The record-union., 1893-06-14

In the capture of Evans the Visalia and
Fresno officers disagreed as to the where
abouts of Evans and the shooting at Stone
Corral. The Visalia officers insisted that
Evans was between the scene of the con-
flict and Nisalia, and would try to come
home. In the meantime Sheriff Scott
and posse from Fresno County arrived
in Visalia. Shortly afterward Sheriff
Scott received intelligence that Evans
was lying wounded at the house of
Widow Perkins, in Wilcox Canyon.
Scott at once communicated to the
Sheriff's Office at Visalia what he had
heard, but the officers there put no conf
dence in it. They were certain Evans
was near Visalia, and they could capture
him before morning.
'All right" replied Sheriff Scott, 'you
follow out your clews, and 1 will follow
| mine. l will go to Wilcox Canyon, and
you search the swamp and guard Evans
house."
Sheriff Kay agreed to this, and Sheriff
Scott collected his posse, most of whom
were his deputies. and started between 9
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sisted of Sheriff Scott, Deputies L. p.
Timmins, II. L, Rapelje, the same who
fought the battle of the stone corral; p.
f. Peck. William Henry, Ed Miles, Jack
Irvine and Thomas Burns. A short time
after this the son of Widow Perkins,
living in Wilcox Canyon, twenty-five
miles northeast of Visalia, came to that
| place. and, going to Sheriff Kay's Office,
informed Under Sheriff Hall that Evans
was at his house, badly wounded. Hall
secured posse, deputized it and started
after Evans
| The Fresno officers had approached
within four miles of the place where thew
expected to find Evans, when some one
IN buggy drove up rapidly behind
them and passed them at the top of their
speed. The Fresno officers did not know
but that it was friends OF Evans hurrying
out to remove him from danger, and so
whipped up and kept close to the men
who had so hurriedly and mysteriously
passed. 1t turned out that they were
Nlsalia officers. They had concluded to
cut ahead of the men who had been there
hghtlng and capture the famous outlaw,
who already was, as they know, unable
to fight.
The Fresno officers complain in no
mild terms of what they regard as a
mean and unprincipled trick on the part
OF the Nisalia officers to run in and cap
ture the game after it is brought to bav.
when they had failed even to do any ma
terial work toward bringing it to bay.
Sheriff Scott and posse rushed up to
the house about oclock in the morning
and surrounded it. They did not know
| how badly Evans was hurt, and expected
that he would show fight. The house
was dark at first. Then the Visalia Of
flcers ran into the yard and stepped on
the porch. Scott's men did not know
who they were, but supposed they were
friends of Evans.
who goes there?" demanded Deputy
Timmins.
Yes, speak, or l will blow your head
| off," said Rapelje.
The men on the porch answered, "Wait
minute" and sprang inside, piloted by
the Perkins boy. They ran up stairs,
where Evans lay. struck a match, and,
throwing the window open, called out,
"All right. come on. Evans is nv pris-
oner.'
The Fresno men now for the first time
realized that the Nisalia officers had thus
run into the game at the last moment,
when the fighting was all done, and had
claimed the prize and glory for what in
all probability Gabrieps trumpet would
have found undone if it had been left for
Sheriff Kay to do. At least this is the
| story given by the Fresno officers, who
report the affair. They are greatly in
censed, and say that Rapelje and Jackson
are the ones that deserve the reward.