The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-28
YOUNG MOSBY IS
BEING SEARCHED
FOR BY OFFICERS
Detective Scouts in Carroll
County Seek Son of
Noted Confederate
CLAIM HE CREATES
FEELING FOR ALLEN S
Visitst1ouses, Expressing SYM
pathy for the Outlaws
and Contempt for
Detectives
BY J. J. oNFgI.L.


HILLSvILLE, VA. March 2s.-
There were NO indications today
TINT the Carroll county OFFICIALS
were going to take ADVANTAGE Of
the reported offer Of Ja<sk Allen
to '.rurn MP" the quartet Of fugi-
tfyes In return for Nh assurance
that his SON, Freel. one Of them.
would escape the electric chair.
before court opened this morn
ing, several hundred spectators
anu litigants stood about the lawn
and business block" acrOss the
street, watching for the lNlssib1c
arrival OF the betrayed outlaws.
but neither they nor Jack Alien
appeared. Either the story OF the
OtIer wac untrue or the officials
had refused to A6cept II.
Searching For Mosby.
The posse oY detective scouts
who are ranging the mountains
for the AiLens were searching
was John s. MOsby. Jr.. son Of
the famous old Confederate
guerilla chief. He is \ magazine
writer, and being familiar with
the hill country he started out on
mulcback Monday to see IL he
could find the Aliens single
handed.
Reports from houses In the wild
places visited by detectives have reach
ed here today and show that Moshy
has been letting every one know haa
According to the detectives'
he has been "seditioug' and they say
he has expressed great symDathy Tor
the outlaws and great contempt Tor
the detectives. Therefore. the posse
Is looking for him. too. with the
ayowed purpose of driving him out OF
the country. L. l.. Felts, head OF the
agency, seriously considers having
Mosby indicted tomorrow morning on
q charge OF impeding the course OF
justice.
Curiously, granddaughter of Gen
erai Mosby is a member OF the posse.
No Nearer Outlaws.
The pursuers OF the Aliens appear
to be no nearer the outlaws than they
were a week ago They have turned
tho hunt into a seiee. The mode OF
operation now Is to have detectives
with powerful field glasses stationed
on the top of the highest mountains
They Observe the movements OF every
person who takes to a road or path
between daylight and nightfall and
signal from the mountain top code
which tells fellow-scouts below to fol-
low any one who appears to be act
ing suspiciouely. 1t Is hoped that
some friend OF the Aliens may be
trailed to their hiding place while
taking supplies to them.
Reports from the mountains arr
very meagre this week because the
detectives In order 70 prevent friends
Of the outlaws from giving them In.
formation OF the posse movements
have cut dozens OF telephone wires
Therefore the detectives themselves
cannot keep in very close touch will
this place.
Trial 10 Awaited.
One OF them, ThOmpSon. rode IL
with badly wounded foot. lmmedi
ately q story Of a battle" Was
spread. but 1t developed that his horse
had fallen on him. : s. a'ss
1t is considered quite likely nov
that the fugitives win bend every ef'
fort to keep out Of sight until aftel
the trial OF Floyd Allen. his son, Vic.
tor and Sidna Edwards. Then II thu
extreme penalty Of the law II mol
visited upon any OF these. the outlaws
may surrender voluntarily. for they
are believed 10 realize that eventually
they are bound TO be caught.
The whole county now awaits will
intense Interest the trial. Il 10 no'
likely that trcopa. will be here to pre-
vent possible bloodshedy but IL certain
that Judge Staples. Prosecutor Land
reth. Sheriff Gillespie and the othe,
oflacials viii be guarded by d01er
OF more picked sharpshooters from
the Virginia militia.