The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-26
S0NTAG AND EVANS.
HOW EVANS WAS HURRIED
TO HIS CELL.
A Face CHASTITY as Death-The Recep
ton at Visalia Sontags Bad
Condition.

down stairs in a blanket and put in
the rear Of a spring wagon. Perkins
took the lines and drove. Hall sat by
Perkins, and their guns were nearly all
handed over to Wi,ty who had 4 single
buggy Carroll going with the other
party 1t is a long drive, is that twenty
two miles from Wilcox canyon to
Vlsala. 1t took less than two hours
to make the run. Perkins drove FUR
ously He and Hal, were very anxious
to get to Nlsaia as soon as they could
and have Evans wounds attended to.
bad gone out to the capture with
Dan Overall, Farley and Charles
Nicholson, and thinking to make better
time with Witty, who had two horses
and a very light buggy, rode in with
him. The horses we're full Of speed
and did their best, but it was quite a
time before we made Perkins and Hall
take our dust. The horses were on a
keen gallop all the time the wagon
swayed from side 70 side, and at times
seemed almost in danger Of falling
over.
EVANS SUFFERED IN SILENCE.
Evans was badly shaken up, but he
made no complaint He lay there
with the feeling of a man whose work
was done. Nothing that could come
to him thereafter could particularly in
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from Visalia when a streak of dawn
struggled over the crest of the Sierrds
the air was chilly and the dusty road
made the ride uncomfortable
thought that the readers of the Er-
dUiney might be in a hurry to get the
news and l asked Witty to let me
drive. He was tired and readily con-
sented, and as he told me not to spare
the horses we reached Visalia and had
the telegraph wires fifteen minutes
before any one in town knew that Evans
was captured and before Halls party
drove up to the Visalia jail.
Before Halls party arrived several
members of the posse reached Nlsaia.
They had been beaten to the Perkins
place in Wilcox canyon. by Halls out
fit and so determined to be back ahead
Of them. They could not overtake the
buggy containing Witty and myself,
but they distanced the carryall in
which Perkins, Hall and the Suffering
Evans were travelling.
1t was from the members of SCOTS
force that the people of Visalia first
learned that Chris Evans was prisoner
1t was very early in the morning, even
for Visalia, but it was astonishing how
the news spred. A farmer coming in
with his load of produce caught the
whisper and shouted it to a teamster.
A few early morning people were stand
ing in front of the hotel. They heard
the story. The clerk of the hotel heard
it. 1t seemed to be in the air.
Sleepers all over Nisalia arose and hur-
ried into their clothes. Lines Of men
all heading towards the jail appeared on
every street.
THE STORY SPREADS.
1t was not ten minutes after the story
got out that hundred men were in the
vicinity of the Jail waiting for Hall and
his prisoner. They stood in the mid.
die of the street and watched for the
first cloud Of dust. They had not long
to wait, for the reeking horses Of the
Under Sheriff soon swung around the
corner and willingly stopped at the Jail
door. The officer threw a wary eye
over the crowd. There had been I'M
numbered statements that Evans would
never live to be tried if he were cap
tured alive.
But Hall, after his first glance,
showed no concern. He had no need
to- The crowd in front of the Visalia
Jail was not of the sort that lynChes
men Except the miscellaneous de
tectives and deputies from adjoining
counties, the crowd consisted simply
of men drawn there through curiosity
They nearly all knew Chris Evans, but
they only knew him when he was {
meek, quiet, steady farmer who was
never suspected of anything worse thar
putting big apples on top.
Detective Will Smith, for WHOM
Evans never missed an opportunity t.
voice his detestation, was there. He
ran down the steps and lent helping
hand when Hall took his prisoner GU
of the back of his dusty carriage. FRS
they lifted Evans up, then each stooc
with a shoulder under the bandits arm
and lowered him to the earth as gent,
as if he were glass. The blanket il
which he was wrapped fell away anC
Evans face was seen for the first time
1t was CHASTITY, 1t was more thar
CHASTITY, for that word implies a changt
from something else.
THE PICTURE OF AGONY.
Evans face looked as though he hat
suffered for a hundred years. Tn,
horrible blue, black and bloody socke
that was all that Jackson's bllle
left Of his right eye-lnade the GROVE
gasp, His features were drawn, lik
those of man long dead His jay
was fallen and his teeth shone throng'
the tangle of red brown beard. HI
never raised his remaining eye at all
Those who had gathered to see hir