The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-24
EvSas Agajs IN Jail.

VIsALIA, Cti., FEB. 19-Cais Evans
ana M9re'l are surrounded 10 Evans
house. Their capture is nav only
question OF few hours. They have been
1 there since day ight. since which time
the house has been completely surroun-
ded, aad escape Is impossible. At lis
A NJ. a messenger was sent Into The house
Win note ON Sner,ff K4g aud another
from Cathoic priest, advising them to
| snrreader TO save. iiFe,-asatfeir capture
| was certain. The outlaws have detained
the messenger as hostage. The bou,e
| is small, only two rooms. aud easily CON.
manded oy the officers. About neou.
there viii De genera move oa 1t if nj
surrender takes place before then. Un.
doubleday there WI be some lives lost il
tue house IS stormed.
After waitipg an hour for the returu of.
Bsasen. the messenger who was sent in.
With notes 70 Evans and Mnr.il asking
Tor their surrender, IT became evident
that he ives, held as hostage, and the
posse closed up, waiting for further de-
veiopmeSts. AT 10 O'Clock Evans sent
out child with-s note fer Sheriff Ksy,
asking him to come inte the house fer
consultation :. 1t was then ascertalned
definitely from the child that one wsmen
and some children were in the house
with the bandits, besides the hostage
they held. After an excnspee of several |
notes between Evans and Sheriff Kay,
they finally agreed to come out ii the Of |
hcers wou d De instructed not to sAo0t |
and the large crowd OF people vino, had |
gathered TO witness the affair were seHt |
back. I
at .10:40 the door of Evans cabin
opened. and Marrell appeared and held
up his hands, followed Immediately af, er
by Evans without arms. Thes were i'm
meafately covered by 30 riff and Sher-
if Kay and Marshal Gasd advanced ana
shook hands with Evans A delivery
wagon was pressed lnrolservice, and they
were driven rapidlyto jail ..-
Beasos,thc nan WIN was captured, and
held as hostage, ls an old fiicnJ f
EyaHs. He SAYS that when he raped st
the door et the CABIN Evans appeared
with gun in his hand. and after he as.
certained who wanted admittaIce. jerked.
him iato the CABIN and Immediately
slammed and locked the door He then
had Beasnn tell MIN the exact situation
on the outside and asked Ills sdvlc B1a.t
son to him the whole calntry was
aroused, thft hundreds of men armed
WITH rifles, shotgdns and revolvers wers
concealed behind esery fence, ou,buld
ing and point of want ge, asd it was i'm
possl ols fnr them TO escape. They were +
only Visiting for tbs women and children
to be removed TO make a elerm ned at
tack en- the house. Finally Evans CEN
cluded II would oe i'm possible TO escape,
and. making virtue of necessity, sur
rendered.
EVANS PARTNER WAS NOT MoRELL.
The man captured with Evsns this
is not Morell. He says he is
a msn who worked IN the d,ping room
with b;m. JOAN Marc6, who met Evans.
several weeks ago 1t Cnurcmll, IN re-
porting the fact here, SAID that people
would ne surprised when they. learned
who Evans partner is. Several cirizeh. /.
now clulna that the man now under ar tc
rest with Evansyis named En- ow. The
young man wasiraised eight miles east
9f this iscity in what w-s called the Swamp.
Marshal Gard ssys. E'ans and Morell
were not in the Roscoe robbery. He has
<newu their whereabouts, ne claims, for a
weeks Il