After the murders the Gang crossed over Pacheco Pass, and went into hiding at a camp in the mountains above Corralitos. While in hiding, the gang frequented Watsonville where the local secessionists continued to shelter them as they made periodic raids up and down the San Joaquin Valley. They held up a stage on the road from Watsonville to Visalia, killing three men and vowing to slay every Republican they would meet. Under the pretense of being Confederate guerrillas, the gang terrorized Monterey County and the nearby counties for the next several months.