The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-18

meade, the correspondent LII 1AAS
New York World, who stopped over
in Spartanburg to-day. Mr.. Meade
made a seventy miles scout with a
posse of detectives yesterday and was
convinced later that there was no
immediate chance of capture. He
writes as follows for the Journal:
AS matter of fact Sidna Allen has
succeeded in his attempt to leave
Carroll county. There is every evi-
dence to show that he broke through
the lines of the detectives two days
ago, escaped through Mount Airy, n.
c., and from there went west.
Detective spies are hot on his trail
and it is only matter Of time before
he is captured. Sidna deserted Wes-
ley Edwards before he left the noun
tains and the capture of the latter is
expected at any time.
While martial law has not been
declared in Carroll county it exists
practically there. Detectives who
have been led on many wild rides
in stormy weather through Intention
ally given misinformation planned to
withdraw them from some particular
place quickly learned the lesson and
in Carroll of late, it has proven a
pretty unhealthy business to misin-
form the detectives. They have a
way there of retaliating.
The last real track that the Bald
win-Felts people have had of S1dna
Allen came two days ago through a
typical moonshine signal. Detective
Franklin was securing the country
accompanied by the World corre-
spondent back of Wards gap. With
this party were Detectives Brim, Lu-
cas- and Edwards. While galloping
down a road known only to a few
and used exclusively by blockade
runners, Detective Franklin noticed
a white rag tied to a bush with two
knots pointing up rugged peak.
He dismounted and examined the
knots.
"Boys get through that hill" he
told the posse.
Within less time than it takes to
tell the possemen had left their
horses and with rifles held in front
of them and revolvers loosened in
their holsters were going up the hill
side, taking advantage of every
stump and possible fortifcation as
they ran.
It was a vain search however.
There were no outlaws, but down in
a clump of laurels, not far from the
obscure mountain trail was basket
filed with provisions. In gulleys,
under shelving rocks and in bitches
detectives lay throughout the day
waiting for the clansmen to appear
for their provisions. 1t was a use
less wait. They had been tipped
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There are. many false and wild re-
ports from Hillsville. But the World
correspondent is reliably informed
that Sidna Allen has left the country
and if he is captured it will be some
where outside of Carroll county.
Mr.. Meade left at 1 o'clock for
Aiken, where he goes to handle the
Beach case for his paper.
Outlook Bad for Allen Clan.
J. J. O'Neile, correspondent for
New York American, who has been in
Hillsville, Va, for the past several
weeks, passed through Spartanburg
this morning en- route to Aiken, s..
c., where he goes to handle the
Beach aase- for his paper. He writes
as follows exclusively for the Journ-
al:
s'No matter where the trial is held,
it looks pretty bad for most of the
Allen clan. The elder ones will in
all probability get the electric chair,
and not one of them will escape pun
ishment of some sort.
''The State officers claim to have
positive evidence that Sidna Allen
fred the first shot at Judge Massle
and that both he and his nephew
Claude Allen, emptied their pistols at
the judge and Clerk Dexter Goad'
Sidna, it will be contended, killed the
judge, while Claude probably also nit
him and wounded Goad.
Floyd Allen, whose conviction and
jail sentence, brought about the
shooting, fired at Sheriff Webb, who
was also killed, and so did Victor Al
len, his younger son. Victor had the
only 32-calibre pistol in the lot, and
several .32 bullets were found in the
sheriff's body.
wesley Edwards-who with Sid,
ma Allen, is still at large-is known