People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1894 — EVANS GIVES UP. [ARTICLE]

EVANS GIVES UP.

The Famous Bandit and His Partner In in Crime, Morrell, Captured. Visalia, Cal., Feb. 21. Bandits Evans and* Morrell are now safely lodged behind the bars in the county jail here having surrendered to Sheriff Kay. A posse under the direction of Marshal Gard and Sheriff Kay went to Evans’ house at 3 a. m. Monday and lost no time in surrounding it It was learned that a woman named Mrs. Brighton was in the house together with Evans’ children, and an effort was made to get them out before making an attack to capture the outlaws. It was evident that the bandits were thoroughly frightened at the large force that had surrounded them. All varieties of firearms were brought into use and the posse was well prepared for the attack. Negotiations between the officers and Evans were carried on by letters delivered by the bandit's youngest son. Half the population of the town stood about the house at a safe distance while the proceedings were going on. Matters having been thoroughly arranged, Sheriff Kay paid a young man named Beeson to go into the house to get Evans’ children out. Beeson was admitted and it was some time before he came out. His presence, doubtless, had some influence with Evans, for it was not long afterward before he surrendered to the sheriff. Evans exhibited signs of his long confinement, and looked very rough Morrell showed no signs of fear, yet he seemed serious, and appeared to appreciate the condition of affairs. The citizens here feel greatly relieved since the capture of the two men. < The capture of the bandits will occasion much rejoicing throughout the state, for so long as they were at large the officers of the law knew that their robberies and murders would continue.