He was taken into custody and convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California. Evans was himself severely wounded at Stone Corral, having lost an eye and his left arm. Later, John Sontag was mortally wounded in what is called the Battle of Stone Corral. They had a shootout with a posse at the Young cabin which resulted in the death of Wilson, the posse leader, and McGinnis, a former friend of Chris Evans. The outlaws evaded capture for ten months. While Evans and Sontag hid out, writers Ambrose Bierce and Joaquin Miller championed their cause in the San Francisco Examiner.

After killing a member of a posse outside his home on the outskirts of Visalia, he fled to the Sierra Nevada mountains with his younger partner, John Sontag. Evans was accused of robbing the Southern Pacific Railroad in California between 18. Christopher 'Chris' Evans (1847 1917), a native of Bell's Corner near Ottawa, Canada, was an American farmer and teamster turned outlaw. Six black & white photographic illustrations. Crimson cloth over boards with gilt titles at the front panel and backstrip. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing. Were they heroes, villains, or ordinary citizens catapulted into sudden strife by forces which they could neither understand nor control?' (from the author's preface). (.) In the struggle to conquer the arid plains and the insolent railway, Chris Evans and John Sontag were destined to take prominent parts.

'This factual story about how Christopher Evans and John Sontag came to be the most wanted men in California in 1893 is also the story of life in the San Joaquin Valley at the turn of the century. Christopher Evans (1847-1917) and John Sontag (1862-1893) were known as 'The Visalia Bandits' for their alleged role in train robberies in California. Corners of boards and textblock bumped, textblocked bumped at the spine base, gutter neatly strengthened at the half-title, very good in good only dust jacket with creases on both panels as well as the foxed spine, and with short chips and tears at the folds with internal and external tape reinforcements there.

Prodigal Sons by Wallace Smith