Arizona republican., 1894-01-11
EVANS TRAIL Marked by the Boldest Robbery on Record. A Lone HighWayman at
 Fowler, Cal,
Supposed to Be MorrelI, the
 Protege of Chris Evans,
Successfully Holds Up Six Men, Shoots an Officer and Makes
 Good Ills Escape.
By the Associated Pr sss.


 FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 10.-One of the boldest robberies in the criminal an- nals of this country. took, place this evening shortly after o'clock at the railroad station in Fowler. Howard Harris and friend named Vincent went over to get | package that had come for the former. As they arrived at the station Harris, looking through the window. saw four men holding up their hands. He immediately sus- pected something wrong and advised Vincent to.run for sn officer. Vincent claimed it could only besa joke, but Harris insisted otherwise. They were about to turn back when man quickly came out of the door with g revolver in. each hand and or dered them to come in the office. Harris and Vincent obeyed with alac- rity and were ranged alongside the other men in the room. The latter were the station agent, Geo. Leon, g railroad section boss named Leho, an- other section hand and stranger. The robber went about his work very coolly, keeping his victims we'll cov- cred. From Harris, who is an in surance agent, he got $40, The station agent, Leon, contributed $30, and smaller sums were taken from the others. After having made them hand over their money the robber ordered them to march out ahead of him, threatening with fierce oath to kill the frst man who ran or made an outcry. He asked one of them: "Whsunmeeis is that ovsr wonder ?''r He was told It was ,Kutner, Goldstein & Cos, stole. Upon this he commanded his victims to march over there, keeping them covered all the time. All the six men were marched into the store and the robber ordered the clerks to throw up their hands. Constable Charies OaAes wno was near by had seen the men enter the store and suspecting something wrong ran up to is with revolver in hand. A friend named Nelson was was with him. When the officer ar. rived there he immediately understood the situation anu nreu aL Lne robbei several times. The robber returned the fire hitting Oskes in the hip seriously wounding him. He then ad vanced and fired at Nelson and the lat ter and Oakes hastily fled. Ths desper. ado's other victims lost no time in get ting to g place of saieSy. The foooeI had an excellent team of horses waiting for him and jumped into the buggy dur ing excitement following the shooting and escaped. The two section hands were painfully wounded by Oakes. who fired somewhat indiscriminstely, and i is believed the ropoer WAS also wounded.
 The latter imparted the information while he was robbing the men at tht station that his name was Ed Morrell and that he was Evans friend. Int description given of him coincides witf MorrelPs appearance. Ine rooUer va: man of five feet three inches, blue eye! and small light moustache. He had { bandana handkerchief tied oyer his face, but the holes for his eyes anG mouth were so large that his features were easily seen.
 Fowler is wild with excitement anC threatens to lynch the man if caught. There is considerable likelihood tha the robber is Morrell and it is further more very probable that Evans was not far away in waiting. It is 8 desperate piece of business just of the kind Eyan' would plan and the general impression is that the robber stated his righI l