The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-10

Ghfls Evans, the most nOteu Dandlt
of modern years-the man whom
the authorities of California hunted
down for months, and who, when
caught, was recently sentenced To life
Imprisonment in the penitentiary-is
again IA free man, having escaped
from the jailst Fresno on the night
before he was tor he taken to Folsom
To serve his long term. he is still at
large, and his wife is ia Jail accused of
having brought him the pistol with
which he held up his jailer, AS usual,
Evans shot man before he disap-
peared, but not fatally.
A confederate and two pistols got
Evans out of the Fresno county Jail.
The man who suddenly became ac-
complete to the bandit is Ed Morrell,
a restaurant waiter. He dropped his
peaceable character after bringing
Evans supper to the jail this after
noon and appeared with siX-shoOter
pointed at the jailer's head. Another
pistol was in Evans hand and the
jailer opened the doors. Just how
much the success was due to chance
and how much to design cannot be
quite told, but unless the conspiracy
that resulted in his release was very
far-reaching, he has more luck than
any man that ever fooled sheriff.
his dItcTuOOn inioTindtiOH IchCiicu
the Sheriff's office that an attempt
was to be made to rob a train on the
POrterville branch, and four picked
men were sent to intercept the train
and be on hand in case the attempt
was made. That got some of Sheriff
SCOTS men out of the way. Then
there was series of exciting rum
Always down town just at the right
time that took away loiterers from
the vicinity of the Jail, and left the
field entirely clear for the escape.
Mrs. Evans came here yesterday
and went to the jail to visit him.
Evans had been locked up in the steel
tanks since previous plan to escape
became known, but on her arrival he
was taken out of the tanks into the
grated corridor used for exercise, and
they were left together locked up in
the corridor. At o'clock the prison
ers were fed and locked up with the
exception of Evans, who was left in
the corridor. All the deputies had
left the Jail except Tailor Ben Scott,
the sheriff's brother.
At $50 Morrell appeared with the
supper sent in from the outside for
Chris. and Mrs. Evans, and was adj
locked in. About twenty minutes
later he called to Scott with the rem
nantS of the dinner on the tray and
asked to be let out. Scott unlocked
the door. He turned to let MOrrell
through and looked into the muZzle
a siX-shooter.
s'Throw up your hands," said the
waiter. Scott thought he was joking
until he saw another pistol presented
at his head by Evans. Scott then
recognized that it was jailbreak and
not a joke he had run into. Mrs. Ev-
ans made a pretense of getting be-
tween them, but Chris thrust her back
into chair and told her to stay there,
which she did. Chris, Morrell and the
jailer then went out into the reception
room.
They stopped long enough to let him
shut and lock the Jail door and took
Scott bareheaded out of the front door.
They hurried across the street to the
Christian Church, where they met ex-
Mayor Cole on the corner. They
made Scott come along, Morrell keep
ing a pistol on him all the time.
The first Mayor Cole knew of any
thing wrong was when pistol was
along, and be quick about it,"
said Evans, and Cole joined the pro-
cession.
They were aiming for team that
was in waiting just east of the Adj
ventist Church. Morrell and Scott
had nearly reached the team when
they met City Marshal John ID. Nor
gan and w. NJ. Wyatt coming down
town. Morrell again called out Throw
up your handsp' and the City Mar
shall supposing it to be some of his in
innate friends residing in the vicinity,
threw up his hands with some jocular
remark, and was about to lower them,
when Morrell said: Throw them up,
you, and keep them up"
Morgan saw the pistol and knew
that the supposed footpad was in
earnest and now had the drop on him.
Morrell ordered both men to turn
their backs to him and took away
Morgan's pistol. Morgan kept watch
of him, looking over his shoulder,
awaiting an opportunity to make
fight.
When Morrell turned to search
Wyatt, Morgan sprang on him aud
grappled his arms from behind. Nor
rell had both pistols in one hand and
could not use them, and called to
Evans, who was now approaching
with Cole, to come to his assistance as
they had caught him. Evans ran up
to where Morgan was struggling with
Morrell and shot him in the oack, in
flicting a severe flesh wound, the ball
entering high up and cutting through
the region of the armpit. Scott and
Cole took advantage of the opportu-
nifty and fled, amid flying shots. Scott
ran TO the iail and gave the alarm.
The team which was waiting for
Evans escape became frightened at
the reports of the pistols and broke
loose, running to the northern portion
of the town, where the buggy was
smashed up.
Finding themselves without n team
in which to escape the two fHgitivss
went to the residence of +. G. Coch-
ran and stole horse and buggy, and
rode away to the eastward as fast as
they could GO.
The news spread like wildfire and
posses were Immediately organized to
GO in pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
They had not been captured at the