The morning call., 1893-07-03
AULL*.:. SAYS mo-
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No More Interviews With.
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THE WARDEN. SUMS S. up
A Long List Of Crimes Reviewed. s
Those Charged With Supplying +: ::
Arms for the Outbreak. F. ::
Special to The MORNING.. CALL.

SACRAMENTO, July AN Ass ociated.
Press reporter to-day called ON Warden
Aul of Folsom Prison and asked permis-:
sion to interview George Sontag, the
wounded train-robber, on some points not
yet brought out in other .intervie VS.. The
Warden brought his hand down upon. the
table with thunip and said mo" The :
Warden. was evidently in earnest for
when asked thu reason for refusing the
privilege asked. said -: ~ =.:
when that break was made Tuesday
gave representatives Of the various papers
an opportunity to interview every body
connected with the affair-Sontag, Abbott.
Smith and 'Hayseed' Wilson. Every rep
resentative of the newspapers who has: D.
piled so far has been accord ed the courtesy,
but the last man has interviewed: Sontag.:
Developments since the outbreak. have
made it certain to my mind::that George
Sontag was the brains and genius of: that
murderous attempt to escape from prison
on Tuesday. -. -. H. =: :
II think he has had sufficient oppor-.
tun,y to air his grievances to the public"
and now in the name of the law w-abiding,
law-loving citizens of this State think
the widows ana orphans Of the men mur- :;
dered by this Sontag- Evans combination
should be given chance to be heard"
Asked as to what DEVELOPMENTS he re-
ferred. the Warden said: Let us: review
these mems career and see what has re-
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ITO begin with there was the Pixlev
train robbery three years ago, resulting in
the murder of Ed Bentley, ayoupg man
whom knew from childhood. Next came
the Goshen rob bbery by this same combina-
ton. when two innocent tramps: were
murdered in cold blood. Then the Ceres
robbery, where brave old Len Harris was
shot to pieces and made a cripple for life.
Then the Coils train robbery. where one
of Wells Fargo's messengers was. badly
beaten and wounded in a most cruel
manner. ".' ...... ...:.
These were followed closely by the
killing of Oscar Beaver and the wound
inc of Will Smith and George Witty. the
HI ling Of Andrew McGinnis. and Wick
Wilson. the w0unaiDg of Detectlve Black
Deputy Marshal Jackson in the last fight; !.
also the wounding OF John Sontag and
ut has now developed that George Son.
tag Williams, Wilson and Dalton took
hold of the youth. William. Fredericks.-
VIII lie In prison, and fihdIng. bins = IL a.its
willing subject. thoroughly saturated and.
imbued him with a spirit of wan ton
murder. and when he left the prison.. on.
tbs Goth of May last, he was their emis-
Sary TO procure arms. with which to
slaughter the prison guards: or any one
else who opposed their march TO Freedom.
ut is now demon strated that these arms
came to the prison from ,Nisaiia. the home
Of Chris Evans and the Son TAGS, and we
have a rightto believe tina tthey and thelr
friends were Instrumental In putting the
arms into the hands of Fredericks to be
brought to this prison. r.: 8. ..:..:.~ =.
''Fredericks. in carrying. out his pro-
grammf, in my judgment was the: mur-:.
on June Is. The bringing up of: these
arms to the prison resulted. as you know.
in the death of Williams, Wilson and Dali
ton and the wOunding of four other con-
victs. 1t was the first time in any of TIL cir
encounters that only members. of the 10 ur-
derous gang were shot. !: The subsequent
shooting If Brakema Bruce and the killing
of Sheriff Pascoe are attributable to this
gang of murderers. " :.- !. s
This" said Warden Aull, '.makes. the :
record: Eleven Killed and fourteen
wounded, distributed over seven Counties
of the State. making a trail Of human
blood extending from Visalia to Grass
Valley. all of which is the direct an indi-
rect result of d0ings Of this Eyans-Sontag
comhin ton and their criminal allies. :.
''WhiIe, as a peace officer of the, State
and Warden Of Folsom prison, it is my
duty to care for those placed under my :
charge, still owe no less duty to the
State and to Society than to put my. foot
down and say that from this time 0n,.
while am Warden of this prison, George
Sontag's maudlin mouthngss hall not tdis-
grace the pages OF another California
newspaper" =
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