Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-21
Wife of Sidna Allen Killed while
Helping Reload Husbands
Rifles.
HARD FIGHT IN MOUNTAINS
Death List Of Courthouse Tragedy
Now Numbers Five.-Allen
Tries to Commit
Suicide

no days chase Of the Hisvlle raiders
"rodsht the death list Of the courthouse
tragedy and It's sequel up to five.
Sidna and Floyd Allen two OF the
chlefs of the band which rode down on
t"e Carroll county courhorsc yesterday
ana assassinated the iudg". the prose-
ou'or and the sheriff. are IN captivity.
hoth wounded severely Sidna Aliens
WHO is dead. shot in a pitched battle with
posse in the mountains while helping
'ond her outlaw husband.
| fhe fifth death was thnt of Nancy
Ayres. l9-ycar-old girl accidentally
shot during the fusillade in the court
house yesterday.
All the other members Of the gang
probably Is. are up I'm the mountains off
ward the North Carolina line. well arm
well supplied and determined not to
! 9 taken.
The storming of sldna Aliens house
! let" to-daE was the next thing to It BON
oardment. The posse truiled through the
| bush four miles ZIP the ridge and sur
unded hi cabin il u grove. Allen, eX-
ting their coming. was uarrlcaded well
supplied with rifles and ammunition which
had brought from a store IN WV, N he
80 d P"i ''lc'' from heiiN' stunli6,
Ms ana trees ana other natural fortress
50 OF the 'hountalnslde, tn posse bla2ed
at the mousse and Allen hlazed at the
'SSe as iaSt as the women or his fam
49, could reload his rifles. In a lull the
posse rushed the house broke down the
ors and found Aliens wife shot dead
and Allen himself eroaning in heap.
eeding rrofusely
oTLAW MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.
you got me because couldn't FIGHT No
longer" he is reported to have said IN
the men who brought him to Hillsville
ore dead than alive. Stat.'s Attorney.
neral Williams, W is h., to-day. de-
',e' mat "ldhA Aliens bullets killed
'"'H'e '' '"' re" Yesterday
~, -'iieh' 'h' cause or the tragedy
''Aeh 10 'he lookup this morning
ue' d "e"'E guard ana Immediately
""ippe" OUT pockethniie and slashed
"io"', ms wounds however are not
'S me" son N'c'or' capei Strick-
''''U anu h'iu Nia''oh were also locked
".'"osseS
''' WHO was W"'h'eu IN the
- NV 'Ni'.'e" 10 I'VE through 'he
"""'iN0 VI 'u' OTIS Name an"
.'- ','' are no' SERIOUS
','' .'' "."' III aneS a'''
'''''7 ',i ""H ',S"' 40 native let anon"
"N ""N'' .i'e'e "iou'@"l'
'u' ~ "d'N WIN 'ie -N'lch song loose
ca" o'e ~. ~ uc'er"NeS'
"'''o.' ia" ''"'"ep It"'sV'"e' joined a
~ "''"'H Si.''"'S from 'ie he'0"-
nv .1' ioou anu SET on up 'he mountain SIDE
o."ei parry VIM" "eh' , the h'r'h s'de
''0 ''uSe '''''4'" '''o Nlci' "'"se'
ma, PROBABLY is Partially true Sid
la Alien was part oWi'T oil the store
ana me gahF probably found supplies
JUDGE RESTORES CONFIDENCE.
With the arrival of helm confderc.
began TO take the Mace Of the terror
which prevailod ,,rros,raired for .,
hours. Judge Stonlos designate, nv
overnor Mann ,o coma hora .rd ho,1
had great influence
Early in the day n report came from
Mount Airy that the Allen gang had
raided hardware store there AND
stocked up with guns and bullets
court, took the bench and snr,norod
q special grand Jury 10 indict tho
murderers This ono act had moro IN
do with the restoration Of ouio, thor
any other. The REORGANIZATION of III,
court which was al hut yin.d on,
yesterday bv tho uorl, of ossae,,,,
ready.
! REPORTS have been coming down tho
mountain all dav thnt the outlaws have
recruited n big band for their defense
| Officers think this not unlikely A law
less eln1ent H. which +hn Al,ens u,a,.,