Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-15

Lew NeDD, tntS mace SllaHlpleS
! of 4 Virginia court OF justice: they
nave Il price on their heads; they are
| fugitives from the stern hand OF the
law. Bur these are mere tri1eS 10
lrhe gaunt moun1aineerS. beside the
| facI thai in their murder they wound
ed some Of the Fowler. Faddis, Kane.
Hewlett, Marshall and Worrell fam
lilies. Clans today remembered long
smouldering enmiIy against the AL
lens. and took TO the trails. wet and
SLIPPERY with warm spring rains, with
long rifles carelessly hooked under
their armpils.
Meanwhile seventeen OF the Allen
clan tall, mirthless men, with the
barrels OF their guns still Sullied by
the powder with which they turned
Judge Massie's court into bloody
arena-hurried through the lone
some woods toward the North Caro-
llina border and friends Of their own
lawless caliber.
Two score detectives. men who
wear the same cOw-hide shoes, lhe
same blue flannel shirts, and shoot
with the same deadly accuracy be-
cause they come from The feudiSr
country, started in their pursuit.
Over along The North Carolina bor-
der Il score Of miles from HillSville.
sheriiI'S posses guard the mountain
PASSES and he foothills. watching
for the Aliens.
a hundred miles away, ready in
isIalIly TO cnGrain were two cOmpan-
les OF Virginia militia. held by GOV.
Mann's order for possible mountain
warfare.
Sidney Allen is believed 10 have
been wounded. bun got away with
his clan
Floyd Allen WAS The m0uniainccr
whose trial ami sentence tn Il year ;
Imprisonment by Judge MasSie start
ed he trouble. He is bcwhiskered
powerful man. who boasts that he
carries rhTIceu bullcI holes in his
body, tivc-lhirlccnthS the work Of his
brothers, against whun hr waEed Il
irud at one time.
His brothers are Sidney and Jack,
both hewn out Of the same unyield-
ing mountain stock. Sidney is now
under sentence Tor alleged perjury in
connection wilhN Il cOunterfeltlnS
case. Jack is the Youngest brother.
These three dcsperadOes. with 4
Of like ilk. did The killing yesterday,
and all save Floyd Allen escaped 10
The mountains.
They left bloody trail Of wound,
ed as well as dead in the shOotin g
that followed Floyds murder OF
Judge Massic Clerk Dexter Goad.
Jurors Faddis. Fowler and Kane;
and \. T. Hewlett, Bruce Marshall,
and Stuart WorreIl. spectators in
the court room. were struck in the
hail OF bullets.
On his way 10 Pulaski today. .fndge
Staples declared his belief that there
would be disorders at Hillsville.
The shooting was deplorable, but
il is all over for the present" he de-
| clared. Those who did the shooting
are no longer near Hillsville. When
they are captured later. there will
probably be some excitement and
state troops may be needed TO pre-
vent the mountaineers from taking
insrice in their own hands. | believe
that the Allen following is much in
the minority. and that 1000 real men
will be found trailing down the Grim
inals-not from cupidity for the 81
| 900 reward. bur from just sense ol
INDIGNATION that lawlessness has SO
! ihrazenly ravaged their court OF JUS
tice.
Washington. March l3.-That the
Federal authorities may take hand
| in the man hunt in the Virginla-No.
Carolina mountains for the Allen
clan, murdercrs of Judge Massie, AT
torney Foster and Sheriff Webb. was
intimated here today. AT the De-
partment of Justice it was stated that
if Sidney Allen attempts 10 jump the
bail under which he is nov at liberty
Federal agents will try TO retake him
Allen is on bail pending an appeal
from The Atlanta Federal court which
convicted him OF perjury in Z coun-
tcrfeiting case.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR COOL