The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-10
CHRIS EVANS FOUND.
His Hut and Supplies in q
Deep Canyon Captured
he ESCAPES BY RUNNING.
TIE Bsndstss Arss1siai Hasa Bsesght
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VIII BE Tsksa Sees.

FsxsSo, Cal. Feb. a-Judging from
news resolved from the mountains Of Tu-
Iare, the course Of the notorious bandit
Chris Evsns and his partner Ed Morrell
Will soon be run. About O'Clock
Tuesday evening part of Sheriff SCOTS
posse surprised Evans and Morren At one
Of thsir hiding places between Camp Bad
GER and Sequoia Mills. and the bandits sho
had done 20 much boasting. fed hastily La
the;r shirt sleeves, not even taking time
20 fire shot at their pursusrs. The OH
GERS Who discovered the bandits were Ia
r. Timmins, Win Henry. Ed Mics and
p. r.. Peck.
When they came upon the cabin
Evans Was reading . paper. pausing TO
laugh with Morrcli over som ething that
seemed funny. which was aftsrward
found 20 bs an account Of their own
doings. Leaving Henry and Miles
on guard, Peck and Timmins
crawlsd down the canyon about 100
yards In order to cross TO the
other side and get . cross-fre on the cabin,
and In doing so they accidentally made
noise, which either caught Evans quick
ear. or else the action Of . pet cat
which they had there gave them
The alarm. Evans csms out OF
the door and Immediately dartcd
back into the cabin. emerging . moment
later with ride in hand. 1t was then that
Henry fred A Evans aud Morreli
dartsd into crevics q. the side of the
cabin Henry sud Miles fired upon them.
slant, and when 10 cleared away the
bandits had disappeared. The bandits
were In the shelter OF the rocks and could
have picked off the officers II they had not
been % frightened. The cabin whore tho
incident occurred 10 . quarter Of mile
above the trail between Badger and
6equoia. Il IL lined with newspapers
having accounts Of tho movements and
doing Of Evans and sontag, and was prob
ably built by those bandits last year.
After the encounter at Slick Rock last
Sunday Sheriff Scott went at once TO
Camp Badger. and with posse and two
others engaged in the vicinity took the
trail and persistentiy pursued 1t. The
posse engaged in scouting tina terri
tory above Camp Badger was CON-
posed Of two squads acting In con-
cert. One party was searching the thick
growth Of manxanita chspparel and scrub
oak that makes such . tangled mat Of
those hilisidss that Il IL almost impossible
TO crawl through IL. The squads found .
marrow trail that had boon cut out
where the growth was thinnest.
and, finding tracks there, they
knew at once that they were on
trail Of the bandits, as they were satisfied
they were IN the vicinity. This narrow
trail was cut ont underneath tho bushes,
% that the officers had 20 crawl to get
through. About . quarter Of mile from
Camp Badger road they broke through
this tangled brush. and a. they did so
VIII Henry saw Evans and Morreii, In
their shirt siesves. Logging Il away from
. well-hid hut under the cliff into o eopse
on the other side Of tho canyon. They
fired three shots after them without effect.
Further pursuit at the time was impossi-
bic. II being dark. 90 the officers investi-
gated the hiding place Of the bandits.
The cabin. which IL hid under an
ovs-hanging rock and by tho scrub
growth, was built OF rough Lumber, evil
IDENTIFY obtained from Moore & Smiths
mill by some sympathixcr and brought to
the proper point on the grade and packed
down 10 the bottom Of the canyon. In II
ttfSy t8tu0 oAnoAHhst IubbSF anu GtOtA
oyercoais and over 500 rounds Of ammuni-
ton and large quantity of provisions.
They also found Evans false hand, which
the bandit claimed was Of so much service
To him. The fucitives managed to get
away with their Winchester, but
all the ammunition they had was that
in their belts. Alter taking possession of
the ammunition left by the bandits the
cabin was destroyed. The posse resumed
the trail tho following morning. and fol-
lowed the bandits to Estrom valley, across
il and up the mountains. and u is almost
certain they will be run down within day
or so.
sheriff Scott arrived this morning from
Reedley, bringing with him Evans false
arm. IL il . very ingenious contriyance
and was m ade in New York. and mnss
undoubtedly have been of great assist
ance to Evans. Both the elbow
joint and thumb are movable, and the
hand can be taken of and fork put on
instead. There was also gripping at.
tachment. enabling Evans 20 handle tools.
Other articles found in the cabin not be-
fore mentioned are ten sticks Of dyna-
mite, which the officers threw in q well,
and bottle Of strychnine.