The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
BALDWIN Tells
WHO IS TO. GET
ALLEN REWARDS
roller Takes the Big End,
If He Will Accept
the Money
6IDNA is CUNNING
MAN OF MOUNTAINS
Bent Back Many False Clues
That Gave Detectives an
Amountof Worry--Ex-
pense of Captures

haven't the slightest objection to
e3iinE the public who are TO share in
he rewards offered by the State for
he capture OF sidna Allen and Wes-
ey Edwards stated w. @. Baldwin,
head Of the Baldwin Felts detective
agency, last night. Mr.. Baldwin had
allied upon Governor Mann during
ho day and had received the check
or 1850 to be paid by the State for
Information leading to the arrest of
he two men.
Il paid out 4146 OF the money In
Des Moines where the men were cap
ured. This money was paid to sew
hxal different people, who rendered
material assistance to us and who I
thought were entitled to something.
Only q few dollars were paid to each
berson.
'Of the remaining 1855, intend
o offer Ar. Frank Iroler $500. l do
bot know that Mr.. Iroler viii accept
his money. There has never been
word said between him and myself
pr any OF the men In the employ OF
he Baldwin Felts agency In refer
pnce TO the reward However. IL he
VIII accept It. and / hope he will. |
Phaii very gladly pay IL over to him.
p WifAaoltis Two Names.
NJ There are two people, to whom !
Intend giving 500 each, whose names
am going TO withhold These men
aided our men materially in their eff
Forts and furnished us with what
proved to be reliable Information.
They would not want their names to
become known and for that / reason
! intend Withholding them They will
not be paid with checks but in cur
fency and In small bills. so as not to
draw attention to them through a dis
play of large bills.
This leaves 1865 and this will be
1fvfded between Detectives Lucas and
Mundy. They will share this equally
and they are certainly entitled to 1t.
No men ever did better work than
|they did on this case and ] cannot
IApeak too highly in their praise"
In giving this unqualified COM
|mendatten to HE two Young assist
ants, Mr. Baldwin departs from the
| habit OF number of other very
prominent heads of detectives agen-
Icies. who are in the habit of assum-
ling all credit to themselves. This was
|commented upon yesterday by num-
Der OF persons TO whom Mr.. Bald
win told the story of the capture
Iroler Didn't Know.
II Il do not think" continued Mr.
Baldwin. that Mr.. Iroler knew that
he was giving Information TO de-
tectfve on the case when hs did so.
When he made the discovery that his
daughter was In communication with
Wesley Edwards and expected TO
marry him. he was very much exer-
|cised and set about TO prevent that.
1 don't think he had in mind their
capture.
1T happened that Mundy was the
f1rst person he told of the affair and
1t that time he did not know that
Mundy was in the employ of the de-
tective agency and was working on
the case Mundy lives in Mt. Airy.
but his connection with the Baldwin
Felts agency was not generally known
until it came out in connection with
the arrests in Des Moines.
"Mundy Immediately com,nuni-
Gated with me in Roanoke. and
Lucas, who had heeu watching Ed
wards mothers house for weeks, was
called in to watch the Iroles' house.
by the use of powerful field glasses.
he raw Mrs Edwards visit the lroier
home and give Miss liaude Iroler a
letter.
THE rest OF the work was easy 1nd
has been told in the press. Lucas
had no difiicuity in making the &c
uuaintance of the transporting girl
and accompanying her on the train,
Hundy was also on the train and
rot on at Roanoke"
Plans Miscarry.
Concerning the capture IN ues
Moines. Mr.. Baldwin yesterday Tor
the first time told What his plans
were before leaving
He hoped to captars both men at
the same time and in ine same house.
Had this been done hA expected TO
rot the men out of Bees MesHss In n
automobile, as was eventually done,
sand land them IN the Roanoke jail
before their capture became known.
Had the two men been together this
plan would have carried.
A 1t happened, however. Allen was
captured FIST and 1t was necessary
q held SHIN in the Des Moinas pot.ca
station while they searched for Ed
wards. AS socn as Edwards va. cao-
fured the men were kept on the Jump
ard c flying trip out of the city N an
Autcmch.I- to another town was
made. where the train for Chicago
was taken.
II had no doubt that extradition
papers would have been granted. II
S0fQ0GfIy DFe5ellcu, ctiQ Iodia
WIN. "but / wanted to avoid any pos
sibility Of legal fight. sidna Allen
Joined the Carpenters union in Des
Moines and ! thought IL he appealed
TO them they might engage lawyers
md make fight for his liberation
ont there. j was only too glad mat
III didn't occur to him and that he
cOnsented to come without papers,
which would have meant delay and
ADDITIONAL expense. ~ = n $500
Sidaa h Cunning.
While Mr. Baldwin does not re-
eArd Sidna Allen as a dangerous
man, az compared with Floyd, he
says that Sidna is by far the shrewd-
MT man in the Virginia mountains.
rhrough his shrewdness and cum
ming. Sidna Allen caused dozens OF
false clues to fall into our hands. all
ar which looked good and caused us
10 end OF trouble and worry in fol-
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