The herald., 1894-04-16
EVANS BLOOD MONEY.
THE FIGHT OVER THE REWARD
Is SETTLED.
The Captors OF tho Bani Ell ct a Conn
promise Welis, Fargo s. Co. Pay
the Bsoond Five Thousand
Doliara Promptly,

The squabhle over the $4,000 reward
offered by Wells, Fargo & Co. for the
caf ture of Evans and Sontag has finally
been settled, says the San francisco
Chronicle. Marshal Gard and his posse,
consisting of Tom B1rns, Hi Rapelji
and Fred Jackson received the reward
of $4,000 for the capture of 6ontag. The
dispute was over the reward OF $4,000 Of
fered for Evans. 1t will be reme N bered
that when Msrshal Gard and posse
killed Sontag and wounded Evans at
Stone corral, Evans fed to the house OF
L;ge Perkins. a relative. Perkins be-
trRyed Evans in hope OF receiving re-
ward. He went to Deputy Sheriff Hall
and informed him that Evans was lying
dangerously iii at Perkins house. Hall
mediately. In the meantime Mar
trailing Evans. Hall reached the
Perkins cabin just ahead OF
Marshal Gard and captured Evans, whose
weapons had been taken away from him
by Perkins. A dispute then arose be-
tween Hal and Gard over the $4,000
reward offered by Wells. Fargo & Co. for
Evans. Hall claimed that he had made
the capture, and Gard claimed that un-
lees his posse had wounded Evans be
would never have been in condition for
HalPs posse to catch him; and Gard
further claimed that II Hall had not
caught Evans he himself would have
done go but shortly afterwnrd. 1t is be-
lieved that Hall passed Gard on the road
to the Perkins cabin. having the faster
conveyance. The men of the two posses
have been wrangling for long time over
the reward, each side claiming the full
amount, Wells, Fargo Il Co. we're anx.
ious TO pay the money, and begged the
disputanta to settle the matter between
themselves.
For the past two days representatives
of the two factions have been in this
city trying to agree upon a compromise
and avoid the cost OF lawsuit. The
settlement was arranged yesterday at G
meeting held in the rooms of P. s. Chap
pelle. detective and United States
marshal, in tho Crocker building.
Those present were P. S. Chsppslle, who
represented Marshal Gard and Tom
Burns, and Fred jackson, who repre-.
sented himself and Hi Rapelii, on be.
half Of Cards posse. Deputy Sheriff
Hall and his posse we're represented by
Sheriff Kay OF Tulare county.
The fact that Gard and his posse had
driven Evans to bay and that Fred
Jackson had bean shot in the foot and
had to have it amputated were the argu-
ments of one aide. On the other
it was claimed that Hall would
have to divide his pro rata with
the treacherous relatives of
Evans and with his posse, and Sheriff
Kay hung out for big share of the re-
ward. Finally settlement was reached,
and the arbitrators called on E. NJ.
Cooper, manager of Wells, Fargo q Co.,
in this city. He gave them ehecks on
Wells, Fargo & Co. g bank and the $4,000
reward was promptly turned over to
Chappele and Sheriff Kay. The terms
OF the settlement could not be learned,
but the division is supposed to be nearly
equal between the two posses. The same
agreement was TO stand in regard to the
$l250 reward offered by the state for the
capture OF Evans and Sontag. The
proportion OF the $4,000 reward for the
capture of Sontag was divided among
Marshal Cards posse as follows: To
Marshal Gard, the leader OF the party,
$500; TO Jackson. who lost his foot in
the battle, $500, and $1,000 each TO
Burns and Rapelji.