[1][2] Evans worked in Baltimore, Maryland as a journalist and wrote books on conjurer tricks and magic.

[1][3] He was a critic of spiritualism and theosophy and exposed the fraudulent tricks of mediums.

[4] Evans contributed to the book Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography which received a positive review by the psychologist Joseph Jastrow.

[7] Houdini had originally planned to write a book known as History Makers in the World of Magic; however, he gave up on this idea and handed over the material he had written to Evans, who was also working on a similar book of his own.

[9] Evans worked on a scrapbook that contained matters dealing with spiritualism and trickery.