The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-31
AWAIT DAYLIGHT
FOR FINAL Scene
Detectives Have Last Of Allen
Clan Surrounded Within
M lc Radius
FOXY LEADER GAVE
SLIP TO PURSUERS
Another Tragedy Expected to
Be Enacted Today When
Posses Close In Upon
Two Fugitives

Especial to The Richmond Virgtnian.)
MT. AIRY. N. c.. March 20.---To-
morrow will give Carroll county an
other tragedy. Selecting daylight TOR
the Anal denounment, Baldwin Fle's
men viii close in upon the last Two OF
the gang. who have evaded capture
since the shooting In the court house
at Hillssilie. 1ney have sent word
they will never be taken alive and
Eight to the death Is expected.
At 10 o'clock tonight courier from
the mountains brings the information
that Sdna Allen. the shrewdest. most
daring and desperate OF the Virginia
outlaws II surrounded in q area Of \
mile square and that only a miracle
can save him from capture or death.
This Is the sequel to chase lasting
since yesterday afternoon In which
time the detectives have not slept and
have scarcely taken time to eat in a
han hunt that will surely land the out
laws In prison. or kill them In the at
tempt II was predicted that both
S.dna Allen and Wesley Edwards. the
remaining two outlaws at large. wo Id
be captured either last night or this
morning, but the same tuck that has
enabled them to elude arrest was with
them again and only by an hour they
escaped capture.
Detect, e. Failed THIS Morning.
The officers were In possession Of
the Information that led them to be-
iievo that both Allen and Edwards
would spend last night at the home OF
Wilbert Easter. a brother-in-law. Of
Wesley Edwards. who lives eleven
miles north OF this city and at :he
foot Of sugar loaf. a sIur OF the Blue
Ridge mountains. No less than TWEEN
ty detectives stood guard around the
premises all night and closed in this
morning at s o'clock to find no out
laws.
Outlaws Slept on Bed OF Leaves.
Investigation Of the premises re.
vcalsd secluded place In an Ky
thicks&. where the two uotiaws slept
IN 4 bod Of leaves. and fragments Of
shefr breakfast showed where they
had eatent q hasty meal before de-
rarturA. The detectives were lsd to
the place by the trail from Casters
house. which ad been used in carry
ing them food End Information from
the outside world.
Easter was placed under arrest. but
nothing could be learned from him. A
search Of his person brought TO II t
q receipt for $40 signed by Sidna Al
len, dated only few days ago. This
money was paid to satisfy loan and
this receipt simply corroborated the
evidence a1redy secured by the. detec-
tiyey that they were working on q real
clue that would lead 10 the capture OF
the two outlaws. During the entire
day the detectives have safely guard
ed every outlet to this hiding place
and II In hardly probable that either
Of the outlaws will ever leave there
alive.
Where Sidna Allen - surrounded.
and II 10 moro than likely that Ed
wards is with i'm. - in. a dense ivy
thicket covering at least 4 square mills
In q ravinc that extends from Sugar
Loaf mountain to the valley below.
and there IL no better or s7fer hiding
place, but It Is not believed a capture
will be attempted. before tomorrow
morning unless tho outlaws discover
their predicament and attempt to
break through to iines and night their
wav OF freedom. In thst even. II Is
believed that tonight will witness tho
closing chapter in a man hunt for a
CRIME that startled the civilized world
Allen 10 no sick or badly wounded
man-And will die before being taken
while Edwards n re<ardes as equally
dnrinx. and desre-ate. They have
weapons and emwuritic~ and gain
nothing BY beinx taken affv&