Arizona silver belt., 1894-03-03
EXIT EVANS

On February 2lst Chris. Evans crossed the threshold of the State pris- on at Folsom and was consigned to telon's cell.
 Thus falls the curtain on the part he acted in the outer world; thus ends his freedom, and the vaunted spirit that felt the wild thrill of the mountain fast nesses but yesterday shall new sink and perish in the shadow of it's living tomb. No sympathy for him shall alter the dark stripes which designate his crim- inality; no tears shall etlace the blood stained pages in the chapter of his life's record; no love shall lift the clouds that oppress and disfTanchise him of liberty. No writer can sur round his career with romance nor make him other than he is-sn elon, branded by the contumely of his fellow men, submerged in tho odium of his own debasement It is reported that ere he left his home he said, as did Cahlene, q go; but return" It may be that he said it it is possible that he wis pundit, Seritable Domino Sampson, but it is hardly probable that Evans, between the inception and the execution of his dastardly crimes, found leisGro to delve into the classics for phrases so aptly turned to his own pur- poses and desires 1t is Lot likely that in his struggles to attain a profitable consummation of his reckless designs that he found recourse to the sessions of sweet silent thought in which to oseek comfort and exemption from the bangs and trials that flesh is heir to. If, per chance, he did quote Catiliue he may have been familiar with the character of that ancient villain and maybe he essayed to emulate the peculiarities of Catihne. But if he did his failure was a signal one. Catiline in his most reckless days was prompted to his out rages by ambition to rule, to conquer, to subiugste, but Evans, if history be accredited, was devoid of any such characteristics His debusUd desires were to satisfy soraid greed for mou- ey. This, however, is of no special moment; the parallel might be con rtinued but il could not reflect credit on Catiline nor lend an attractive hue to the atrocities of which Evans was guilty.
 Despite, however, the deprauty of Evans, there appears already indiea- tions that tend to make hero of hin. The word brute, which is far more ap- applicable, is by some strange meta morphosis changed to hero, and in tue transformation there is revealed a slu- gnlar trait of character of which a HAiAotA VI i't4 7ts4o acNAtA lb5atoHoNs With Che rise or fall of any repulsiye outlaw there springs into prominence class of people who palliate crime, con done brutality, and the miscreant be- comes hero in their eyes; he is fetish to be worshipped, loathsome parasite to be idolized. The greater his deprayity the more he is tn ught of; the greater tho enormity of his wickeansss the greater is the number of hero-whippers does it attract.
 lis to be depIored Shat such a trait of character should be portrayed, but it is fact that cannot be refuted. One consolation, however, is deuyed from the statement of Warden Aull in which he says that no fayors shall be shown to Evans; that he viii be treated aS any common convict and shall be neither seen nor interviewed If this state ment shall be verified by subsequent conduct, Q well merited rebuke may be thus administered to those who en- deavor to idealize the baseness of hurasnisy.
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