The morning call., 1893-05-24
The Poet Has Gone After
the Robbers.
WANTS EVANS AND SONTAG.
Joaquin Miller Will Bring Them Back
TO Go on the Stage in
New York.

California.'s sweetest poet has gone
seaching for Califurnia's boldest brigands.
Il sounds vt range and wild. even tribe
bizarre. but il S strictly true
= New York theatrical manager wants
to star the ia nous brigands in Joaquin
M,ller's melodr anna. The Danites."
The author / imself is 10 star with the
robbers-when he has caugh t them.
Miller will pla Sandy, the big miner
who thinks his lie has been unfathful.
Evans is to be Ieast for the parson when
csught-tbe man who loves the wilde"
and is San0yS Lag o.
silent and b eavy L E'ezekiah, the leader of
the AvengiD,g Ange's.
About ther g being caught?
WeN thers is a reasonable doubt there
even Mr.. Miller admits tnat, thougn ne IS
sanguine of success, and has started out in
dead earnest.
The poet took the O'Clock train yeSler-
day afternoon for Fresno.
Here he will stay long enough TO induce
the Prosecuting Attorney anu Judge to
agree to release the famous traiD-robDers
on bail bonds-N hen they are causht-after
the preliminary caring.
This accomplish led- all else will be plain
sailing Mr.. Miller says. and 1t must bs ad-
nlitted that this bs an obstacle that would
Gampen the ardor OF man less enthusiastic
than the poet of tile Sierras.
But it is possjb le-even probable. Mr..
Miller declares-a7ld the thing once nicely
arranged. the poet will wrap himself Sc
cureIy in his hyperi on locks and rhythmic
mantle and take to- the foothills.
When he returns Evans and Sontag will
accompany him.
When he boarded the train yesterday
afternoon Joaquin Miller wore his trousers
inside his boots ana was armed to the
teeth. In fact the toothbrush was his chief
6o frOn hp "a n
comb and rasher of bacon.
The poetic muse accompanied him.
More munitions and accouternIents the
poet has not need of. unless possible ex-
ception be made in favor OF blanket and
II pack mule.
These he will supply at Fresno out of
the ample funds provided by the New
York theatrical manager
81 brought the bacon will me, because ]
was not certain about the brand sold in
Fresno" explained Mr.. Miller.
The poet will need no guide into the
mountains. He goes alone into the will
de1ness to meet foes that armed forces
have fled from and Indian scouts have
failed to track The winding trails of the
giddy heights and awful deDths are more
familiar to the feet of the poet than are the
streets of cities.
He will not get lost.
He has tuned his Tyre to tbs Robbers
Lair" His sweet songs viii win the
brgands from their stronghold. His mas
sivp. horny palm, and hearty. homely
ZIP VIDE John" Will strike tender chord
in those breasts of steel.
The sword will yield to the pen; the
robbers will be led captives to a poet
Joaquin Miller will gain the big reward
offered for the murdeTers.
Bat Joaquin Miller isn't thinking
about nor working for any reward. The
chances are lie would not touch it II his
mission should prove successful. He is
playing for bigger stakes than paltry
5000.
From all accouats-and Mr.. Miller cor
roborated them before be started-there is
perfect mint of money behind the scheme
to secure the famous tran-robberS for
the stage
They are wanted for exhibition at the
worlds Fair, aud the men who are back
ing Mr.. Nj ilieT have made d business propo-
SitiOn 10 Fresno County, Wells-Fargo and
the Southern Pacific alternate TO the one
the poet has now gone south to carry ont.
The alternate offer is this: The theatre
cal managers will reimburse Fresno Coup-
ty for every dollar expended in the search
for the robbers, even including pensions 20
the widows of the murdered detectives
will repay to the express and to the rail-
way company every dollar they have lost
by the little episode for the privilege Of
exhibiting Evans aud Soniag for a limited
season at Chicago during the World s
Fair, with this prOvlso, however: That at
the end of the engagement MessTs. Evans
and Sontag will be returned to their noun
tain rendezvous unmoiested and without
being followed.
And Joaquin Miller is the accredited
agent of the Eastern syndicate of thea
tfIcai managers. He is empowered to con-
summate either of the deals or both ol
them. his own profits in the affair TO BE-
largely increased provided his crrand Is
successful.
The latter proposition was formally
made IN writing few days ago. 1t is
underS Ood that Fresno County is willing
20 enter njo such an agreement, hut thai
H"lls-FarGO and the Snuthera Pacific can.
not be- brought to see the matter in The
proper light, though no definite answer ha.
been received from either of the las
named.
And that is why the poet of the Sierras
has set out upon his journey.
III viii offer to de pDsit any sum named
by The Fresno authorities security tina
Evans and Sontag will he returned to thel
present rendezvous as soon as the histrion
engagement is completed.
Ihr New ork syndicate fondy eXpec
that Evans and Snntag, the two mos
noted traln-robbers of modern times, viii
prove strong drawing cards when cas-
Tor the leading parts along with the autho
OF the play in =" The Danites."
So far as is known Messrs. Evans ans
Sontag have not yet been communicated
with on the subject, though it is not to bt
doubted that they would readily agree t,
almost any arrangement whereby the,
could safely return to civilization for
few months enjoy little travel, and Sc
the skirt dancers at the Worlds Fair CITY
OF course they will travel in privat
Pullman ears, probably a private car fo
each murderer and one for their captor
They will be the lions of the universe
and flighty women will smother them wit
flowers and kisses. General Grants tri
umphal tour around the world will pal
in comparison with the sppndors of tn
journeyings of Evans and Sontag, th
train-robbers. Even the learned and sci
entitic James Coroett Esq. will be totail
eclipsed for the time being, for he has ye
TO kill n man or "h0ld up" the express.
By exactly what methods the poet e1
poets to trail the robbers to their lair tn
poet is keeping strictly TO himself; bu
lie has no doubt that lie can find them.
1t may even be possible that Evans an
Sontag have already been in communca
tion with the theatrical men through thei
many friends and sympathlZ-rs in an
about Fresno that common report credit
them with having.
At all events, Joaquin Miller has depar
ed on his undertaking. He is confident c
success. An eXpectant public will ava
the result of his diplomacy with I, ,htene
tension and the usual bated breath.
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