The Caucasian., 1911-07-30
MRS. LOU ALLEN is SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEARS IN THE
PENITENTIARY.

This sympathy is not maudlin, nor
is it prompted in sensational sense,
but it is felt for woman who yield
ed to weakness which may be
termed avarice, or the excessive love
of gain.
Unfortunately Mrs. Allen is not
the only woman who has failed to
resist and overcome the greed for
money.
In her case there was only one
verdict the jury could reach, and it
was guilty as charged. This verdict
was responsive to the evidence and
the facts presented were incontro-
Nertible.
Against Mrs. Allen and her hus-
band there were two indictments by
the Grand Jury. AS her husband was
mot implicated he was found not
guilty.
The indictments were for attempt
to extort money and other things of
value. The intended victim was
Mrs. Filiquier, with whom Mrs. Lou
Allen had been intimate for years
Indeed, Mrs. Allen was familiar with
almost all the affairs of. Mrs. Fill
Suier, and when she schemed the
s'black hand" demand she felt as
sured of success. II was the inter-
position of Mr.. Charles Horne which
frustrated the well laid scheme that
euIminated in the arrest and the
conviction of Mrs. Allen.
The very thought of the threat to
3bduct the child of Mr.. Horne and
1he grandchild of Mrs. Filiquier II
The demand for the money, five hum
sired dollars, was not complied with
as revolving, and il is not singular
xhat Mrs Filiquier and Mr.. and Mrs
Horne We're kept fn great suspense
and misery until the plot had been
developed.
If there is crime which is the
equal of assassination, if it be not
greater. it is to abduct or steal a
, child from its parents.e
In murder there may be some
Erovocation, but TO plan to steal a
child or to steal it deliberately for
the purpose of having it ransomed
Tor a stated price in money, is alb
Alcrrent.
Imagine, If possible, the feeling Oh
She mother and the father, but espe-
ciaIly the mother who has been sc
threatened.
The crime of child stealing and the
threats to steal child, is of foreign
<Crigin, but it has been attempted
successfully in many instances by
indiyiduals not foreign born, in
their greed for money.
The conviction of Mrs. Lou Allen
must have a good effect not only inI
this section of the country, but
throughout other states. Besides, It'll
rs demonstration of the possibility
sof melting even-handed justice re-
zgarsiless of the standing or the
means of the accused.
The trial of Mrs. Lou Allen was
Eair, and the jury was composed of
znen of more than average intelli-
gence, and with three of the ablest
4of attorneys who exercised all their
ingenuity and skill as lawyers, it is
moi possible for Mrs. Allen to offer
any reasonable complaint of her
conviction.
Had she been guiltless, as was evil
aIonced in the case of her husband
tried jointly with her, she too would
have been acquitted.
In the face of the overwhelming
evidence of guilt which could not
be controverted, the jury would
have been recreant to their sworn
duty and to their oa.n if they had
failed to return the verdict of
guilty.
AN incident occurred preceding
She sentencing OF Mrs. Lou Allen
which may be narrated briefly. The
court room had been jammed from
an early hour by individuals waiting
10 hear the sentence by the court
The motion for new trial, which
was 0verruled, was about to be ar
gued when Judge Bell directed Dep
Nty Otis to announce that sentence
on Mrs. Allen would be passed at
some later hour, when the crowd re-
tired and left the court room vacant
excepting the Judge and the officers
Of the court, few attorneys and
newspaper men. Motion for a new
trial having been overruled, Mrs
Leu Allen attended by her husband
and her two sisters was called into
'court and sentenced. This is con-
'sideration by Judge Bell which was