The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-30

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Elankets and slickers to cover NJ
I'VE were. there Sunday morning
Vaen the posss raided the Edwards
] hpnoe. They came within two hun.
1re6 yards at N. and Yves ana
wanted to get away. but Gncte Sid
40 zee ~ they win have to come
pfetty close, and II they come that
elooo we will open up on them. III
-. ..vv Ssh v VS. i Nv 'des Free, was
asked.
Prcfer Death % Capture.
'fis thought he would. kill all he
Ueu1d, and die right there II he had
%. He and Yves talked this over.
they agreed they had rather be killed
than captured. But the detectives did
not Gee M
after they wen, away ives got a
~ ot food. . left there at mid
night and crossed tne mountains. aad
vent away over from Fancy Gap be-
what they call No Mans Land. We
were Tar away from any relatives or
01enAs over there.
'.At daylight Monday Uncle sio
Went out forasing. He was the one
that most always got the supply. He
would not even let ~ get water from
the springs. He was pretty careful.
This time he got . big sack full OF
crackers and some butter and some
sugar. That b what We had to live
ON until two nights ago.
Then ] left them. was plumb
efarw4d out and feeling pretty bad.
and thought I'd strike In where
could get square meal.
Captain Felts here asked the boy
what 6ldnA Aliens idea was: whether
~ could evade or night OF the entire
torce OF detectives.
\ reckon he thought he could
N1ther get away or die. When I quit
him and went. he said to me, Boy.
Pen are making bad istake.' Il don't
think Uncle Sid or Yves think there
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While you all were laying out In
tAAF mountains you had a good many
conAdenttni talks, didn't youe- asked
Captain FeIfs what did your Uncle
lid and Wesley say about the shoot
tng IN the court, and the men they
had picked out to KIM"
Mad NJ the Judge.
Unclic Sid said he had shot three
loads OF bullets. He said ne intended
- XIII ~ many a. ne could. He had
made UP his mind to kill Judge Mas
sie. He was mad at the Judge for con-
ytcttng Uncle Floyd. and for prose-
outing Uncle sidna himself at various
timeA. He did lot of shooting. He
/ even shot at some man thar was
running across the courthouse green.
! asked him why he did this. He
4 aid he just reckoned they were run
ming and they needed shooting at"
The boy himself had to laugh at
this quaint phrase.
Cousin Wesley said he had ma de
up 20 shoot at VIII Foster. He was
mad because Foster had prosecuted
Uncle Floyd and himself
why did they try to shoot Dexter
Goad?" was asked.
We'll, 1 reckon they all knew II
there was any shooting done he
would kilt some Allen. He is a GOOD
shot and n fighting man.
Il never heard any talk about a
conspiraby before went to the court
house that day. and did not have a
weapon while ! was hiding out with
my uncle and cousin"
Do you think they will ever sur
render?"
NO. l am sure they will die with
their boots on; they won't give up
even IL they are covered by rifles
Uncle Sid won't. surely"
Freel was taken this evening and
placed In the jail close to his giant
cousin, Claude.