The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-27
De ELECTIVES TO
MAKE DESPERATE
EFFORT TODAY
All the Posse to Take
Part in Man
Hunt.
ALLEN FAMILY
DEM OR ALLIED.
Jack Allen, Sick With Fear That
His Son Will Be Killed,
Takes to His Bed-Felts
Receives Weird Let
ter, Signed With
Big Names.
ny ALEXANDER, FORWARD.

Bi ALEXANDER FORWARD
H!lsvtlle. Va. March o6-when dawn
breaks over tho Blue Ridge to-mor-
TOW the posse of detectives who huvo
oecn incessantly searching the noun
tainsldc for tho Allen gang Will gather
Tor final blow that il is hoped will &
| result In their capture. lJcv2ctive
Thomas l.. Felts. who took Stdna Ed
wards to Roanoke and who is at Tho
mead OF the posse employed by Cover
nor Mann to hunt the outlaws. arrived
mere tonight TO take charg, of the
iinal campaign.
He confirmed the exclusive announce
ment IN The Times Dispatch on Mon-
day morning that Claude swanson Al
len has made Sood his escape and thai.
efforts now are centred upon rounding
up sidna Allen and his two ncphews.
triel Allen and Wesley Edwards.
Undoubtedly these three arc in Il
mountains" said DETECTIVES lclts TO-
night. AS for Claude Allen, he has
gotten away On tho night OF tho
near tho North Carolina line. lie had
been intending to leave for the West
within thirty days. He probably start
ed Immediately on his trip. The other
three have been IN tho mountains anf
probably nave existed without mucls
| trouble. though hay have covered a
wide range OF territory. Indications
arc that the men are yet III tho noun
tains, and prospects for their capture
are encouraging
The prescncs OF Detective Feits means
that the posse tomorrow Will deliver
a telling blow. For the last forty
eight hours rumors have been persist
ent that the trails followed by the
detectives have been fruitful With
| the chase narrowed down 10 u cam
paiSn against one man, said TO Do
| twice wounded, and two young boys,
4 u tt Al. = =,
mountainccr detectives will emerge
from til. thicket within a day or two
with tho trio in hand.
Court in session.
While the posse climbed M and down
| the Blue Ridge, the rccons tructcd court
OF Carroll county resumed Its sitting
with AL the fcarlessncss and severity
| court. The scene was in marked con-
trast to those that have preceded.
TherA was feeling OF confidence und
relief in the crowd that packed the
small courtroom On the bench was
| Judge Walter r. Staples. occupying
the same seat from which Judge Ma ssits
sa@cd down upon the stubborn face Ut
Floyd Allen on March ! and received
the vollcy of lead mat killed him. TN
one side was Sheriff George NJ. Ed
| wards, the successor of Lew W'ebb.
also riddled With bullets. Floyd Ian
uTetn, aCllilS prosecuting attorney
| took the accustomed place Of late Com
monwealth< Attorney William NJ.
| Foster. Alone Of the court that boldly
administered the law 10 the Aliens or
| their ilk was one survivor. Clerk UcN-
ter Goad. y SCARED check. where .,
| bullet hit. was grim reminder OF the
desperate encounter lie had with Floyd ,
| Allen.
| y quiet throng, gathered early at tho
courthouse, saw again the bullet holes
in the pillars outside and the perfo-
rated walls in thu interior. Those who
had not seen ahuddcred when they
looked upon the long. black stains on
the floors, the benches and the yellow
volumes OF law-the blood or "a mar
tyrcd court.
Rlgdly and sternly the cour, pro-
ceedcd to-day. Before II was the sui
iect OF civil attachments levied on the
property OF the Aliens By the bcreaved
| families y motion TO have the attach
mcnt proceedings dismissed was de-
MED by Judge staples on the ground
that the attorneys Cor the defendants
had not served notice OF their ine:n-
ton to fight the attachments. The ar
gument however, brought forth splr-
tied debate. r. II. Willis, represent
Ing the Defendants, contendcd that
drastic methods were being used in
depriv!ns the Allen family az their
property rights. Tho cha:gc WA
made that detectives had sven Toasted
their horses upon grain and fodder
taken from Victor Aliens hons. Lead
crs OF the posse denied this, declaring
what had bean taken was paid for
Victor without Funds.
Attorneys Tor plaintiffs explained
that they had not had time to prepare
their case. They called attention TO
tho fact that they mad made their at
tuchments OF every possible ground
except tina, tho defendants were not
foreign corporations Attorney Draper
rcmarking in an aside that II was u
"close corporation anyhow.
The contention was made that victor
| Alien was left without funds to con
duet his defense.
Attorney Wysor for the plaintiffs re-
marked that II he wore innocent ms
would not be rcindicte1 by the new
grand jury Tomorrow.
He maintained that the civil cases
would involve the criminal proceed
ings
Judge Staples ruled that delay could
hurt no one, that the temporary inter-
est OF one might conflict with tho
permanent interests OF the other.
No one. he said. would DO injured
permanently by delay Efe declared
that no would hear further argument
on the cases In Roanoke on Saturday. rs
attorneys for the defendants im-
inediatey served the requisite notice on
the plaintiffs ;hemsclvc: Of the.rS5