The record-union., 1893-10-02

| new Aalf-QOllarS. Then we 0aQ aDOuC
$500 in gold and silver that was put in
$50 down to 81 in package. Then ithere
was two sacks Of this Peruvian coin.
What they did with the money l don't
know. That's where l saw it and that
was the last place l did see it. Mrs.
Evans and Eva didn't know anything
about these robberies until after / was
arrested that morning"
CHRIS AND JOHNS PREVIOUS WORK.
Mr.. Hume then asked Sontag what his
pals had told him of the Pixley robbery.
From what they told me-" said be,
! they had two horses and put saddles on
them and drove down somewhere near
Pixley the night before the robbery.
There is an empty barn about half a mile
| from the railroad track, as near as | can
remember from what they told me. They
! put the horses in there and walked uD to
Plxley and waited for the train to come
along, which if l recollect right, was in
the early part of the evening. l learned
| they came in contact with some tranlps
and they had little difficulty in getting
away from them. Anyway they took the
train out and stopped it. They went
! back and asked for admittance into the
car.
Now, if this is the robbery in which
The man opened the door and gave right
| in, or whether it was the Goshen robbery,
l do not know. l know that at one time
they asked for admittance and the mes
| senger opened the door and threw up his
hands and jumped out, but l don't re-
member whether it was the Pixley rob-
| berry or the Goshen robbery. However,
| Chris Evans got into the car and got the
money and my brother was waiting on
the outside. My brother got down alone
and noticed man moving roundabout
lAa Il
the stomach, as they told me. Well, they
got what they could get away with and
went back to their horses and then to
! the ranch.
early in the morning they loaded up
a lot of wood in the wagon and put the
| saddles and shotgunS under the wood,
and don't know whether they left the
money at the ranch or took it with them.
| L know at one of their robberles they left
money at this ranch. They went to vi
salia, and l think the Goshen robbery
happened on Washiugton's birthday. 1t
is possible, though. that L have got these
| two robberieS mixed"
THE GOSHEN ROBBERY.
"You have got them wrong. The Goshen
robbery was on the 2lst of January" in
terrupted Detective Hume.
well, the Goshen robbery was planned
the same way" said Sontag. "They pre-
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| ping wood. They left the horses some
where in the eighborhood of Cross Creek
| switch and went over to Goshen and took
the train out. 1t seems this was an eX-
traordinarily large train, and Evans made
the remak, L guess we've got one of the
soldiers trains. but we'll take it anyway,
soldiers or no soldiers 1t seems they
had been out night or two before and
something had got III the way, and they
| fol q
that night anyway. They took it at
Cross Creek switch and rode out on IT,
l don't quite remember how they got in
the car, but 1 think they blew the car
open.
"Of course this is what they told me at
different times, but l never heard the
whole story at any one time. l would just
hear portions of 1t now and then. |
never asked them to tell the whole busi-
ness of it, and just got on to little bits of
it here and there.
KEPT THEIR OWN COUNSELS.
ibid Clark Moore know what these
men were doing?'
mo, sir. He was as ignorant of it as
child. Nobody but Chris Evans, Jonn
and myself knew anything about it. OF
course. what he got acquainted with after
the Coils robbery l don't know, but be-
fore that no person but us three knew
the name of Charles Haughton at Man
kato.
Il was taken completely off my guard
when L was arrested" said Sontag, re-
turning to the earlier part of his story
I'VE were getting ready to go up into the
mountains. Chris wanted to take his
family up into the mountains, and don't
think they ever expected there would be
a fight. l know | never spoke to them
about the possibility of one. But, of
course, we didn't expect to stand dead
pinch, or anything like that, and when
didn't come back home l suppose they
commenced to smell mice, and of course
the way Smith asked for my brother
must have aroused them, and then, un-
stand, Witty pulled out his sixshooter.
But, then, you know don't know any
thing about it anyway, as l wasn't there,
and | don't want to say anything that I
don't know anything about"
THE FOLSOM BREAK.
Sontag was then led to narrate the story
of the Folsom Jail break.
''W ell" said he, after / arrived here [
formed the acquaintance of Frank Will
Jams, serving a life sentence. | made a
| few inquiries about him and satisfied nv
self he was man l could confide in, and
l knew he wanted his liberty about as
| badly as l did. We talked this matter up
He told me he could get fellow to bring
the guns provided l could get them. I
| commenced correspondence with Mrs
| Evans, and threw out couple Of hints,
and says "a friend by the name of George
Johnson would call, and, l believe says.
L want you to do all you can for him and
use him the same as you would myself.
1t is in my interest that you will do so.'
Il sent the letter out by the preacher.
He read the letter and said, That seems
to be all right. | don't see anything
wrong about it, In one of my letters
went on to say that this friend of mine
wanted to meet Mr.. Ballard, and prob
ably Betsy also. By the Ballard l meant
my rifle, and Betsy was my brothers.
| gun.
JoHNSoN's NAME WAS FREDERICKS.
civilians brought him down the front
alley, and while they were going around
to the back alley / went around there and
met Fredericks and had talk with him
about it. | got letter through the
preacher from Eva stating that my friend
johnson had arrived in Visaiia.
Frank Williams told me on Monday
that the guns were here. 1t was arranged
| that we were to go that day, Monday, but
l did not get out of the quarry and they
did not want to go without me. 1 sup
pose they wanted me to take the lead.
| The pistols were left across the canal in
| the rocks. The rifles were hid near the
quarry next to the boiler. Wilson, Will
| Jams, Dalton ana Abbott went across the
canal, and it was agreed that when L came
around the corner in sight they would
| cross back to the quarry and seize Brier
which they did.
q did not notice who had hold of Brier,
| but as soon as he was taken Williams ran
and got the rifles and handed me oue
| Williams also had a large knife, and then
| the fipht bapau. Thara Vara hroa rictoIS