Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-17
BETRAYED HERLOVE
AND OLD SID ALLEN
ON WEDDING NIGHT
Miss Maude Iroler, Betrothed
to Wesley Edwards limo
Gently Led Detectives to
HilISyiIIe FugitiveS
tBy Assoeiated press.)

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sidna Allen. leader of the Allen clan,
which shot up the Carroll county court
house at Hillsville, Va. March IL kill
/ ing Judge Massie and Others and his
nephew, Wesley Edwards, tonight are
manacled in cells at the city Jail as
result of love affairs which led de-
tectives to them. Both have announced
their willingness to return to Virginia
without requisition.
Edwards. for the love of whom Miss
Maude Iroler. of Mount Airy. N. c.,
\ had innocently led detectives to Des
Afoines. was captured tonight as he was
4 returning TO his boarding house after
having worked all day with a paving
gang. Just as he boarded a street
car detectives and officers surrounded
it. Edwards was trying to escape by
crawling through the front end of the
car when the onlcers caught him. The
arrest of Sidna Edwards was effected
earlier in the day.
I A visit by Edwards to Miss Iroler
/ in her Virginia home about a month
ago and the accidental loss of a
letter. put the detectives on the trail
since April 2s. Allen. under the name
of Tow Sayre, worked as a carpenter,
and Edwards. under the name of Joe
Jackson. was employed with city paw
ing gang.
ON EVE OF WEDDING.
Allen was arrested at the home of
John Cameron at Eleventh and Lo-
Gust streets, where he and his nephew
had been rooming, by detectives Bald
win. Lucas and Mundy, of Roanoke. The
arrest was made a few minutes after
Miss Iroler stepped into the Cameron
home to meet Edwards, whom she was
TO wed tonight. according to an arrange
ment made when he visited her in Vir-
ginia. Detective Lucas was at her
heels. Allen was in an upper room.
When informed that visitors wanted to
see him. he came downstairs.
COVERED BY GUN.
! AS he did so Detective Lucas COW
cred him with a revolver and asked
him to surrender Allen hesitated, then
threw up his hands, saying as he did
so:' Il guess I'm your man." Allen
was hancuffed and placed under a guard
of city detectives while Colonel Bald
win and chief Jenneys OF the local de-
partment.. went in search OF Edwards,
who was said to be at work in the
western part of the city. Apparently
Edwards heard that his uncle had been
captured, because he was not to be
found until tonight.
Miss Iroler arrived at Des Moines
this morning unaware that on her
same train were detectives who want
ed her sweetheart She went straight
to the Cameron home. having previously
been provided with the address. and
the officers followed.
-,. WHAT GIRL SAID.
Wesley was dewn home a month
ago" she said I'VE were to be married.
He gave me the money to come to this
\ city and this address. l had no idea
that anyone was following -me."
Sidna Allen, in his cell tonight talked
freely of the events of the last few
months but declined to say much con-
corning his movements Immediately
after the courthouse tragedy. He and
Edwards remained in the mountain
country of Virginia and North Caro-
/ lima for about a month, and then got
over to Kentucky, going to Louisville,
where they spent several days. Their
next stop was in st. Louis, where they
remained a week. They had sufficient
money for their feeds and Travelled as
| first-clsss passengers.
II don't know why we came to Des
Afoines,'. said Allen, unless l thought
we would be safer here. Several years
/ ago I was in the Klondike and fig
ured that the officers would think I
had gone back there. So 1 came to
Des Moines and 1 got work as car
penter and expected to. remain here
until 1t was safe back home.
AS TO HILLSvILLE.
II would have given myself up long
ago if l had thought we could get
square deal. But see what they have
done to Floyd, my brother. and Claude"
! Allen declared that the courthouse
/ tragedy was the fault of the officers,
who, he said. began the shooting.
1--WE heard a few days before Floyd
Aliens trial began that Sheriff Webb
had bought a hundred rounds of cart
ridges and had made the remark that
he was going to show that Allen gang
some real court but we did not expect
have been any if the officers had not
begun it,"
DENIES THREATS.
Allen denied that after. the tragedy
he had ever sent threats TO the Off
GERS
! The trouble in the courthouse came
as unexpectedly as anything ever
could" he continued. Floyd Allen was
on trial The evidence was over
whelmingly in his favor Yet they con-
victed him.
Il started away from Hillsville the
night Of the trouble. The officers were
once within fifteen feet of me, but
they cid not know it. l thought for
while / would so back, but when l
heard there were orders out to shoot
me on sight, 1 decided I'd better get
out of that country.
/ Il was writing when the detectives
came today. / had heard that Wesley
and the girl were to be married and
! that she was coming here. If he hadn't
/ beech a blamed fool and gone back to
| Virginia and dropped that letter We
wouldn't be in this fix tonight /
don't blame the girl. l don't know
her. but her mother, Mrs. Frank Oriler,
was cnce my sweetheart Is
/ Allen was much interested as-to what
would be- the reception of himself and
Edwards when they returned home. The
two men were subjected to the Bertil-
lon measurements tonight.