Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-23
ALIENS NEPHEW
TAKEN BY POSSE
)Sidna Edwards, Member of Hillsville
Raiders, Arrested Without
Showing Resistance.
INJURED FOOT FAILS OUTLAW
Young Man Found Wandering About
Hungry and Without Purpose.
STIFF EXAMINATION PLANNED
Prisoner Will Be Taken to Roanoke
for Safe Keeping.
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED SOON
Coup Is Planned by Governor Mann
aud Grim silence Succeeds Con-
fident TaIkativeness of
the Officers.
INJURED FOOT FAILS OUTLAW
Young Man Found Wandering About
Hungry and Without Purpose.
STIFF EXAMINATION PLANNED
Prisoner Will Be Taken to Roanoke
for Safe Keeping.
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED 500

uILLSyILLE, Va. March s2-Sldna
EDWARDS. nephew OF Sida Allen, and one
CT the Allen gang which took to the
mountains after the court house assss-
sinstions here. wss arrested today at
Ismbsburg. Va, without resistance. by a
posse Of detectives. Edwards Is being
brought here. His capture leads to the
belief that others of the mountsineers
soon will be in custody.
Young Edwards was arrested by De-
tectives Tom Felts and W. W. Phauts,
who found him wandering about aimlessly
and hungry, His foot. burned recently
in dlstillery, had troubled linn greatly
and Il is believed he was unable to keep
up with the swift changes Of base made
by the other fugitives.
\ He probably will be put through a
rigid examination when he gets here.
but there is little thought that he will
disclose the movements of his tinsmen.
Sidna is . years old and a splendid
typo Of the young mountaineer. He
stands over six feet in height. weighs
between $50 and 100 pounds. has dark
hair and blue eyes. At first a reward
of only 500 was offered for his capture
hut after investigation as to his part In
the shooting Governor Mann increased
the amount TO sl.ooo. the same as offered
for the capture. dead or alive. of sidna
Allen. leader OF the clan. II Is probable
Edwards will be taken to Roanoke for
safe keeping.
Governor Plans Campaign.
This community awoke today IN a state
Of excited expectancy over Governor
Mann's announcement yesterday that
steps were being taken which he believed
would result In the capture Of the Aliens
the latter part OF this week or the first
Of next week. No inkllng OF the nature
ot the proposed coup has been given out.
however. grim silence having taken the
place OF the early confident taIkatlvensss
lof the state officials. Fear that informa,
-.tion a. 10 tres plans and movements OF
the searehers viii leah to the fugitiyes
has even resulted in an attemp< 10 censor
press dispatches.
According TO stories reaching here,
Sidna Allen and his four nephews not
only have been In this vicinity since they
shot UP tie Carroll court n week ago
yesterday. but Sidna weakened by
wounds, actually has slept two nights at
his own home. II Is said that the noun.
taineers have constantly watched their
pursuers through field glasses and have
used successfully q rife shot code sys-
TEN.
Floyd Allen Makes Statement.
Floyd Allen. the old man whose sen
tence TO a year In jail for interfering
with an officer. preclpitated the killing
of judge. prosecutor sheriff, juror. and
an innocent young girl. has given out
an interview from the Roanoke jail. care
fully censored by his attorney. No ref
erence TO the tragedy itself was made by
the prisoner. He gave a sketch Of his
life and an account OF the events lead
ing up to his Indictment for Interfering
with an officer and denied emphatically
that be had ever made 'moonshine'
whiskey His son. Victor. also a pris-
oner, said he took no part in the court
house shooting; that he went to Hills
VILE unarmed TO take a witness for his
father. and after the tragedy made no
effort to get away because he was in
nocent.