Arizona republican., 1912-03-16
Sidna Allen, Head of Moon sinner Gang, Was Cap tured After Des-
 perate Fight
TRAGEDY COSTS
 LIVES OF FIVE
Two Women Are Dead and One of the Wounded Jurors Can Live
 But Brief Time
.ISSocidfcd Press DiSPdichl

HILLSNILLE. Va. March 1j.-The end of the days chase of the Hills vile raiders brought the death list of the courthouse tragedy and it's se- quel up to five. Sidna and Floyd Allen. the two chiefs of the band which rode down on the Carroll county courthouse yesterday and as sassinated the judge. prosecutor and sheriff. are in captivity-bOth wound ed severely Sidna Aliens wife is dead. having been shot today in
 pitched battle with a posse in the mountains while helping to defend
 her outlaw husband
 The fifth death is that of Nancy Ayers. aged 19 years, the girl who
 was accidentally shot during the fu
 sillade at the courthouse yesterday. All the other members of the gang. probably eighteen. are up in the mountains toward the North Carolina line, we'll armed and we'll supplied, and determined not to be taken. The storming of Sidna Aliens house late today was the next thing to q bombardment. The posse trailed through the brush four miles up to ridge and surrounded the cabin in | a grove Allen, expecting their com ! ing. was baTricaded and we'll supplied with rifles and ammunition, which | had been bought from d store in | which he was d partner From be- 1 hind stumps. rocks, trees and other | natural shelters of the mountainside. | the posse blazed at the house, and | Allen blazed at the posse as fast as | the women of the family could reload the rifles In | hull. the posse rushed the house and broke down the doors. ! They found Aliens wife dead and Allen himself grooming in heap and
 bleeding profusely.
 You got me because I could not
 fight any longer" he said to the men ] who brought him to Hillsville more | dead than alive. Attorney General
 Williams of Virginia here today de-
 cIared Sidna's bullets killed Judge
 Massie.
 Floyd Allen. the cause of the trag-
 edy. was taken to the lookup this
 morning under heavy guard. He ! immediately whipped out a pocket knife and slashed his throat. His
 wounds. however. are not serious. AL
 lens son. Victor, Cabell Strickland
 and Byrd Marion are locked up as 1 witnesses. Juror Fowler. wounded
 in the firing, is not expected to live through the night. The wounds of Jurors Kane and Wordell and Clerk GOad are not serious.
 Tonight the man hunt is in abey-
 ance waiting for daylight. No native. let alone a stranger. will travel the mountain roads in the dark with the Allen gang loose With the arrival of help early today confidence began to take the place of terror which had prevailed for twenty-four hours. Judge Staples designated by the gov ernor to hold court. took the bench land summoned as special jury to ln- dict the murderers. This one act had more to do with the restoration of quiet than any other. The report
 that the Mount Airie gang raided a hardware store and loaded up with
 arms and ammunition is probably true Sidna Allen is part owner ot
 the store. Reports have been com ling down from the mountains all
 day that the outlaws have been re
 cruited by a big band for defense Officers think this not unlikely. Tn. lawless element. of which the Aliens were ringleaders, has ruled the mountain fastnesses for years. It Is d saving among revenue officers tha' | every pine tree shelters an hhci still The battle between law ah'
 crime is sure to draw recruits here Tonight guard of mountain sharp ? shooters surrounds the jail, ready toi r an attempt to take the prisoners The outlaws could not have plcke' d better time to make stand aSaihS
 pursuers. Every mountain brook IS l creek. every creek river HeaV! ' rains last week melted the snow' ant n the roads have been washed out t bridges carried away. and the muu
 knee deep.