The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-22
ONE MEMBER OF
ALLEN OUTLAWS
HAS BEEN CAUGHT
Found Wandering Aimlessly
About Footsore and Hun
cry at Lambsburg.
BEATING every BUSH AND LAIR
WHERE BANDITS COULD HIDE
Governor Mann has Announced that
Plans are Laid to Capture the Al
lens Within q Few Days-ToWn OF
Hillsvillc Under Military Rule.

lens Within q Few Days-Town OF
Hillsvillc Under Military Rule.
Hillsville, Va. March o2.-Siducy
Edwards, a nephew Of Sidney Allen.
and one of the Allen gang which took
to the mountains after the court house
assassinations here, was arrested to-
day at Lambsburg. Va. without re-
Sistance. by a posse of detectives. Ed
wards is being brought here and is OK
pected to arrive about p. m. His
ether mountaineerS will be in custody
soon.
Young Edwards was arrested by De-
tectives Tom Fclts and w. w. Phauts,
who have been in the mountains since
Tuesday. They found him wandering
about aimlessly and hungry. His sore
feet troubled him and it is believed
he was unable to keep up with the
swift change Of base made by the
other fugitives
He probably will he put through a
rigid third degree" examination,
when he gets here but it is not thought
he will disclose the movements of his
kinsmen.
AT first the reward was $500 offered
for his capture. hut after "A thorough,
investigation made by the state aus
thorities as to his participation in the
shooting. Governor Mann increased
the amount to $1,000. the same as
that offered for the capture. dead or
alive. Of Sidney Allen. the leader OF
the clan.
Ont in the hills and mountains along
tho Virginia. North Carolina border to-
day are all of the sheriffs. detectives
and posse men enlisted for the taking
Of the Allen outlaws. apparently de-
termined to stay in the field this time
until they run down something he
sides false clues. Just where the hun
ters arc or what they arc doing, none
here knows.
The whole community aWoke this
morning to state of excited expcctan-
cy over Governor Mann's announce
taken which lie believed will result in
the capture Of the Aliens the latter
part OF this week or the first of next.
No.inkling of the nature of the pro-
posed coup was given out, however.
grim silence taking the place Of the
carly confidential talkativenesS of the
state officials.
More than a score of the man
hunters remained in the mountains
last night. No word has yet come
from them. Progress toward such
mountain strongholds as Devils Den.
Fancy Gap. Chisel Knob. Reamer
the necessity of heating every clump
of mountain laurel and securing ev-
cry mountain thicket lest the out
laws, skilled in Woodcraft, slip
through the line and make it nessary
again to go over the same ground.
Says Nephew is Caught.
a telephone message from the
mountains today said that Sidney Ed
wards. nephew of Sidney and Floyd
Allen and one of the ringleaders in
the clan. has been captured. but no
direct word came from the posse to
this effect. Communications with the
mountains is becoming more and
more difficult by reason of the fact
that the pursuers in order to prevent
possible communication between
mountaineers friendly to the Aliens
who might warn the gang of the ap-
proach of the posses. are cutting tel
ephone wires.
Fancy Gap is now isolated. wires
having been cut from Steve Williams
home In the mountains to that point.
because Mrs. Sidney Allen is there.
She is of the stern. unyielding type of
as her husband. and detectives fear
she might be keeping in touch with
the gang leader, advising him of the
progress of the man hunt.
Mrs. Sidney Allen returned to her
home today, and has been endeavor-
ing to persuade a nephew to open
her husbands store. closed since the
tragedy in the court room.
Sidney Allen hurried away from
approaching pursuers without even a
horse. according to William T. Cues
inberry. who has been in his employ
for years. Quesinbery said today that
the first he knew of the shooting was
Thursday night. when he walked into
Aliens home to find Edna on the
couch. wounded through the left
arm and with flesh wound in the.
stomach. He contradicted the story
told by Mrs. Allen by declaring that
he left the husband and wife togeth-
or and when he came back in the
morning both were gone.
Stills Are Burned.
Tho confiscated moonshine and the
stills captured at the Edwards and
Allen homes was brought to Hills
willie today. The liquor was spilled
A friend of Mrs. Sidney. Allen, who
saw the wife of the OUTLAW chief
Yesterday. quoted her today as de-
claring that she had no idea where
her husband was.
Il wish to God I did" she told tho
friend. II wish there hadn't been a
sun made. left our home the night
this awful thing har""ned before my
husband went. He told ME to do ev-
erything I could for our two little
girls and to be kind to his dog and
cat. ] haven't seen him since:
haven't heard word from him. I
don't know where he is or how to
reach him: he may be lying exposed
with his two wounds. perhaps dying.
Whatever he did in county court I
believe he Is now truly repentant for
II. but he won't give up unless / APP
peal to him for our children's sake.
No man ever loved his children more
nor was a kinder husband. but he has
the Allen temper and that caused ali
this trouble"
When the Carroll county court re-
convenes March Is a date will be set
for trial of the Aliens on charges Of
murder in the first degree Judge W.
r. Staples said today that the pris-
oners will be tried in Wythesville,
the change being made partly be-
cause of fear Of possible violence and
also to insure the accused a fair trial.
At Hillsville there are no lawyers
who will take the Aliens defense.
Roughest of Blue RIDGE.
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