Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-01-17
TOWN RAIDED.
Chris Evans and His Pupil, Dos
perate by Want and Hunger,
Come Out of Their Hiding rIsco and
stir Up the Town of Fowler, CAL
They Raid Provision Store
and "A Battle Follows.


FRESNO. Cal, Jan. IL 1.-TWO men, be-
lieved TO be Chris Evans, the Visalia
bandit, and his promising understudy,
Ed Morrell, raided the town of Fowler
Wednesday evening. Another tale of
bloodshed and terror Is the result
Fowler is village of 300 inhabitants,
ten miles southeast of Fresno. George
Leon, the station agent, and three men
employed as section hands were in the
depot at o'clock, just after the Los
Angeles express had passed. While the
four men were talking, a masked man
with revolver in each hand appeared
ut the open door and ordered them to
throw up their hands. Not ono hest
tated to obey.
At this juncture Howard Harris and
A. Vincent, prominent business men OF
Fowler, stepped upon the depot plat
form and took in the situation. They
were about TO run away and give the
alarm, when the robber espied them
through window. The outlaw, still
keeping the other men covered, backed
slowly out of the door and ordered Har-
ris and Vincent into the depot, saving
he would kill them il they refused.
They naturally went in. The masked
man then stood the six citizens along
the wall covering them with one revolt
yer and went through their pockets.
He secured "A little over $40 The dar-
ing freebooter then ordered his six
prisoners into the street and made them
walk down town through the principal
thoroughfare to Kutner & Goldstein's
grocery. The robber followed his six
prisoners into the store, and il WAS evil
IDENTITY his intention, alone and single
handed, to loot the grocery. However.
just as he ordered three men previously
in the store to throw up their hands,
the proceeding was interrupted by Con-
stables Ochs and Nelson.
Then began n bloody shooting ARRAY.
Ochs, with his pistol drawn, rushed
into the store. The bandit turned upon
him and fired. Ochs fell and rolled out
through the door, firing at the robber
from the door. His aim was wild,
however, and the constable shot one
citizen through the arm and another in
the breast The man hit in the breast
was struck by a spent bullet and not
seriously hurt, though knocked down.
During this general fusillade the rob
Der escaped and disappeared in the
darkness.
Another robber appeared upon the
scene, however, during the battle in
the grocery. A wagon dashed up to
the door and the driver began shooting
at Constable Ochs, thus aiding in the
escape of the robber within. The man
in the wagon then drove rapidly
away. This man answers the de-
scription Of Chris Evans. In the other
robber who wore a bandana handker-
chief over his face, the men attacked
believe they recognized Ed. Morrell.
The robber told them, also that his
name was Morrell 1t is believed here
that the bandits, becoming pressed for
food and money, came down from the
mountains determined to make a raid.
posse left this city Wednesday night
to organize pursuit from Fowler.
Constable Charles Ochs, who is badly
wounded in the right thigh and groin.
was one of the jurors who convicted
Chris. Evans of the murder of Deputy
United States Marshal Vic Wilson.
Ochs declared that he wounded the
younger of the two robbers. 1t is gem
orally agreed here and in Fowler that
the daring raid was the work of Evans
and Morrcll.