The morning call., 1894-02-20

on the night of the 2Sth of last December.
Since then the two fugitives have been
closely followed by posses of officers. and
in two instances shots were exchanged,
but at no time did the bandit and his COM
panion shoot to kill. Evans will now be
quickly sent 10 the penitentiary to begin
his term of life Imprisonment, while his
companion will be prosecuted for felony
in assisting in the Jail delivery. The max
imum punishment for this offense is ten
years imprisonment. and the prospects
are that no leniency will be shown.
The capture of the precious pair oc-
Cured at an early hour this morning.
Being surrounded by armed officers under
the leadership of Sheriff Kay of 1ulare
County and Marshal George Gard of the
Southern District OF California, the fug-
tives made a speedy surrender. They
were caught as though in trap and they
submitted to the inevitable without caus-
ing bloodshed.
Last evening Sheriff KAY sent George
Witty, Bill English, John and Bob Broder
and Perry Byrd TO guard the avenues
around Evans place, with instructions TO
let no one leave here. THE CALL CORE
spondent was with the watchers. Kay
was expecting Marshal Gard to arrive on
the 3 o'clock train. Gard got off at Tulare
and arrived at A. NJ. After daylight Kay
kept adding to the posse.
Evans and Morrell were in the Evans
house with Mrs. Byrd, Mrs. Brighton and
four Of Evans children. At O'Clock Kay
sent message by young man named
Beason. Mrs. Byrd opened the door and
Morrell covered him with a gun. inviting
him in, and kept him prisoner after The
delivery of this message: "Chris Evans
Surrender and we will protect you. If
not, we will take you anyway. Z. W. Kay,
Sheriff.
One hour later Evans little boy came
out with the following message: Sheriff
kay-Dear Sir: Come into the house. L
want to talk to you. / will not harm you.
My little boy will come with you. Chris
Evans"
To this the answer was: "Mr. Evans
You have a chance to surrender. Sur
render now without being hurt. If you
will give up to me will protect you and
let the law take its course. will disperse
this mob If you say so and meet you.
Answer. E. W. Kay"
Then came the final message: "Sheriff
Kay-Dear sir: Send the crowd away and
bring Will Hall with you to the gate and
then we will talk. / will not harm you.
You are the Sheriff of this county and I
am willing 10 make terms with you. but
with no one else. will step out on the
porch when you come to the gate. Yours.
Chris Evans"
Kay and Hall went. Evans and Nor
ran them Evanc ssOnr Il
Is good; protect US and we surrender"
The officers assured them. and all shook
hands. MorrelI asked Hall, "Do you re-
member me?" Hall said. Eyes; l saw
YOU at the Jail two or three times during
Evans stay at Fresno" All entered the
room, and Chris asked the officers not to
take the guns. as he did not own them.
He wished to return them to the owners
81 will surrender the ammunition" He
emptied his pockets of cartridges and all
got ready.
Kay requested the crowd to disperse
Evans, seeing English, called out: Hello.
Bill English, what are you doing there
Come over and see fellow" Soon all
started. The crowd was orderly. A
short distance away the men got into a
wagon. At the Jail the sidewalk was
cleared, the officers closing the door. Only
twelve persons entered. United States
Marshal George Gard was interviewed.
He said: Swans and Morrell came here
for the purpose of getting money from
Mrs. Evans-about S3o0-the intention be-
ing to separate. Evans going north to some
town on the coast and taking passage on a
lumber vessel to try and reach Australia,
where his family was to fellow in a couple