The herald., 1893-10-02
EVANS IS NOT AN EAGLE.
Therefore he Hopes to Prove
an Alibi.
He Denies Sontag's Confession
in Toto.
1t Was C0ncocted by the Detectives
He Says.
Tho Bandit Assumes Cheerful Mein
and Says He Hfnsself Has Eoth-
ing to Confess-Mrs. Son.
tag Mtfred.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreEs.
FRESNO, Oct. 2.-When George Son.
tags mother left here about two weeks
ago. she was known to be bitter against
the Evans family about the way she
was treated with regard to money for
warded from Minnesota; also about the
sale of the clothes John Sontag wore
during the battle ut Stone Corral.
When the report Of the confession was
received this evening, correspondent
called on Chris Evans at the Jail. He
was taken into the guards room and
told that George Sontag had made a
confession with regard to the Pixley,
Goshen. Ceres and Coils train rob-
berries. With laugh that was not
mirthful. exclaimed: ''Bully for him."
He WAS eager to hear the story, and
was noticeablY excited. He was told
that Sontag had implicated him in the
robberies.
"Who gays so?" he asked.
He was told that the news was tele-
graphed from San Francisco
Just say for ms,' said he, "that
Sontsg or any other man who says /
ever robbed any train tells lie from
beginning to end. Besides, Sontng
ne yer made any such statement"
He aeked to ese the telegram. The
dispatch was shown him. After he had
read 1t over several times, he said, II
can prove by dozen men that | was
rot near these train robberiee. l was
at home. In no way could get there
without flying, and am no eagle. This
Is on par with that woman, Mrs.
Bride OF South Carolina, who wrote to
me eince I have Been in Jail to confess
to the murder of her son some years ago.
He had come to California and she
lost track OF him and wrote that /
might az we'll confess mardered him,
as it couldn'ti do me any harm az was
in Jail. This thing is julep. You
may cay l have nothing to coniess.
This story 10 made ont Of whole cloth by
effort to prejudice the people against
me. They have subsidized the preas,
and now are using every effort to shut
the doors of the thcatcrs In Fresno and
Visalia ON the Evans and sontag
drama. Well, they'rs welcome to the
job. Pixley. Goshen, Ceres and Collie,
that's four of them. Why don't they
scratch up few more? l wonder what
will be the next move they make. 1
shouldn't wonder if they will have q
dozen men up trees around Jim Young's
cabin as witnesses to that fight That
would help cut the stories of Will
Smith and Detective Dutehy, who
played the railroad company"
Nov, l never met George Sontag,"
continued Evans, until January, 1892.
don't think he was on the coast before
that time. Most Of these robberies
occurred before be came here, which
shows that it is fake to get me to cay
something. Well, Sheriff scott's con-
fessional will not have me on tho list.
Pve nothing to confess"
When asked il Sontag might not be
trying to make terms for himself in con-
Tossing. he replied that he could not
tell what pack OF lies that fellow had
been telling. He believed it was a
echeme gotten up by Jim Hume to get
him to say something and commit him.
self, and announced that be would add
another class OF classification of Grim
inals for the railroad detective.