The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-16

Out of mass OF conflicting runors,
which had kept the Governors cnicc
In suspense there cams last night the
first Official message from Attorney
General Williams. confirming the car
ture OF Sidna Allen. tn, death or his
VIE, the arrest of oth,r prisoners nd
'he denial Of fatalit 10 among the
detectives. Because OF tia tel >graphic
isolation of Hillsville. Attprney-Gen-
cral Wiliiams's long distance teir-
phone message had to he repeated by
tho central operator AT Pulaski into
the Governors office. The message
read:
'Hillsvillc. 0i3o p. M.-Court opcncd
to-day. Officers reported. Posse on
hand. Order prevails. Four prisoners
arrested. Making effort to arrest
others. VIII report further to-mor-
row. Court going on. Have taken
stcrK TO guard prisoners. Getting
along NIL right. HIVE situation in
hand, bpt cannot discuss IL over
phone. No detectives killed. Sidna
Allen seriously wounded md was cap
tured..
While reassuring in many ways, tho
official report further beclouded the
situation in respect to the number OF
desperadoes already captured.
Further Trouble Feared.
According to n dispatch from Detec-
tive F'elts at noon yesterday, four pris-
oners we're at that time in jail-Floyd
iA1len. Victor ALLEN. Strickland and
Marion. The arrest of Sidna Allen
and the death OF his wife. as reported
by the Baldwin Detective Agency to
the Governor over telephone from Roa-
noke. occurred about . O'clock In the
afternoon, after Felts's report was rem
dered, thus making total of five
prisoners in the tolls.
Meagre as was the Attorney Gen
erals report, 1t enabled tho Governor
to discuss the outlook more clearly
with Acknowledgement Sale and Major
L. T. Price last night. Tho official
report. while Measuring in regard to
the situation In Iillsvillc itself and
the apprehension of all desperadoes
within the town. limited strongly at
serious trouble In the mountains. BY
saying that the situation could not be
discussed over telephone. the Attor-
ney- General led the Governor to be-
lieve that the scattered outlaws had
been tampering with the telephone
Hines and would likely hear the mes
sage being sent. report to the Gov
ernor's office from the Baldwins yes
terday morning stated that the out
laws had attempted during the night
to completely cut 90 Hillsville's COM
munication with the rest of the world
by shooting off the glass insulators
on the telephone poles.
Thought Might Critical.
Az there is no direct telegraph limo
into I1illsvil1e. all kilograms must be
i repeated over the telephone from
Hnlsville to tho Barren Springs tele-
graph station. Taking the attempt at
wire cutting with the raid Thursday
night or tho Mount Airy hardware
store, from which guns and ammunl-
tion We're stolen, fear was expressed
by the Governor that tho band in the
mountains would last night make a
determined attempt to ride into HIS
vile and rescue its leader and COM
rades from the garrisoned Jail. All
knowledge of tho Aliens and their
methods, their lawlessness ana hate,
confirms tho supposition that an at
tempt at rescue will he made.
That tho same fear is felt by the
Acknowledgement and the detectives is
shown by the sentence In his reports:
Have taken steps to guard prisoners
If the gang, which Detective Felts bo-
lteved was arning in the mountain
last night. rode Into TIillsville last
night, a terrific fight ensued.
Won't Call Out Miiftin.
Fear OF this rescue led to further
conferences last night between tho Gov
crnor and his military aides. So great
was Governor Mann's faith in tho de-
termination and strength OF the de-
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