The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-30
Freel Says His Uncle S
and Cousin Yves. Wit
Fight to Death
CONSPIRACY SHOWNs
BY HIS STATEMEl
The Remaining Fugitivesl
Well Armed, but Lac
of Provisions Causes "a
Them Annoyance
BY JOSEPH J. o.NEIr1.

HlLl~SVlLLE, VA, March 4DS614
will DO battle to tho DEATH IfaJ
detectives ever take Us back ~ IN
vile. 1t will be in wagon, with
toes turned up and our boots on.
there will be- some OF them tn 4
same wagon.
Neither of us expect to 50 -
or family again. We have thrG9
volvers and pump gun. and p1G
OF ammunition II we are sighted NA
will shoot to kill. We win n0vag Ue
render" sSaSzz
| This message from sidna Allan n,
Wesley Edwards was brought
town this afternoon by Freel Al)em
girlish-looking lad Of Is, who I'd b4[
hiding out in the mountains usook 81
the time since the court house elAUu
ter. He wac captured today unNae
ingly, hiding In the carriage house ~
hind his fathers home. eight rnllN3
away from here. He loft his ue1l
Sidna and his cousin Wesley tNMM
nights ago because. as he expressed
he was plum starved out"
| Tells OF the Pi0e.
| In addition to the ttltltng dedAN4
he brought In the grave and I'm .OxtA4#
news that lne court house axlsI~txl 3
reAity wxs THO result ct = consssaEn e. -
tnAt tins Aiien1 Planned " II eata i
and that Siuna Allen and w estey RI
WaTos, At ieaSas Aoo taseaI sAsssAseess ssSz55&
iected. ssS
in addition to the thrilling dOflane
under sneiyed rock. ana n.AAMx III
the iaurels and IVY" said Freel - ~
detectives, Uncle Sidna said ~ A
killed his man. That was Judge
sic. Cousin Wesley allowed thats
mad killed Will Foster. the p-osocufe
Uncle Slu told me and Wesley ~ e.
emptied his pistol three times - &
that what he was trying to do wAa
kill the Judge, the jurors ana
whole d---n push. He and We ~
they had made It up beforeNoa
Uncle Sid was TO get Judge
Yves was to shoot al Win Foef0ys
some OF the others OF our crowd
to kill Sheriff Webb and Dex Ct
the clerk aaSs3
when Freel left the others On wv
nesday night. they were In =
rugged section of the mountains
| about twenty-one miles sOuthWe4&X
here. They had been there
eight or nine days. ready Tor ~
at any moment. Every ni&he
they had made was close ~
trunk Of fallen tree. whtcA
might use as a breastworas ~
tect them. and as a resting piAce
their weapons. -, r....,-
i The little fellow believes th1x
yond doubt they win both do
ing So do the observation-disclosures
a grimmer look than ever O4S
! faces of the mountain scouts 49,
out OF here this evening to n.
comrades, who were In the 04
vicinity of where the deGpogM
!. we're last seen. II was nctlco
1a.sIn.e sf. the SCOUTS. Shock k11a<6
assistants, who remained oAhSm(S
with friends whom they hayN
since they came TO tn t494
Some Of them may ntS come
alive. Ta&
It is probable, according a C
Tom Felts. OF the detective
/ that Allen and Edwards h<N
moved away. but win make
stand where they are. This I'll
called No Mans Land. EteeA
ia house within Ave -Falt0g cS
camp. and the laurel and NJ
are 80 dense that . ssarcA
scarcely make his way UP -
tain side afcot.
The fight may be In the
after night may be tomok3
cannot. in any event. ~
ferred. sss s!|s3
i Frssi u hut ! -
/ Freel Allen. the prtsonar 1GS
Is the son and idol Of J4S&
brother Of Floyd ana Gidnn
accused OF having dred ne&eg
In the courthouse. and
nounced by mis- cousin Claude
tervtew this morning 10 49,
mnrksman Of the whole C1n,
ID far from a desperate l0ok
acter. He h dark conplA11a
cheeks. and has the dark
OF all the Allen tribe. H4a
eighteen years old. anout u M
inches high. and weighs. "a
Is pounds In fortnisht ek
His manner ana nOeach nl1