The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-16
WOMAN S DEATH
MAKES DANGER
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tcctivc posse. that he stated he be-
licvcd the Jail could be held by them
in the face OF any force the outlaws
might muster.
After the conference It was init
mated that strong guard of militia
would be ordered to Hillsvilic when
the time came for the arralgnment
and trial OF tho captured murdercrs,
but as the situation lay last night,
there seems little probability of milf
tory interference to-day. Nothing but
successful assault by the desper-
ADDE'S on the jail will call out the
militia.
The death of Mrs Sidna Allen, who
died lighting by the side OF her en-
trapped husband. was regarded by the
Governor as one of the most serious
features of the whole affair. Details of
, her birth and prominence only in
creased the sorrow of the executive.
According to one-timc resident OF
Carroll, II man familiar with the Aliens
and the lay OF the land. who lent his
knowledge TO the Governors counscls
last night, Mrs. Allen was the daughter
of Carroll county, and one of the fore.
most citizens of the locality. Tho
Aliens themselves, said he, were not
the ignorant mountHincers they were
Judged. hut were farmers and mcr-
chants.
The present situation, as Advanced
by the man from Carroll is as follows:
The tllens, connected by marriage
and blood ties with $50 or 200 people
of tho mountains, are determined,
fearless men. who have an all-powcr-
full love OF kin which holds out to the
last drop OF blood, and in the face OF
ali odds. They arc men, he said. who
Will chcerfnily give up their own lives
in the effort TO save their leaders from
the electric chair. When they rode
into ITillsville on tho morning of March
II, their plans were already made
Trusting TO the utter isolation Of
Hillsville to prevent the arrival of
outside help for twenty-four hours
We're in helpless hiding. and not car
ing to burden their swift flight with
two wounded comrades. the outlaws
loft Floyd Allen in the Hillsville Hotel
in the care OF Victor Allen, Strickland
and Marion. and Sidna Allen. with his
wife FIVE miles from the town, while
they themselves rode down to Mount
Airy, n distance of twenty-five miles
over the mountain pike. for guns and
ammunition to arm the other members
of the elan who were in the noun
tains. Trusting to the circumstances
already mentioned, the band believed
that 1t could make tho long ride.
gather around il the distant members
and return to Hillsville in time to
carry the wounded companions back
into the mountains.
AS they had forssccn, the raid or
Mount Airy was successfully accom-
plished by o'clock yesterday morning.
BY riding swiftly. the band could not
have got farther than the top of the
mountain on the return trip by day
break yesterday. Here the men re-
NAMED in hiding, sleeping for few
hours in the daytime and preparing
to descend on the Iillsvillc jail with
nightfall. This hypothesis. born, ont
by the statements Of man who knew
the Aliens and tho. well recognized de-
termination Of a band of outlaws that
had already perpetrated the most bra
zen crims III tho annals OF this state.
carried enough conviction to alarm,
those In the Governors office,
Tho Governor while not wishing to
believe, appeared moved Thu detcc-
tivee. forty strong, he said could repel
any attempt at rescue, aud Detective
geltp, having been rails I'D In Carroll and