The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-15
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 AT MODEST TRADES.
EDWARDS WAS TO BE MARRIED
Leader of the Allen Clan and Other Fugitive Are Manacled In ceMs of Des Monies Jail Awaiting
 the Officers.

Des Moines, la, Sept 14--sSidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan, which shot up the Carroll county court house at Hillsville, Va, March IA, killing Judge Massie and others, and his nephew, Wesley Edwards, tonight are manaeled in cells at the city jail as a result of love affairs winch led de- etcitves to them.
 Both have announced their willing ness to return to Virginia without requisition.
 Edwards. for the love of whom Miss Maude Iroler, of Mount Airy, N. C., had innocenlty led detectives to Des Moines, was captured tonight as he was returning to his boarding house. after having worked all day with paving gang.
 Just as he boarded street car, de- tectives and officers surrounded 1t. Edwards was trying to escape by crawling through the front end of the car when the officers caught him.
 The arrest of Sidna Allen was of fected earlier in the day. II "A visit by Edwards to Miss Iroler in her Virginia home about month ago and the accidental loss of let ter put the detectives on the trail. The fugitives had been in Des Moines since April x. Allen, under the name of Tom Sayre. worked as carpenter. and Edwards. under the name of Joe Jackson, was employed with a city paving gang
 Allen was arrested at the home of John Cameron at Eleventh and Locust streets, where he and his nephew had been rooming, by Detectives Baldwin, Lucas and Mundy, of Roanoke.
 The arrest was made few minutes after Miss Iroler stepped into the Cameron home to meet Edwards. whom she was to wed tonight. accord. ing to an arrangement made when he visited her in Virginia. Detective Lu- GAS was at her heels.
 Allen was in an upper room. When informed that visitors wanted to see him. he came down stairs. As he did so, Detective Lucas covered him with a revolver and asked him to surrender.
 Alien hesitated. then threw up his hands, saving as he did so. n guess I'm your man"
 Allen was handcuffed and placed under guard of city detectives. while Colonel Baldwin and Chief Jenney of the local department, 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 lroler arrived in Des MoineE this morning unaware that on her same train were detectives who want ed her sweetheart. She went straight to the Cameron home. having previous ly been provided with the address, and the officers followed:
 Although surprised, she took the ar rest of Allen and the capture Of Ed wards with little show of concern.
 Wesley was down home month ago.. she said We were to be mar ried. He gave me the money to come to this city anu this address l had no idea that any one was following me.
 Sidna Allen, in. his cell tonight talk ed freely of the events of the last months but declined to say much con corning his movements immediately after the court house tragedy. He and Edwards remained in the mountain country of Virginia and North Carolina for about a month and then got over into Kentucky, going to Louisville, where they spent several days. Their next stop was in St. Louis. where they remained week They had suf- ficient money Tor theis needs anu travelled as first class passengers.
 T don't know why We came to Des Moines. said Alien. unless 1t was that thought we would be safer here. Several years ago was in the kIon- dike and I figured that the officers would think l had gone back there. So We came to Des Moines and l got work as carpenter ana exSectsS to remain here until 1t was safe back home.
 T would have given myself up long ago if had thought we could get a square deal But see what they have done to Floyd, my hrnther. ana Claude
 Allen declared that the court house tragedy was the fault of the officers who. he said. began the shooting
 We heard few days before Floyd Aliens trial began that Sheriff Webb had bought hundred rounds of cnrt. ridges and had made the remark that he was going to show that Allen gang some real court but we did not ex-
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