The morning call., 1893-06-12
EVANS HANDY GUN
The Bandit Wings An
other Pursuer.
FIRED FROM A WINCHESTER.
The Outlaws Surprised Coming Up
a Hill by Deputy Sheriff
Hi Rapelje and Party.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

VISALIA, June 12.-Evans and Sontag
have again startled the community and
one more is added to the list OF the
wounded.
Fred Jackson. who has been one of
party searching for the bandits. received
bullet from the rifle of Evans to-day.
Hi Rapelje, Tom Burns and Fred Jack
son have been in the mountains fer week
hunting for Evans and SOntag. sThey
spent all the week hunting for signs or
any information.
Hi Rapelje, deputy Sheriff of Fresno
County, gives the following account of
the meeting with Sontag and Evans and
the shooting of jackson:
This morning we camped at a vacant
house about one-half mile from Stone
Corral. The latter place is about six miles
from Wilcox Canyon. About twenty
minutes before sunset Rapelje went to the
rear door and saw the outlaws coming
down the hill toward the house, Evans
leading Sontag. Evans had shotgun and
rifle and Sontag had rife. Rapelje
turned around to the others and said
Hello, here comes two men down the
hill
jackson went to the back door and said I:
Why, those are the two men we are look
ing for
"The other two boys were lying down and
they Immediately jumped up and we all
took our guns and got ready.
We then went out OF the front door of
the house, and as We went around the
back corner Evans saw me, and throwing
up his Winchester fired.
Just then Jackson stepped to my rear
and fired at Evans with his Winchester.
Evans threw up his hands and fell back
ward and a general fusilade followed. I
fired instantly at Sontag and be dropped
to the ground out of our sight. They fell
behind pile of rubbish.
"Our men kept on firing. Jackson went
round the house to try and get in better
shot, and when he started TO turn around
he was shot in the leg between the knee
and the ankle. Jackson limped back to
where was, telling me he was shot,
and advised me to keep after them.
We stayed till dark. and procuring a
team brought Jackson to Visalia."
United States Marshal Gard and Burns
are in the hills waiting for a posse. Sheriff
Scott of Fresno County has been teIe.
graphed for.
The stone corral is seventeen and a half
miles from Visalia and is on the Hoffman
ranch. The distance from Wilcox Canyon
is three miles.
Charles Jordan and j. G. VanNoy as
sisted Hi Rapelje in bringing jackson to
Visalia.
They left at P NJ, arriving here at
II AS P. NJ. Jackson was made as COM
Portable as possible. The bed of the
wagon had nlenty of comforters, and the
wounded officer made no complaint on
the trip.
The wound is in the left ankle and the
bullet went through the limb, shattering
both bones.
DR.. Bernhard and assistant are now
working on the wound. 1t is thought that
jackson was shot with an explosive
cartridge, as part of the bones were shot
through the place where the ball came out
on the other side of the leg.
Gard and his posse worked at night, and
the residents in that portion of the country
were not aware of their presence in the
neighborhood.
As nothing has been heard of the ont
laws during the last week it goes to show
that Evans and Snntag were in Visalia on
last Wednesday night, and only returned
to their mountain haunts yesterday or TO-
day.
Sheriff Kay is at his ranch near Tulare
city, and the local officers may form a
posse to go with them.