The herald., 1893-06-14
THE CAPTURE OF EVANS,
How the Wounded Bandit
Was Taken.
Found in Bed in a Remote
Ranch House.
No Resistance Made When the Off.
GERS Arrested Him.
Both Bandits Now in visalia Jail Badly
Used Up-Mrs. Evans and Daughter
with Them-A wrAngle Over
the Blood Money.
BY the Associated Press,

town last night about 10 O'Clock, and
going to Sheriff Kay's office, informed
Under Sheriff Hail that Evans was at
his house, BADLY wounded. Hall secured
a posse OF deputies and started after the
bandit. Sheriff Scott and his deputy.
RspeIie, also received word by another
source. Rapelje claims that he was on
the front porch when Hall and his posse
entered by the back door, and the latter
being piloted upstairs by young Perkins,
and no light being left ON the lower
floor, Hall made the arrest.
AN EASY CAPTURE.
Evans was lying on q cot, his head
and arms bandsged, forloin looking in
dividual. He was unable to make re-
sstance had he desired to, and did not.
He was Immediately bundled into q
spring wagon and started for Town,
Under Sheriff Hall riding along with the
driver.
The arrest was made about O'Clock.
and they arrived here about o'clock
this morning.
where Evans was, he said: "You are
"All right, Billy"
Being asked If he had any arms, he
said he had pistol under his pillow.
THE BANDITS LAST RETREAT.
Evans left the place ofSunday nights
tragedy about O'Clock and 1t took him
till daylight to reach the Perkinsl place,
a distance of six miles. He washed hia
wounds at we'll and entered the house
and went to bed without being heard.
Before the Perkins family knew what
had occurred they found blood at the
we'll, and going upstairs they found
Evans in bed. They asked him to de-
liver himself up, but be refused, saying
he would get well in few days and
leave the country. Evidently the Perkins
family laborsd with him all day. 1t was
10 O'Clock at night before Eli Perk ms
came to town and gave the information.
1t is three hours ride from the Per-
kins place to town.
EVANS LODGED IN JAIL.
The early hour at which Evans was
brought to town this morning found
most of the people in bed. There was
not that rush as when Sontag was
brought in, though it required the SER
had assembled from blocking the way to
the door. Evans was helped out of the
wagon by two men, and assisted to the
jail entrance. Among the so men pres
ent there were two who stepped up to
the wagon and said, Hello, Chris !" He
nodded his head to the two men, but
did not speak, only when one man hand
ling him touched his crippled arm. The
Jail door WAS soon closed on the bandit,
and the crowd quietly dispersed.
THE BATTLE AT BAcoN's CABIN.
When Evans was asked about the
fight at Bacon's cabin, he said the off,
GERS fred first and he was hit twice, but
returned the shots. He says at about
the tenth shot Sontag complained of be-
ing shot in the aide. Evans then fell
and fred from the ground. After Som
tag was hit he kept asking for water.
When Evans asked him if he was much
hurt, Sontng replied: eyes; l am shot
to pieces. can't stand this, old pard;
kill me-"
Evans says the fight was kept up un-
til it was quite dark. He says he was
shot by man standing near the fence.
EVANS BADLY WOUNDED.
A physician examined him at the Jail
and found that he was shot in the right
eyebrow, closing his eye. Another bull
let ploughed across the small of his
back and made wound nine inches
long. A shot also entered his left wrist.
passing upward through the forearm,
Those wounds are painless, but one
which broke both bones of his right
wrist, which ia badly swollen, is very
painful. All his wounds were made by
rifle bullets. However, he is not as se-
riously hurt as Sontag. and will have q
speedy recovery.
Sontag rallied little this morning.
ceiling much better. Both bandits are
n jail here.
MRS. EVANS VISITS HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Evans called at the jail half an
lour after her husband arrived, but
Sheriff Kay prevailed upon her to post
zone her visit until o'clock. At that
lour abe was promptly on hand, and on
'ntering the room where her husband
vas, Evans said; "How are you.
Nollie 2"
She burst out crying while her hus-
,and turned on his side a little and
losed his eyes. For Is minutes not a
Vord was spoken, then having obtained
control OF Themselves, Evans inquired
IS to the health of the children, and
hen drifted off into an account of the
ight in which he was wounded. Their
onversation was calm and cool, though
heir faces showed that they realized
he present condition of affairs.
At p. M, Evans and Sontag were
leeping soundly under the influence OF
plates They are in the same room up
tairs, and Mrs. Evans is staying with
hem.
THE PRISONERS HOLD A LEvEE.
Shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon
vans and Sontag held levee and 30 or
lore persons rnarched unataivs In, iai1