The record-union., 1894-02-22
BANDIT EVANS DEAD TO THE WORLD.
The Murderer and Train Wrecker Safe
in Folsom Prison.
Warden Auil VIII Spare the Public
Any Further Infliction of Evans
Interviews.

Sheriff Scott and Deputy Timmins of
Fresno took the bandit Chris Evans from
the County Jail here, where he had
passed the night, and took him to Folsom
or the $50 train. There they were met
by Warden Aull with the prison van.
and the notorious train-wrecker and
murderer was safely landed within the
walls of the penitentiary. There was
quite crowd of people at the depot, even
at the early hour the train departed to
get glimpse of the outlaw.
NO MORE EVANS LITERATURE.
Warden Aull was in the city yesterday,
and in conV ersation with a RECORD
UNION reporter he expressed himself
very plainly in regard to newspaper
laudations of the desperate, such as the
public has been sdrfeited with the past
year.
The Warden said that in his judgment
Evans had been given too much notoriety
already for the good of the State. Now
that he had been tried and convicted and
delivered to the State Prison in execution
OF the Judgment of the court, nothing
that he could say would be of possible in
terest to the public. 1.-THE sooner Evans
and his misdeeds were forgotten the bet
ter il would be for the community at large
and the discipline of the prison. He has
posed as dime novel hero for year and
a half, when, in fact, he was simply a low
order of criminal, without single re-
deeming feature in his case or surround
ings. TO allow him, after his delivery to
the State Prison, to hold leyees for the
benefit of admiring friends, or to be in
terviewed for publication would be sub
versiye Of every principle for which State
Prisons are maintained by the State, and
would be, i'll my Judgment, crime
against society. This does not apply to
Evans alone. We make no distinction
for or against him. 1t is rule for all
alike. A notorious felon ought not to be
exhibited at State Prison as Il freak in "a
museum"
What work will you assign him to ?"
1.-THE loss of his arm prevents him from
performing manuel labor. There are
many things, however, he can do, ana to
which he will be assigned in que time"
''Do you anticipate any trouble with
Evans ?''
mot the slightest Within three
months he will be unnoticed and un-
thought Of, which will be the most seri-
Gus punishment that can be inflicted Oh
him. Nothing takes the bravado out Of
convict so quick as to refuse to notice or
consider him bad. They exist on this
reputation, and hen that is gone there is
no further satisfaction to them in living"
"Will you allow his family to visit
him ?r
"Yes, under restrictions. Also his at
torney, If necessary, but no one else.
"W i'll you allow him to write letters?"
ks"Yes, to his family and attorney, subject
to the rules Of the prison. but not OF a
social nature or on promiscu0us subjects,
or to parties who have no other business
with him but curiosity.
Are these rules new ?''
"No, they have been in force at this
prison Tor six years. AT the time of the
tiyes Of the press to interview all the par
and they were witnesses before the Coro-
ner's Jury. The public were entitled1to
know what testimony had been adduced.
When that was over, the line was drawn
as rgidly as ever. No information will
be Withheld that the public are entitled
to have. We are simply guided by gen.
eral rules, and can see no reason fer max
ing an exception in Evans case.'
"If convicts have complaints to make
regarding their treatment how can they
make them knOwn?"
"There is locked mailboX placed in a
conspicuous place in The prison of which
the directors only have the key, and con-
Yicts can send the directors any commu-
nication they see lit, without the surveil-
ance of the prison officials. Besides this,
the Governor visits the prisons once or
twice each year, and interviews all Who
may so desire, privately and cOnhden-
tiallV.D