The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-22

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| Hiilsviilc. Telephone lines down
Fancy Gap road are down. Whether
| cut ny the posse il not known. these
| are the lines that lead to the part
OF the county in which the Aliens
| line.
Two detectives and one miIitiamsn
are now in Hilisviile, all others nav
! ing joined the main body last night
| The main squad has been out forty
eight hours. No firing has been heard
here. and IT Is not known II they nave
come upon the fugitives.
hillsslile people are stiil OF the
opinion that the Aliens are near their
homes In the heart OF the biue
Ridge.
1he detectives who were left in
town say they know nothing OF the
movements OF the posse. Reports to-
day from Nj. Airy said three RAID
win-Frelts men were there this morn
ing. -Four slept at Galax last night
and left without giving out the place
for which they were bound.
Here's Volunteer.
II given directions how to get here,
Il. b. Goodrich. of South Bingnamton.
y. y, thinks he can run the Aliens
to earth, even II the Baldwin detec-
tives, who know the country, have
been thus far unsuccessful. Al least
this is what he writes to Postmaster
j. r. Steele. he sends his photograph
to show good faith
This volunteer Sherlock Holmes did
not give HIS occupation, or his past
record OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. The pno-
torgaph shows him 10 be stalwart
man, about twenty-five years old.
The letter reads: Il am young
man that is willing to give my lie
TO help hunt down the bandits
you will send me the directions how
to get there. ! will come at once.
,signed) X. G. Goodrich.
Breaks Up Moving Picture.
Two events today broke the mo-
notony OF life in the village, which
has been almost free of outsiders
SINCE the detectives lett Tor the
mountains day before YESTERDAY.
Two moving picture men. battied 10
a finish in front of the courthouse,
and the only man that ever whipped
Floyd Allen arrived TN town.
The camera men clashed when one
tried to level his machine on re-
enactment OF the carrying OF FLOYD
Allen from the hotel to the jail. one
planned the display and the other
turned his machine on the reproouc-
ton. They went together.
Spectators pulled the comhatants
apart before either was seriously IN
turcd. The man who was acting the
part OF Floyd Allen was dropped in
the middle of the muddy street, bE
those bearing the litter. who ran TO
witness the encounter. This WAS tho
battle Of the day.
The Man Who Licked Floyd.
The man who licked Floyd Allen is
DIR. J. K. Branscombe. An admiring
crowd stood around him while he re-
lated the story Of the fight. II hap
pened this way:
The physician on the Sunday be-
| fore the election last November rode
up to the Flower Gap. 1everal Al
| lens were in front of tho building
| talking politics. Engaging converse
ton with Jack Allen. Or. Branscombe
| did not notice Floyd. who catching
| him by the coat pulled him from his
! horse at the same time. using an oath
/ about any man who would 1btc for
! Dexter Goad for clerk. The physi
! clan fell heavily to the ground, his
| head striking rock. He was rem
! deren unconscious. Recovering In
| only beating he has ever received
| The Aliens have avoided the doctor
since.
/ Wounded Recovering.
! There Is no truth In reports that
| Andrew Hewlett. who was shot In the
| courthouse is dying. He Is at the
| home of John Dalton. near town. Mrs
Dalton, said today the wounded mar
| was recovering rapidly and that h,
would be able to be taken to hi.
home. on Coon Ridge, in n few days
Columbus Cain. Il juror. who wa,
shot in the lung. is sitting up in bed
at the Thornton hotel. He will BIZ
/ carried home soon.