The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-18
DOES NOT THINK
THAT RELATIVES
WILL SURRENDER
Brother Jasper Allen Says
Relatives Could Not
Get Fair Trial
.SIDNA MAY ATTEMPT
TO GET TO ALASKA
Has Lived There and in Hon
olulu-Insanity Is AL
ready Being Urged As
Floyd's Defense
BY BENNETT II. LAMB.

by DC NNGtb ne @V"Os
HvILsVtLLE, March 17.-Pso.
ola who know Floyd Allan dsclars
his mind has BEEN affected since
siaht with his brother Jack sew.
sraI years ago.
They say he will psad Insan'ty
when brought 70 trial.
sidna Alien. according 70 all &C.
counts, 10 an unusual man.
Hs spent some time IN Alaska
and Honolulu. whore he made
money in speculation.
Jasper {Jaek) Allen, who 10
brother Of Sidna and Floyd. but
who 10 said not to have been in
veivsd in the tragedy, made 4
statement tonight on behalf Of the
Aliens.
Brother Makes Statement.
At his homo. seven miles from
HiIisviiis, he said: II am greatly
surprised and shocked At what has
happsnsd. ! do not think my
brothers had made any plot or
pian. When | saw Sidna, the night
az the shooting, he told me no
knew nothing Of any trouble b..
forshand, and was surprissd him
self, when the shooting began IN
the court room.
"Under the circumstances, do
not believe my relatives will give
themselves up. for am not sure
that they would get fair trial
in Carroll county. Ny brother,
Sidna, was wounded when he pass
Cd nv house Thursday night. and
was alone. | do not know whore
he has gone, and have received no
word from him since. shall not
try to advise them about giving
themselves up. They must do ~
they think best"
Will Never Surrender.
'Sid ALLEN VIII never surrender
said r. l.. Jones', of Mount Airy, N
c., deputy sheriff Of Surry, whe
came to Hillsville today. Jones mar
ried niece OF Floyd Allen
Il believe the other men will sur
render II surrounded, but Sidna never
will. Sid Is hiding in the mountains
/ don't believe he has left this sec
ton. He hopes. to tire posse out In
their hunt, and then he can breathe
easier. The mountains are covered
with laurel. and ii would be easy fol
4 man to hide away for long time
"Wnen this eases mp Sid win quietly
move away. probably for Alaska. Sic
ia a kind and generous husband aiiC
Drawn by Tee Of Blood.
II Just believe that Floyd started
all Of this trouble and once 1t begal
tho others held by ties of blood wer'
drawn into IT Floyd Is man Of VIC
lent temper, when angry he know
no sounds. . I believe he sta fted tlfsi
trouble in Il terrible At OF anger AM
didn't realize the consequence Of hi
acts"
MIR. Jones says Sid. Aliens famii,
are greatly distressed over the shoot
Ing. Sheriff Jones said the robber,
of the creed store at Mount AIRY, n
c.. was uole by two boys, one Of
whom has been captured. and the
are not acquainted with the Aliens.
Among the reports is one that tw,
men have heen seen. making their wa,
through the mountains to Christians
burg. Detective Felts says these ar
not the men he u after and Felts, wh'
10 acquainted with every foot 0
here, ought to know. An
other story ID that Stdna Allen ha
himself a. q woman and
slipping away.
Attorneys Endorse TOmpkins.
Carroll county bar met this morning
and endorsed w. II. Tompkins 10
judge to succeed Judge Massie. Mr.
Tompkins seems to think II the viii
OF the people indicated he would &C
cept. The people In Hiilsville. Car
roll county, think he II the man TO
the place. .
M. rompkins II not popular will
the Aliens. against whom be appear
ed a. witness last year. when mem
bers OF the Allen family were charget
in the Federal courts at Greensboro
N. c.. on counterfeiting charges. !
ID said that Mr.. Tompkins and on,
other man were the only ones Of |
doxen witnesses who dared question
the character Of thA Aliens.
Others who were called ~ wit
nesses II the time appeared In court
but refused to say anything damaging
to the Allena. This II the time the Al
lens we're prepared to clean OUT N,
court In case any one Of them "a
sentenced.
One OF the reports current hers 10
night u that members Of the Alles
clan have said since tho sh0otinl
Thursday that there are Ton. mon
men they wish to get before they ~
killed or are forced 10 leave tAe oonIA
try.
These msn are James DarlH ehie
deputy. George n EAwax4 Dexte
0oad. county 0iogk, ana wa xoaAD
kinA who v1ll - Aaaasd - 3aAAo.