The Inquiry convicted Evans of "blending his public and private concerns" and recommended he be officially reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy. Reports of the Evans Inquiry were widely carried in local and national newspapers of the era. For "blending public and private concerns" Evans was sentenced by the court to receive a reprimand from the Secretary of the Navy. Isaac Hull reported Evans was thought to be suffering a "derangement." Secretary of the Navy Smith Thompson possibly with Evans mental state in mind, reduced the recommended reprimand to a warning. The Evans Inquiry and testimony deeply divided the navy yard workforce for the next decade. Captain Evans remained in command of the New York Navy Yard Brooklyn Navy Yard until his death, which occurred at the navy yard as he boarded the , on 2 June 1824, from a ruptured blood vessel while going up the gangway of the frigate.