Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-03-22

the ringleaders of tie "Allen gang,
which slew the judiciary of Carroll
county, are heavily guarded in the
county Jail here tonight. They are
Floyd Allen and his brother, Sidney
Allen. The formers life is slowly
ebbing away as the result of the
wounds received in yesterdays fray,
and from q slashed throat, self-infict-
ed with a pen knife while Allen is
seriously wounded as the result of
battle with the Baldwin-Felts detec-
lives.
The detectives arrived in Hillsville
early in the day and were sworn in as
special constables of the county. They
Immediately went to the hotel no ON
where Victor Allen was guarding his
father, Floyd Allen and both were
placed under arrest without any SEM
blance of fight.
Immediately upon his arrest Floyd
Allen drew a pea knife and sla shed
his throat but officers prevented the
carrying out of his intentions.
Victor Allen, Cabell Strickland and
Byrd Marion are held as witnesses to
yesterdays crime.
The thirty picked detectives then
struck the trail of Sidney Allen and
his wife, who were located at their
home in the mountains, several miles
distant from Hillsville.
When the detectives arrived at the
clearing, surrounding the house, Allen
and his wife opened fire upon the CT
fcers, who retreated behind nearby
trees.
The fire was returned with accuracy,
every window and door in the house
being shattered, the detectives shoot
ing and killing Mrs. Allen instantly,
while Sidney Alien was so seriously
wounded that he surrendered and the
officers brought him to the county Jail
here, which is protected by forty
heavily armed citizens and the deputy
sheriffs sworn in by Judge W. R.
Staples shortly after O'Clock this
evening.
The news of the arrest of Sidney
Allen and of the death OF his wife was
hastily communicated to Governor
Mann who earlier in the day had been
appraised by Attorney General Will
liams that Sidney Allen was the man,
who fred the shot that killed Judge
Thornton L. Massie.
Detective T. L. Felts, with twenty
men arrived this morning at 7 O'Clock
and at once assumed control OF the
town as officers of the law, following
the shooting up yesterday of the Car
roll county Circuit Court, the killing
of Judge Massie, Commonwealth's
Attorney Foster, Sheriff Webb aud
Clerk Goa6. Soon after the arrival
of the detectives they proceeded to
place Floyd Allen, the man who start
ed the shooting, and his son, Victor,
under arrest, and escorted them to the
county Jail. A man named Strickland,
said to have been implicated in the
affair, also was arrested and lodged
10 jail.
Victor Allen and Strickland were
found hiding in house in Hillsville.
Floyd Allen had been under guard In
q hotel. All were captured without
serious resistance, although It was
said they at first indicated an impulse
to shoot their way to liberty.
Fifty men are pressing into the
mountains trying to locate others of
the gang who are believed to be hid
ing along the North Carolina border,
where they are said to have received
reinforcements. 1T is believed, how
ever, the capture of Floyd Allen will
have taken away their moving spirit
aud the knowledge Of his arrest is ex-
pected to make resistance less deter
mined.
The body Of Judge Massie will be
taken to Lynchburg for burial tomor-
row. The other dead will be buried |
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