The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-19

company Fioyu apa ne vas snot
down.
Lining the other negroes UP, FOR
whom he had no warrant, Floyd
marched the whole lot In triumph TO
the Hillsvillc jail, ten miles way. The
manager OF tho mine followed. pro-
testing. but Floyd. who had been
drinking. paid no attention to him.
Negroes Leave Mins.
The sheriff refused to hold the ne
groes, and they returned with the
manager of the mine. Most of them
left the county on the next pay day
and the mine now employs white help.
Floyd was arrested for shooting the
colored man. and furnished bail
through his brothers. He was tried
and sentenced to Jail for two hours.
\ new trial was granted and tho
verdict WAS set aside.
When Sidna Edwards was sentenc
TO jail Here last Year for a felony,
the Allen crowd vowed he would never
serve sentence. However. they al
lowed him to be placed in the little
brick jail and sentence was served.
, ton would end as did the one about
Sidna Edwards.
Preacher Brother Doesn't Preach.
Members Of the congregation at Rev.
Garland Aliens church waited in vain
Sunday for him To appear. Because
Of the shooting and the relation to
the gang an unusually large crowo
gathered. They hung around the
church yard until l O'Clock, waiting in
small parties and singly, The congre-
cation returned to their mountain
/ homes when they saw the pastor was
not going to show up.
i The forge In the Hillsyille black
smithshop was going all day Sunday
/ and the clink of sledge hammer strik-
| ing the big anvil could be heard in the
| little church where most everybody
gathered for preaching.
The unusual activity was caused
by loose shoes on horses used by the
posse.
Not in Devils Dsn."
There is no truth in Il report that
the Aliens are hiding I'm cavern
known as Devils Den" They
know they would be caught like rats
In a trap IL they attempted to hide
in the cavern, which has only one exit.
The hole In the ground descends al
most straight down. aud one man
could stand at tho entrance and shoot
men AS fast az they entered. The
cave could be closed with little trou-
! Bile, and if the Aliens hid inside they
would be forced TO surrender sooner
or later.
h. JOHN MosIssi who W9aE arrested and
later released, has made statement
to Detective F'elts. What this state
ment Is the detective will not say. 1t
Is generally supposed he will be grant,
ed immunity IL he tells where the
Aliens are hiding.
Lawyer Didn't Know.
q. W. Tompkins. an attorney. whose
office is opposite the postoffice, de-
clares he would have shot and killed
Floyd and Sidna Allen as they re-
treated from the courthouse had he
kItowg. whom they had shot.
He snatched up his gun and went
to the window when first he heard
the disturbance. Not knowing what
had transpired inside. he did not act.
Deputy Sheriff Samuels, who resign-
ed and went 10 North Carolina to live
for fear of the Aliens. yesterday teIe-
phone to Hillsvilie to know II the
gang had been captured. He left the
county when Judge Staples refused
10 allow him TO carry a Winchester
rife into the court room In Decem-
Der
lie was a witness sssinst the Al
lens IN case. and declined to ap-
pear unless be could carry his vnn
into court. On the dav before the
trial ne handed in hts resignation as
deputy and r,n.~a f~nm the county.