The Wagner leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-1912, 1912-03-22
ORGANIzED SElRCn
FOR OUTLAWS IS On
Posse Of so Detectives, Heavily
Armed, Is Securing the
Observation-Disclosures
Is CAPTURED.

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HiIlsviIis, Va, March fe@Ne -
tempt has been mado yo& - ~
turs Sidna Allen Or any ~ his fel-
lowers involved in the o5Hoo<in0 ~
the three court officers hsro last
Thursday. Until the msn now IN
rslease the heavy GUARD now kope
over thorn, y 10 UNLIKELY IN attsmpe
The grand jury today rsturmed
six indictments against the mes u
Jail.
Hillsviile. Va. March lG-Organinl
ers in Jail at HillsviIle are Floyd Allan
his SON Victor. Cabell. Strickland. Hyr4
Marion n John Moore. the last manned
being arrested today. Moore held b
Allen gangs horses while they were n
the our house.
Members Of the clan 1T large IN ths
Allen and Wesley and sidney Edwards
II has ~ reported that One Of b
men were in custody. Y this n enron
Gus.
Hillsville. va. March lG-OrgAnised
pursuit Of the fugitive Allen outlaws
began early today. Sixty detectlvout
picked men from al over the state.
o of them carrying army rifles IN
addition to their revO1vers. were
m~arshalled for the perilOus task OF
securing mountain str0ngholds for b
main body of the gang hat wiped out
the circuit u OF Carroll county here
Thursday.
Stories m to the strength OF the des-
peradocs are conflicting. but It II be-
lieved that from q dozen to 18 OF them
are together, probably hidden n
trenched In some out of the way Oun
tain hole just across the North Caro-
lima line With q price on their heads,
these men are expected to battle TO the
death when cornered, In spite OF the
fact that their real leaders. Old Sidna
Allen, head Of h clan, and Floyd Al
len, for whose sake the court HOUSE
slaughter was planned and carried out,
are prisoners. severely wounded, In the
county JAIL
Order h Rsstersd-
Law and order, all semblance OF
which was swept away Thursday with
the assassination OF Judge. sheriff and
prosecutor, reizns I'm Carroll again to-
day. Judge Staples, deafgnated By
Governor Mann TO re0rgani1e the dead
Judge Massie's court, at Once 9um-
moned a grand jury, which sits today
TO indict the mur1erers OF Judge Mas
sic, Commonwealth Attorney Forester,
HN EOO A40
Ayers, q 1s-year-old girl, In court q :
witness, received q mortal wound from
one OF the fusillades OF bullets directed
at the officers. This was not kncwn un-
til her death was announced yester-
day.
Still another murder may be laid It
the door Of the Aliens. before b jury -
through with its work, FOR Juror F0w-
Ter II reported to be dying.
All Of last night q heavy guard
watched the Jail to prevent an attempt
TO rescue the prisoners, Sidna and
Floyd Allen. Victor Allen, d son OF
Floyd. and a young man named 6trick-
yesterday with h wounded Floyd.
whom they were guarding Old Siana
Allen was captured I'm his mountain
home, after a posse Of detectives had
killed his wife and so severely wounded
him that he could no longer handle
his rifle to keep his pursuers at bay.
HOUSE 70 etormed.
The storming of Sidney Aliens house
late yesterday was b next thing to !
bombardment- The posse tralle0
through the bush four miles up the
grove. Allen. expecting their coming.
was barricaded and wen supplied with
rifles and ammunition. which he had
brought from a store In which he wa
q partner. From behind stump8, rocks
trees and other natural f~ortressee 81
the mountain side. b posse blaxad a
the house and Allen blaxed at b pOego
as fast az the women OF his family
could reload his rifles. In the IuIl tha
posse rushed the house and broke down
the loo
They found Aliens wife dead and
Allen himself groaning In . hean
bleeding p~r0fusely.
You got me because I couldn't flgh1
no longer" he Is reported to have sid
to the men who brought him hack q
Hillsvflle. Attorney General WiIliam4
Of Virginia, who II here today, declared
that Sidney Aliens bullets killed Judga
Massie on the bench yesterday.
Attempts Suicide.
Floyd Allen, the cause Of the trag-
edy, was taken to the lookup under !
heavy guard He Immediately whipped
out q pockeflaiife and slaahed hfs
throat. His wounds. however. are not
serious. Aliens son. Victor. Cabeila
Strickland and Byrd Marion also were
locked up as witnesses
Juror Fowler. who was wounded IN
the firing. is not expected to live
through the night The wounds "a
Jurors Kane and Wordell and Clark
Goad are not serious
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