The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-19
ALIENS ARE LOST
Nobody Appears to Know
Where the Gang Is.
Pursuers Afraid to Spend Night
in the Mountains.
FOLLOW TRAIL OF EDWARDS
From His Cabin Where He
Was a Visitor Yesterday.
Escaped Through Back Door
When Posse Approached.

HfllSville, Marcn 1S--COA OOA9
troops. the most capable being cav
airy equipped for long and syste-
matte siege and search of the noun
tains of Carroll and adjoining couh-
ties. seem today to be the only prac-
+icabIe method by which the mem
bers of the Allen clansmen can De
captured. Reports from Mount Airy
n. C.. received late today, left serious
doubt as to whether the outlaws hao
been surrounded at Squirrels Spur as
had been reported last night. De
tectiveS have searched the roduS an. a.
houses in this vicinity Wlthlh d Lduit to
of Is miles and have been uhaDie ~
find any clue of the present nuns
places of the fugitives. without ID
cilities for camping the posse mas NO.
dared to spend night IN the lIou W u
tains anywhere near the summit OF the
Blue Ridge where the Aliens are Pc
Iieved to be hiding Four men oI I,.InS enS
posse who accompanied Deputy T IS1e
AGENT steve Faddis Of the revenue
service to Floyd Aliens home 10 con
fscate illicit stills and other para
DhernaIia, returned here today. 1hey
brought with them four outnts an
also about fifty gallons of moonshlne
whisky .,,.:+ ,,,tis-
XIV was poured out on the mountain
9r5erar5,g house The paraphernal1a
is being held here as evidence avn
Hillsville has also regain,ed us &c e9l1io n
posure but women are stlil aLrdlu " -! -
GO out of doors. When the nde sIdeon9 in
begin to lengthen mems hanos II |
stinctively go back to their hip pock--
cts. There are few men VINO 90 lel3 no{
believe the Aliens Will MAKE IKE, SGOS f5inS
clerk Goad, Sheriff Edwards anu
James Early.
Mrs. Allen in Ignorance.
sidna Allen has two pretty children,
both girls, Marguerite aged III ana
Pauline aged D :. 1.-two .,,-
nosed with his wounds, perhaps starN
mo TO death" said Mrs. Allen. Ike
eardIess of what he did in county court
Thursday 1 want to say thaI CheIS
never was a kinder or more IoVlhs nus nus.
hand and father. He has an aWloi
.11--|9a- That was responsible for what
ever he did. - =. s,,o,.r
the court officers. ,.,4
IF I knew where he was l Woui9
go to him and nurse him. ne - d 80 $50
nan with many virtues, and one Idul'
his ungovernable temper whlch
,Dat<es him a wild man when ne Is
aroused" -. oo,aj-
+ion of Floyd Allen now IN Jan a.
roanoke. When told he was imp
ing she remarked: 80,
:?Too bad he did not die, don't you
think?' ,,o,.a +o-
The opinions was expressed mere ~
dav that the members OF the detecIiHe
ooSea going in and out of HlllsVlIe
daily are being useo aa .Io DLi41u IF
throw the Aliens and their trlehus ois
tbe Guard. 1t is known that ChleI
Tom Felts and at least q oozen OF ms
men all of whom are famlllar with eliS
section here, have secreteo
themselves on hills and among the
~ oh they believe the
outlaws are travelling on foot Inc
detectives said none of the hunted men
had a hers when they left home.
Thought They Had Them.
Confident that they had located the
outlaws, the detectives stretched cor
don around the base of Squirrefs spur
Ia re last night and guarded every ap-
Droach vigilantly a they waited for
survey of the surroundings by day
Ifgnt before undertaking to close in In
the meantime a messenger had been
sent TO Mount Airy, II miles e.way call
ing for volunteers to aid in Stormlng
the position of the fugitiVes-
Interest shifted from the Devils Den
vicinity to Squirrel spur late yesterday
when a large posse which mad peen
securing the mountains on the North
Carolina side barely missed catching
wesley Edwards. a nephew of the older
Allen. at his cabin eight miles east or
Sidna Aliens home. Edwards escaped
Ibrouqb a hack door His sister told
the officers tn. Sidna Allen, suffering
from a severe wound, had been at the
cabin Sunday and had told Wesley to
meet him at SQUIRRELS spur last night.
Taking Edwards trail the posse fol-
lowed him to the rendezvous, arriving
near the foot of the cliff about 10
o'clock Not daring to do more in the .
darkness, the detectives placed them
selves to prevent the possibility OF an
escape News that they had moved I
against the Aliens was expected mo-
nentarily this morning. ;
They May Have Scattered
Here the belief is growing that the
rugitives with full days start on their ]
pursuers have escaped and scattered
into remote villages. The would rot
be recognized after travelling 25 miles !
In any direction. If they have fed in
pairs, perhaps to re-unite somewhere IN /
nessee there would be no hope of imme- !
1iate capture
To determine this definitely. Captain !
H. w. Davint of the state militia, is be- t
ieved to be anxious to surround the I
n ~untains with 200 men and peer into G
every nook and Granny, day after day,
;tationing guards on the principal high :
ways to cut of any food supplies. At
the same time every effort is being
made to circulate descriptions of the
Aliens among the county authorities of
all neighboring states.
Faith of many people here, however.
still is placed in the ,.bility of the
detectives to locate the
Aliens. It is believed watching the l
activities of women members of the !
Allen clan they may intercept some {
communication i
Mrs. Sidna Allen, at the home of s