The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-04
Governor Promises Pun
lshment to Those Who
Assist Them.
DETECTIVES PAY
RICHMOND VISIT
F urth er Concealnent Now
Largely Matter Of Food Sup
ply-Dogs Will Be Used on
Next Fresh Trail-Jasper
Allen Suffers Stroke
of Apoplexy.

Complete confidence in the anal cap.
ture of the two remaining members
Of the Allen outlaw gang in Carroll
county was expressed yesterday by
Detectives w. q. Baldwin and Thomas
l.. Felts who spent the morning ii!
conference with Governor Mann. sdna
Alien and Wesley Edwards. they said.
are umQuestionably in the mountains
not great distance from their homes,
and, while the task OF the officers is
one of almost incredible difficulty ii
is inevitable that the lines shall con
tinue TO tighten, the sources of possi-
Die ala and sustcnaucc be- decreased,
and the nerve OF the fugitives be
gradually lcssened.
- a matter of course. the search
VIII be continued until the persons Of
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards.
dead or alive, are taken into inns.
willie.
one result, OF tho conference win
tho Governor was the issuance OF the
following proclamation, intended to
prevent the giving OF aid and com
fort to the :ugitivcs OH the part Of
those relatives and friends who live
In and about the southern slopes Of
tho Blue Ridge between Wards Gap
and pipe-s Cap.
Governors Proclamation.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is TO notify all persons who
give aid and comfort to Sdna Allen
and Wesley Edwards, charged with
The murder of Judge ATassie. COM
monwcalth's Attorney Foster and
Sheriff Webb. at Iillsvillc. on the
ii,h OF March. 1912, hy furnishing
tlien with food, lodging, clothing,
fuel or in any way aiding. re-
ccivirg. relieving. comforting or
assisting them. that Instructions
will be given 10 the proper ofii-
GERS OF the state to arrest. try and
upon conviction punish them 10 the
extent OF tile law. that Il. by fine
ard Imprisonment.
The good c'tizens OF the state. cspc
c!aliy those residing in Carroll coun
ty and vicinity. are earnestly re-
quested to give such Information az
they may from time TO time ac-
quire OF the movements OF Sidna
Allen and Wesley Edwards TO the
officers engaged in their pursuit or
to the attorney for the Common
wealth OF Carroll county. and to aid
in every way the officers OF the
State in effecting the arrest Of
these men.
TIL people OF Virginia are assured
that no effort will be spared TO
arrest those charged with the crime
st Hillsville, to give them a fair
and impartial trial and to execute
whatever judgments may be render
"a by the court
(Signcd)
WI HODGES MANN,
April :, 1912. Governor.
AS result OF this proclamation,
which was teIegraphcd al once to
Hhlsville. an arrest was made on a
charge of being an accessory 1t is be-
lieved other persons WIFI be taken into
custody on a similar charge
Task Is Difficult.
Mile after mile OF ivy and laurel and
steep mountains!de offer every invita-
ton for concealment. AS was shown
by the experience of F'reel Allen, the
three fugitives were enabled to lie
quietly for nine days in lonely spot
west of the Pipers Gap Road. mer,ly
because they had food. lacking in nour-
ishment as II was. If they can get
more food they can continue TO hide,
and ONLY the merest chanc.. such as
finding a needle in havstack, can
uncover them.
But as the days so by the people of
the mountainside shake Oft their life
tima Gotten inherited) fear of the AL
lens. They know thtt part OF the
clan Is in jail. doomed 10 extinction.
They know that the fugitives are but
two in number and will Inevitably be
taken. So they show more and more
inclination to aid the detectives and
are less and less likely 10 feed and
clothc the men upon whose heads the
State has Get price.
Beginning with the capture OF
CLAUDE Swanson Allen last Thursday.
: a season of the greatest activity be-
! gan. Thomas l. Fclts. who has per-
: sonal interest in tho chase. in that
he is citizen of Carroll county and
: perhaps Its largest taxpayer returned
to Hiilsville that night EARLY in the
, morning, without sleep, he left again.
going through Fancy Gap and down
!; to Floyd Aliens, on the southern slope
OF the Blue Ridge. Back again to
, Jasper Aliens he rod, and took Freel
Allen, bringing him TO Hillsville.
Two Trails mt Once.
He tried TO Eat two hours sleep on
Friday night. but was stirred, as was
the town by message that important
news was coming from tho Wards Gap
, neigh borhood Fred Weddle was tn,
! bearer OF tidings that two men. sup
posed to b, the fugitivcs. had been
seen leaving his stable. AR. Felts had
, plans In another direction. and de-
clincd to abandon them entirely. So
he took the next course--follow I'd mp
both his clues. one after another. He
rode out again at midnight.
Internationally the party must have
been close upon one or ths other Of
the missing men on Saturday. The
receipt the blanket. the tracks, show
that the trail was hot
Subsequent clues arc. probably o.
littl. value. although all are followed
as matter OF course The men arc
almost certainly i'll the mountains, In
the opinion of the detectives. F'rccI
said they considered themselves safer
there. among people whom they knew
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