The herald., 1894-04-16
EVANS BLOOD MONEY
THE FIGHT OVER THE REWARD
Is SETTLED.
Tho Cartors or tho Baniit En ct - Com
promise Wsiis, Fargo & 90. Pay
the Bsoond Five Thousand
Dollars Promptly,

The squabhle over the $40, 1000 reward
offered by Wells, Fargo & Co. for the
CAPTURE of Evans and Sontsg has finally
been settled, says the San Francisco
Chronicle Marshal Gard and his posse
consisting of Tom Burns, Hi Rapelji
and Fred Jackson received the reward
OF $4,000 for the capture of Sontag. The
dispute was over the reward OF 5000 Of
fered for Evans. II will be RENE IN bered
that when Msrshal Gard and posse
killed Sontag and wounded Evans al
Stone corral, Evans fad to the house OF
L;gc Perkins, relative. Perkins be-
trayed Evans in hope OF receiving re-
ward He went to Deputy Sheriff Hall
and informed him that Evans was lying
dangerously i'll at Perkins house. Hsll
and posse started for Perkins cabin i'm
mediately. In the meantime Mar
ehal Gard and his po.se were
trailing Evans. Hall reached the
Perkins cabin just ahead ol
Marshal Gard and captured Evans, whose
weapons had been taken away from him
by Perkins. A dispute then arose be.
tween Hall 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-
less his posse had wounded Evans be
would never have been in condition fol
Halls posse to catch him. and Gard
further claimed that If Hall had mol
caught Evane he himself would have
done 90 but shortly afterward. 1t is be.
lieved that Hall passed Gard on the road
to the Perkins cabin. having the faster
conveyance. The men of the two posseH
have bsen wrangling for long time over
the reward. each side claiming the full
amount. Wells, Fargo & Co. were snx.
ious to pay the money, and begged the
disputants 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 q compromise
and avoid the cost Of lawsuit. The
settlement was arranged yesterday at O
meeting held in the rooms OF P. S. Chap
pelle, y detective and United States
marshal, in tho Crocker building.
Those present were P. S. Chappelle, who
represented Marshal Gard and Tom
Burns, and Fred Jackson, who repre-
sented himself and Hi Rapelji, on be-
half of Cards posse. Deputy Sheriff
Hall and his posse were 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 smputated we're the argu.
ments of one side. On the other
it was claimed that Hall would
have to divide his pro rata with
the treacherous relatives oi
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 T. M.
Cooper, msnager Of Wells, Fargo q Co.,
in this city. He gave them ehecks on
Wells, Fargo & Co. 3 bank and the $4,000
reward was promptly turned over to
Chappelle 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
$1250 reward offered by the state for the
capture OF Evans and Sontag. The
proportion of she $4,000 reward for the
capture of Sontag was divided among
Marshal Cards posse as follows: TIC
Marshal Gard, the leader of ths party,
$500; to Jackson. who lost his foot in
the battle, $500. and $1,000 each to
Burns and Rapelji.
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