Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-15

lif Sidney Allen attempts to jumI
| the bail under which he is now a.
liberty federal agents will try tt
take him.
Detectives Take Charge.
Special by United rres. Wire.
| HillsvilIe, Va, Mar. 15.--De.
Elective Selts and twenty picked mer
reached here today. He took charge
tof the legal machinery, formally ar
rested Floyd Allen, the desperate
who yesterday started the murders
In Judge Massie's court, and his sor
Victor, and Immediately instituted
q search for the seventeen noun
taineers who yesterday made q
lshamble Of the court room.
Floyd Allen is severely wounded
Ia mountaineer named Strickland
who last night paraded the village
streets showing firearms, was also
arrested.
A telephone message today says
THAT q hardware store at Mount
Aire, twenty miles distant, was
broken into last night and its en-
tire supply cf firearms and ammunf-
tion was taken. 1t was believed
1
that the fleeing mountaineers did IT.
Every thing looks like trouble, =
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lRattv apers thirteen ~aarS
witness for Floyd Allen. died as the
result OF stray bullet wound re.
ceived during yesterdays shooting
An unconfirmed report this after
noon SAID tnat one OF the BALDWIN
Iaetectlves sent mere from hichllona
lou oSon enos esau ~ o n.a =
4asraarn tsr.s p-' = -
There wara savanteen ouflaw we
who opened fire in the little Carroll
lcounty court room yesterday, killing
Judge Thornton Massie of the Car.
lroil county court, William Foster.
Icommonwealth's attorney, and Lew
y Wepp, sherih anu Aataii5 Woana'
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Inbn aTasar snaetst,s =, - AA'1f rr,xl,as !.
Ithev ara being nursuad II INA vis..
lginia mountains bv posses from
lseyen counties with price OF S3.-
1000 on their heads, offered by Gov
ernor Mann. is
The tragedy occurred IN the little
rourt at Hillsville. tust q. Tr1.c lra-sts
| had passed sentence on FLOYD Allen.
convicted OF aiding d prisoner to es-
cape. Allen was given one year in the
penitentiary at hard labor. and Judge
Massie had hardly finished passing sen.
tence when from somewhere In the
courtroom came the words, "That Ii
| hell. amt tt7''
| Then there was file sound of pistol
shot. and In less than a minute the
courtroom was resounding with the
swapping OF pistols. the curses OF the
outlaws and the cries of the wounded
The first shots were fred by Sidney
and Jack Allen. brothers Of the man
on trial. Hardly were the words, '.Thai
Ills he'll. amt it?p uttered before these
two men. who were standing close ur
| to the rail where FLOYD Allen was seat.
ed. whfpned out their reyolvers and he
gan firing. Judge Massie. after the firsi
shot, appeared to rise, but dropped
back into his chair and fell dead. state
Attorney Foster appeared like he was
! endeavoring to reach the Allen broth
ers, but he had not made more than
/ two steps when he sank to the fioor
/ diving almost instantly. He is said Ia
have been shot seven times. Sheriff
| Webb made frantic effort to get al
| fba Allen brothers hut bv this fine
bullets were fying from all directions
ana the sheriff had taken but few
steps when he sank down and died
within a few minutes. John II. Mark.
son. who witnessed the shooting, de-
clares 1t appeared to him like every
man In the room was shooting.
/ The trouble started over a year ago
Two nephews of the Aliens were ar
rested by deputy sheriff. They were
met on the road by Floyd Alien. who
/ released them. Allen was indicted by
the grand fury and tried.
The Aliens. 1t ia claimed have Iona
been considered the most dangerous
men In this section They have large
| Following, and every citizen is afraid
| 10 interfere with them In anything they
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