The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-27
CT AUDE ALLEN
HAS ESCAP { D
Detectives Think That He Is in
the West and Beyond
Capture.
(By Associated Prean,)


IIillsvillc, Va, March 2s.-The grim
hand of the law. as represented by q
determined squad OF arpshooting do.
tectives. Will striko u final blow at
dawn to capture Sidna Allen. Friel
Allen aud Wesley Edwards. Indicted
for the murders In the Carroll County
Courthouse.
Detective Thomas 1. Felts returned
here tonight to direct tho sortio.
Without hope of nrresting Claude
swanson Allen. who. he believes, has
long ago escaped from the mountains,
Detective Felts Is SO confident that the
trio OF outlaws will be cnsnared
within tho next forty-eight hours that
he invited correspondent to accom-
pany the posse tomorrow.
The outlook Is very encouraging"
said Fclts tonight CLAUDIA Allen is
probably hundreds of miles away by
this time, and he had been prepar ring
anyhow to go West Within thirty days.
As for the others, all indications point
TO their presence In the mountains.
They are very near capture. and the
prospect is very hopeful"
While the detectives delved into the
thicket to-day. the rehabilitaAd court
OF Carroll county resumed its sitting in
the Same room where scores of bullet
OF blood stain the floor. mute remind
ers of the tragedy Of March II.
The court moved with smooth pre-
cision. On tho bench where Judge
Massie had for years set forth the law.
until a shower of lead riddied his body,
was acting Judge Walter r Staples.
Beside him were two other new on
cials-Shcriff George NJ. Edwards and
Prosecuting Attorney Floyd Landreth.
hn n11 nj
manned only Clerk Dexter Goad. o
cash in his left cheek, torn by a
bullet.
Aliens Destitute.
Civil proceedings begun by families
Of the victims endeavoring to recover
damages by attachments on the prop
crty OF the outlaws occupied the atten-
ton Of the court. Attorneys for the
families OF the outlaws protested
against drastic measures OF tho law ir
practically rendering those fanilies
destitute. AS the attorneys for the
defendants had failed TO serve notice
on the plaintiffs OF their intention &c
attack the attachments. the subject
would be argued In Roanoke on satur-
day
The defending attorneys declared
that Victor Allen. indicted for murder
and In jail with his father. Floyd Allen
tragedy. One OF the prosecuting at
torneys went go far as 10 admit tina
wnen the grand Jury examines witnesses
tomorrow 20 draw new and more com
plete indictments. Victor Allen may no
be rcindictcd. None of the witnessed
thus far .s said TO have uttered wore
duplicating him, and II is probable tina
no will be released from the Roanoke
jail tomorrow night.
Humorous Letter.
The Allen family has been gravely
dispr.ted Jasper (Jack) Allen
! whose son F.!el IS being hunted In the
mountains, broke down to-day. An.
| other parent upon whom the TRACED!
has imposed heavy burden is the
mother 81 the Edwards boys. She
came 20 town to-day to arrange, Il
possible. for the defense o. her sor
Sidna. now in jail at Roanoke. 4 trail
fsure she was IN the group about tn;
courthouse. A bingham bonnet par.
italy hid a worn and wrinkled face
Poverty IS said to have borne heavily
on her OF late.