Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-08
NEGRO sEAv,s Is CAPTURED.

NEGRO sEAvis Is CAPTURED.
Alert Trainmen and Fearless of6eers
Round UP the Outlaw.
The following was taken from yes
terday's Journal regarding the cap
ture Of Convict seavis:
AUBURN. Cal, Aug. 6.-Convict
Seavis. the bloodthirsty negro. who e.
escaped with the prison breakers at
Folsom. was captured tonight in this
City after q desperate battle.
lie was not taken until after a
short but lively battle, during which
there was an interchange of bullets
and buckshot, which happily found
Judgment only in the person Of the
negro. who IL said to have advised the
murder Of all the Folsom hostages at
ter their aid as shields was no long.
o: necessary.
He was discovered On freight train
No. PA. which arrived from the west
ut 9 o'clock last night. The train was
in charge of Conductor Oscar Nelson.
The trainmen informed Operator
Knitchen Of this place that there was
a drunken negro in one of the cars.
Brakeman Gibbs had seen the fellow
ding the,s
He had q rock in his left hand and
had his right hand in his pocket and
warned the brakeman not to come
within thirty feet Of him.
Operator Knitchen telephoned to
Sheriff Kenna of Placer county and
Deputy Sheriff Coan. The latter were
quickly on the scene. armed with shot
guns loaded with buckshot
Deputizing Brakeman Rice and
Gibbs and arming them, the sheriff
and his party went down the train on
either side. Seavis saw the light OF
one of the brakeman's lanterns and
opened fire with a murderous looking
1880 pistol, that carries a regular
rifle ball.
Four shots were fired at Deputy
CJan without taking effec-
The sheriff and deputy then turned
loose with their double barreled shot
guns A charge from the sheriff's gun
reached home
Seavis, when he discovered that hi
was wounded, exclaimed, Its all VI
with me boys!"
He admitted that he was the mar
they were looking for. Seavis wa:
handcuffed and taken to the sheriff.
Office, followed by an immense throng
that would have lynched the prisoner
if they had not known that he wa!
guarded by officers who would never
let him escape and if they had ais
not known that his punishment woult
be as speedy at the hands of the law
almost as if Judge Lynch had had hi
way about it.
At the sheriff's Office Seavis admit
ted everything. He seemed in morta
fear of being turned over to the hand
of the citizens and stated that he ia
travelled fifty miles the night befor
and had camped all day near Auburn
He said that he had been without foo
for twenty-four hours. The clothe
he wore were scanty, but were civil
ian.
When asked about Convict Cast
who was supposed to be travelling wit
him, he said that he had not see
him since the battle of Pilot Hill an
believed that he was slain there.
Dr. j. F. White, assisted by DR.
Todd and Rooney, examined the col
vict's wounds. They found twelv
buckshot in one leg and one in tn
other. The wounds were dressed.
Another Version.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 6.-Col
vict Seavis. the negro outlaw, who
considered the most desperate of a
the gang of Folsom escapes, was ca
tured in Auburn tonight. Trainme
discovered him on the train and bacl
ed onto a siding and sent word to til
officers. Sheriff Kenna and a depui
found Seavis hiding between the car
He ran when they approached m
fired four shots at his pursuers. Nor
took effect: Kenna fired twice with
shot gun loaded with buckshot. tt
charge struck in both legs below tt
knees Seavis surrendered. He ws
not badly badly hurt.