The Wild West Brothers Who Couldn't Be Caught | American Outlaw Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2024
- The Sontag Brothers...
John Contant was born to parents Jacob Contant and Maria Bohn in Mankato, Minnesota on May 27th, 1861. His brother, George Contant followed three years later on April 10th, 1864. After George's birth, their father passed away, and their mother remarried a man named Matthias Sontag, a veteran of the Union Army. The boys adopted their stepfather's last name, with George switching back and forth between that and his birth name, Contant, over the course of his life. The family resided in Mankato for a while. During this time, George worked as a train brakeman before moving to Nebraska, where he found a job in a grocery store.
This was a brief employment, as it didn’t take long before George embezzled money from his employer and ended up in state prison. After serving about a year, George escaped with another inmate. Wearing their prison uniforms, they robbed a store the same night and obtained civilian outfits before vanishing. Despite this, George was eventually apprehended and returned to prison on his own, completing his sentence until he was released in 1887. John Sontag moved to Los Angeles, California in 1878, and became a brakeman for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He sustained an injury on the job in Fresno, after getting one of his legs crushed during a routine railcar coupling. John grew resentful towards his employer, accusing them of consistent poor treatment during his recovery.
0:00 Intro
4:44 From Brothers To Bandits
11:08 The Great Pursuit
16:58 Gunfight At Stone Corral
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Awesome video!! I pass by Folsom prison Monday through Friday pretty crazy the history of it.
Crazy it is indeed. Thanks for watching!
I was stuck in there and time kept dragging on, in my cell I could hear that whistle blowing from down by San antone. It sucked
I have always loved the history of the Wild West and especially the cowboys .
Seriously, i have never heard of these brothers.
Thanks, all the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Never heard of them before this story
Glad we could make the introduction!
I purscribed ur really good at making these movies sir. Keep up the good work!
Good lord this hits so close to home for me! Born in Florida, moved to Wyoming then Arizona, now Modesto 😂
Wow! Modesto is definitely surrounded with Sontag Brother lore in all directions. Stay cool out there!
Say hello to Scott Peterson.😊
@@ep9421 lol, he’ll be out soon from what the local papers are saying
Interesting video! 🤠👍
We appreciate it!
I use to go to the stone corral as a teenager in the early 90's to shoot guns and explore the area. Wish this video showed more accurate images of what the area really looks like! The corral is a few miles outside of the town of Yettem , Visalia is about 20 miles south.
from clovis, have lived in Modesto and Fresno.
Went to school with some brothers who’s lastname were Sontag. Wonder if they’re related
That’s a very common name though you never know maybe they were adopted by one of the man’s ancestors
Great story, but the background music is distracting.
They were definitely a bunch of ballsy men…👍🏻…on both sides…
Sontag =Sunday 😊
Hey Brother, ARTICULATE, Please..!?
Sounds like a book report
It was a great story except for the title is very misleading. I thought they were NEVER caught, but they were!!!
Title is not misleading, in no way does "Couldn't" imply "Never". The tiles is alluding that for a TIME the "couldn't" be caught. Jeez.
They bummed my cat