The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-30
HUNGRY ANOWORN
I YOUTHFUL OUTLAW
COMES TO FATHER
Detectives Find Him Hiding
in Waso Shed Back of
Residence
FALLS OFF SIXTEEN
POUNDS WHILE HIDING
Talks Freely to Detectives
and Tells of Movements
of the Gang Since
the Shooting

Especial to The Richmond virginian.l
i,lL4LS LILLE. MATCH 2s.--rreel
Allen, son of Jack Allen. was captured
touay by Detectives felts and fayne.
lie was located in u wagon sned near
the home of his father. and surren-
.defed TO the detectives without sign
of resistance. his arrest brings the
number of prisoners UP to six. and
leaves at large only two OF the Allen
clan, Wesley Edwards and Sidna AL
len, who are generally regarded as
the most dangerous of the gang.
which a little more than two weeks
ago killed Judge Massie, Attorney
Foster, Sheriff Webb and spectator.
1t was a little after o'clock that
three hersemen rode into Hitlsville.
In the middle was q young man wno
sat his mount like an expert. His
hands were tree. and he handled the
reins with n master touch tina. de-
noted 81 skilful horseman. 1t was
Freel Allen. who later In jail told OF
his days of wandering through the
mountains In an attempt to elude the
officers of the law.
Gaunt With Hunger.
His face was gaunt with hunger,
and there were signs OF mental
stress which only the hunted man
with price on his head can feel. HE
had been IN the mountains exactly
rfteen Gays. forasing tor himself and
sleeping wherever II shelf OF rock Oh
thick bushes would ofrer shelter. HIS
taco was thin. and he told detective
elts that he had lost sixteen POUNDS
since the day OF the tragedy In the
con iroom.
Before being placed In Jail, Free
Allen was closely questioned by Feits
at the Texas hotei. He told wha,
Sidna Alien. his uncle, and Wesley Ed.
wards had told him of their part In
the crime. He had been with these
two men, he said, since the crime was
committed and left them two days ago
II will die rather than be taken
alive is one Of the statements which
+ reel Allen says his uncle Sidna made
TO him. Tho boy said that his uncle
had given up hope OF seeing his famil,
again and that Ii 1t were poss BILE he
would leave that section of the coun.
try. IF the detectives find me I will
Kill as many of them as possible" i.
another statement Of Sidna Allen,
that came through his nephew VIII,
wac captured today.
Go First TO Fancy Gap
In speaking OF his wanderlngs In tn.
mountains. Freel said that. together
with his uncle and Wesley Edwards
he had first taken to the hills in tn,
direction OF Fancy Gap. They all hae
been heavily armed and had kept oil
the move most OF the time. At on,
time. he said. they had seen the detec
tives from their hiding place. but hat
allowed them to pass by. though the.
were then prepared to defend them
selves.
Freel Allen asserts that his uncl,
emptied his pistol three times In tn,
court room and that ne had shot a
Judge Massie. while Wesley Edward
had fred at Attorney Foster. The bo,
said that he had read no newspaper
and that he had received no messag &c
though he admitted that he knew o
the reward offered for his capture.
Tika others OF the Aliens who wer
captured. he denies that conspirec,
evisted between the members OF tn
Allen family before the murders II
the court room.