The evening world., 1912-03-16
FIVE Lives THE TOLL
COURT TRAGEDY.

rour lives nave already been lost IN
the deadly game the gaunt moun-
taineers play. A NTH may be added
to-day. az Juror Fowler 10 unconscious
and physicians hold out no hope for his
recovery. Up TO to-day m~ountalneers'
bullets had claimed:
Judge Thornton l.. Massie. Common.
wealth's Attorney william Foster.
Sheriff Lew Webb. and Miss Betty
Ayers.
Partly accountable for this toll Of
death. under . make-shift shsrif's
guard night and day. are Ave men-ons
OF them wounded: Floyd Allen. brother
Of Sid Allen. chief OF the gang: Victor
Allen. Fioyd's n Cabsl Strickland.
Bud Marion and r. Moore.
Encouraged by their success In taking
the recognized leader OF the clan the
Detectives to-day determined to push
forward into tho heart Of the noun.
tains. Reports received here to-day led
them to believe that the outlaws were
bidlng their time. awaiting the hattie.
In n Of their mountain passes. Watch
ers on North Carolina border do not
believe the men have come over the
line. except. II 10 believed. for ~repisulsh-
In their supply Of ammunition.
Law and order. all semblancs Of which
was swept away Thursday with the
dissemination Of Judge. sheriff and
prosecutor. reigns In Carroll again to-
day. Judge Staples designatsd by Gov.
Mann TO r~eorGanise the dead Judge
Nassie's court. arrived late yesterday
accompanied by A~ttorney.o General WILL
iams and took charge of the situation.
He 1T once summoned . Grand Jury,
which sat to-day to lndict the guilty
Tor the murders In the court room here.
All Of last night a heavy guard
watched the jail to prevent an attempt
TO rescue the prisoners.
GID ALLEN, OUTLAW CHIEF,
escAPgD oFFicERs.
PULASKI. Va. March is.-H,isvil,e
has practically been u OF from COM
m~unication since early to-day. A long
distance telephone message from there
just received here. however. declares
that the reports fsom the mountains
yesterday OF the arrest of sidna Allen
and the killing OF his wife. proved er.
roneous and that the outlaw. with his
brother. Jack. n their clan. II still at
large. OrGanised hunt for the MUIR
derers Of the Carroll County court on
GERS began In earnest to-day.
All sorts Of wild run,ors were current
In Hillsville last night. A~ttorney-Gen-
sral Williams received = report OF the
capture ~ 6idna Allen. sorely wounded.
and transmitted II to Gov. Mann al
Richmond. Communication between
Hilisville and the secluded mountain
country where the Allsna have theii
humble homes is exceedingly difficult.
A score OF private detectives swept In,
to the country yesterday and rumori
Of captures and killings soon began Il
litter back into town. They came b,
word Of mouth and through the myster
ious wireless methods Of the noun
tains. organised principally to tell o
the advent Of a revenue officer into
"moonshine'' district.
Reports over the one wire leadinI
into Hiilsviils to-day were TO the ef
feet that Sidna Allen had not been 10
Gated and 10 presumed to be with hi
clan. II IL now definitely known tina
the number Of outlaws engaged in tn
courtroom shooting was ten. II ha
been reported that the Aliens were re
inforced after their retreat into In
mountains, however. and the author
ties probably have twenty or thirt
armed and determined men to des
with.
STAIN ON STATE MUST sE
ANlREn allY