Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-10
II WAS MADE IN cOasIolgA
To sheriff Weaver Who Brought Ev
am i o
Tho rri-on.r saia isc Was one OF
the Benbrook Train Hohsers--'.,yo
Aecon,piices Declared "a he In Tar
rant County Ja,i--rhe Latsst

10 nave bfNN NiNfHNNA fN'N fNeNNAtNe
and placed Ia jan on anFplelop, though
It Ia Impossible to state this 40 fact
at thla writing on account oi ofieial
retlcgnoc. for which there arr obviously
good reasons
sheriff Weaver OF Navarro county
came up from corslcana yesterday
morning ANA placed Evans Ia the IAN
here. The prisoner Is q man rather
under medium size. aecut nve fee,
elght inches In height. lie has u dark
brown moustachc and answers tho de-
ecrlptien OF one OF tho train robbers
fairly we'll.
Sheriff Weaver while In the city
made u statement OF the iaots " the
arrest, as follows;
He was standing In the court house
Saturday afternoon, whom he noticed
the prisoner talking TO another man.
who directed and pointed him out
rhoreupnn the prisoner approached
him and oppned conversation with
him by stating that he underatood uiai
when man had been implicated IN ~
crime with several others he might se-
cure immunity from punishment 10y
giving u statement OF the facts In tho
case to the authorities, The sheriff
told him that this was often the case
Thcrcupon the prisoner. who had In
the meantime introduced himself as
Evans. stated that he wM one OF the
three men who hnd robbed the train
near Fort Worth Thursday niEht.
IIc then repeated The question
whether II he should mako fun and
complete s,ntcmont OF the Nnalr he
could be glyon any guarantee that he
would not DO prosecuted The ahenn
anawered that the prosecuting attorney
OF Tarrant county was p,o oaly one
who could make any such agreement
and being much aatonishSd ut the ao-
ton OF tho man, asked him " he was
not crazy. Evans assured him that he
knew what he was doing And then pro-
ceuded TO explain why N,wos that he
was willing to make confession. lie
said. applying WHO oplthet 10 one Of
his partners In tho robbery, that he
knew this man WINS about 10 give the
whole thing away aud u there was
anything TO pc gained hy turning states
evidence he wanted TO have the benefit
OF II hlmholf. Continuing the convoraa-
ton, he Insisted On having a wrlttcn
agreement that he would not DO prose.
cuted. and remarked among other
things that tho robpcra had occurred
lot OF money, and ne would not give up
any OF his share OF thr plumber lie also
made tho interesting statement that
the three had separated about Bvo milee
from the scene OF tho robbery. and that
his two partners Ind ridden back 10
Fort Worth. lie aala that a YAise had
been sent him By eSpresa from For,
worth TO WaSahachle
At the conclusion bf the conversation
Sheriff Weaver took the man over TO
tho Navarro county jail and locked him
up lie brought him w that night
They came by way Of wRSahaenle
aud got tho vailse. which had Ia IT,
among other things, an unsigned letter
which contained valuable Information
concerning the robbery. Just what this
Information Is was not stated by shcr-
III Weaver. ana he made no statement
In reference 10 tho other contents OF
the valias.
Whom a Gazette reporter went 10 the
Jan In quest " an Interview with the
prisoner he was told tina, Evans could
not be seen.
Later It was learned that two other
men had been arrested. Their names
are not kn0wn and there Is a groat deal
Of speculation as 70 who they may be.
Il nccms 10 hs the general impression
that they were arrested IA Fort Worth
or the Immediate vicinity ana Il ~
reported that one OF them waa arrested
on Main street
Considerable akeptciHm - expressed
by pome wen Informed parties as 20
the compiiOity OF Evans IN the roh-
berry. lie IN believed 10 have had some
motive In Wow which has not yet been
disclosed by those who doubt the gen
uinenrss OF his alleged confession. il is
evident that tho onicers are In poyses-
sion OF important Information which
ihpy deem It ineNpedlent 70 divulge at
present while there was display OF
confidence al the stggirs once last
night. II is sim apparent that there Is
considerable doubt ana anxiety, Among
other reportp In circulation eoneeruing
the prisoner was that he had told a
dirercnt story here from the one at
carsicana. which would indicate that
be was not IN the robbery, but had
made hogaa confession Tor some pur-
pose Of hts avn, Tho proof in a care like
this would or course censlat principally
o. the prisoners own confession. and
this might convict him II other deyel.
opmcntn do not 6isclqse the fact that
Il IL fake. II Il turns put that
he was seen somewhere ciss ~ thn
time or the robbery. tho confession.
which II 4 Is not true no doubtless
regrets ~ this tins. mishs mot cut