Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-16
Sidna AIlenl Said to Have Killed
Judge MaSSie, Severely
Wounded and Captured by
Officers.
WIFE SLAIN DURING THE
SIEGE OF ALIENS CABIN
Eighteen Other Outlaws in the
Mountains Well Armed and
Determined not to Be Taken
Alive Five Deaths,
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! Hillsville, Va, March 15.-The enc
of the days chase Of the Hillsvillt
raiders brought the death list of tht
court housc tragedy. and its sequel
| up to five.
Sidna and Floyd Allen. two of thu
chiefs of the band. which rode dowr
on the Carroll county court house
yesterday and assassinated the Judge
the prosecutor and the sheriff are in
captivity-both wounded severely.
Sidna Aliens wound was received
today in pitched battle in the noun
tain, with posse, while defending
! his ca bin.
The fifth death was that of Nancy
Ayres, 19-year-old girl, accidentlN
shot during the fusillade in the court
house yesterday.
All other members of the gang,
probably eighteen, are up in the
mountains off toward the North Car
olina line, well armed, well supplied,
and determined not to be taken.
The storming of Sidna Aliens
house late today was the next thing
to a bombardment. The posse trailed
through the bush four miles up the
ridge and surrounded the cabin in a
grove. Allen. expecting their coming.
was barrcaded well Supplied with
rifles and ammunition which he had
brought from a store in which he was
a partner. From behind stumps.
rocks, trees and other natural fort
resses of the mountainside. the posse
flazed at the house, ana Allen blazed
at the posse as fast as the women of
his family could load his rifles.
In lull. the posse rushed the house
and broke down the doors. They
found Aliens wife dead, and Allen
himself groaning in heap, bleeding
profusely.
you got me because | could fight
no longer" he is reported to have said
to the men, who brought him back to
Hillsville, more dead than alive.
Attorney General Williams, of vlr-
gina, who is here today, declared that
Sidna Allen killed Judge Massie on
the bench yesterday.
Floyd Allen, the cause OF the
was taken 10 the lookup this
morning under a heavy guard. He
immediately whipped out a pocket
knife and slashcd his throat. His
wounds. however, are not serious.
Aliens son. Victor, Cabell Stick
land and Byrd Martin were locked up
as Witnesses.
Tonight the man hunt is in abey-
ance, waiting for daylight. No native,
let alone stranger, will travel these
Allen gang abroad.
one of the jurors wounded in yes-
terdays court house shooting Is re-
ported seriously injured, while clerk
Iioad and the other two wounded jur-
nrs are not seriously hurt.
Reports have been coming down
the mountain all today that the out
laws are being reinforced. A lawless
element. of which the Aliens were
rim, leaders. has ruled the mountain
for years. There Is al
aying among revenue Officers that
every pine tree shelters an illict
whisky still. \ battle between law
and crime is sure to find recruits
here.
The outlaws could not have picked
better time to make a stand against
heir pursuers. Every mountain
brook is creek; every creek river.
rhe heavy rains Of the last few weeks
nave melted the mountain SHOWS.
washed out the roads, carried off the
ridges and made mud knee deep.