ms
mora! and orderly as auypeople have ever
This evidence created o good deal Of sur
Hunters bad pictured tie loot i III fphasitanta S aa
prebaby shared tRer beos wl'h #
to Investigate @ this phase Of the question that
sccquainted with Mira Evans .and one Clarke
Prsd he Ssn GstEsa aEa the
tEiDc tEG people isp h,i he might goSS
Evahs and sontar Ia their Rldins paes
circulated di copies q the papers containing his
Evans to send word to her husband that he
gas 4, >. coming up to interview him. and he told
'Gme day ta1e the
:ient work the reporter Henry BigeIow. sue. us
,,e,! ,s,etet in visiting and remaining, overnight
'frered. and to ind whom armed hunters
warmed the foothills.
hat bo signed his name TO it. for. he was be. {
9ciiity In using 1t. Other papers declared that
Ms rcroIts were pure r9pmnnce. but Bigelow's
iour Of triumph came. His story was inyesti- |
;ated. he was called upon to give Information.
declined; was threatened with imprisonment,
Ifter the fact, for having guided Bigeiow to the
obberS' hiding place, which the detectives
earned he really had done.
Evans and Sontag each had In their cabin,
mere the newspaper man found them a ~.
aiinre 3 pre- colt revolver 4oS Winchester. ana
Z-i,,ofe DEeeGh ,loldue shot gun In which they
llsei brass shells charged with twelve buck
'eieVedt to Have Committed snIeIde ut Nj. !
agara.
NIAGARA FAILS. May 13-Harry F. Holmes,
OF the Pittsburgh Fuel Company, is !
Kissing. He left home last Thursday to 20 To