Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-16

to go to jail for year that the shoot
in began. There want no signals to
shoot, and l guess everybody who had
a gun used ii. So now, you have the
first story of the real cause for all
the trouble-it was because the boys
were handcuffed, and everybody knows
this amt fair. because a man whose
hands are chained together has no
chance to defend himself"
TELLS OF ESCAPE.
Allen then explained how in the eS-
element he escaped and found that
he and his nephew, Wesley Edwards,
we're together. They fed to the noun.
tains, where they eluded the many
armed posses sent TO hunt them down.
Allen says he and Edwards remained
in the mountains three weeks, dodg.
ing the authorities. and finally boarded
a train at Salsberry and left that sec
ton OF the country.
They went first TO Knoxville, thence
10 st. Louis and finally to Des MOines.
where Allen joined the carpenters un-
ion under an assumed name and oh
tanned employment Edwards also
found employment there under a diff
ferent name. 1t has been intimated
that Miss Iroler had purposely betray-
ed the whereabouts of the fugitives
for the reward offered. but il this is
so neither Allen nor Edwards believes
il.
Intelling of his arrest Allen insisted
they never would have been captured
had it not been for Edwards love for
the girl. He wanted TO 90 back to
see her and induce her to come to
Iowa and get married. I pleaded with
him not 10 go, but one day about a
month ago he slipped away from me
and later, when he returned, he told
me he had been to Mount Airy to
see Maud. He said he gave her $50
and that they would get married and
60 to the KIondike to live was
right, for you see We are both ar
rested
MONEY FURNISHES CLEW.
William Baldwin of the Baldwin
agency, who with H. II. Lucas and Os-
car Nunday, detectives, arrested the
men, admitted they obtained the first
clew because OF the money Edwards
| had given the girl A boy working
| for Miss Iroler's father stole the
money The girl told her father and
! he recovered $40. The detectives
/ learned of this and watched the girl
Last Wednesday. when she started
/ west, the detectives boarded the same
! train.
Edwards had given the girl direc.
tons how to find him and she led the
| detectives directly TO the boarding
| house where they were stopping. Al.
/ len was in his room and he offered lit.
/ tie resistance except 10 protest against
being handcuffed Edwards was cap
tured later on a street car. Both men
waived extradition papers and seemed
willing to accompany their captors
back TO the scene of the crime.
STILL DEFENDING HOME.
Oscar Muuday, one OF the men who
arrested Allen and Edwards. told al
interesting story Of how members OF
the family are still defending the
mountain hone Of Allen and Edwards
against all i1truders Munday SAID
that several weeks ago he was hiding
in the brush near Edwards home
when Luther, a 6-year-old brother o.
Wesley, happened 10 see him. The
little fellow went into the house anC
soon appeared with a double-barreleC
shotgun. Before Munday realized tht
youngsters intentions he had rested
THE gun on rail fence and pulled botf
triggers. This is no fairy tale" ex
planned NUnday, and I want TO tel
YOU the shot ratified through the brusi
mighty close TO my head and l lost NJ
time getting into the woods"