The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
BALDWIN TELLS
STORY Of ALIENS
tcontinued From First Page.)

CONTINUED from First RAGE
ley Edwards also left his weapon there.
and II was returned to the person fromi
whom II was bought on credit. The
young brother of Wesley and Stdna
Edwards took Sidna Aliens automatic
shotgun and fred IL six times into a
ciump Of bushes and trees behind
which three detectives were lying
watching his home. The boy 10 about
ten years CID. Whether or not he saw
the men is not known.
The visit Of Wesley Edwards to his
home brought no results looking To-
! his capture, since the officers only
guessed that he had been there. the
outlook was as gloomy as ever until
Frank Iroler. conversing one day with
| oscar Mundy, said that II he could see
one OF the detectives. he would see IL
he could not give him Information
which might lead to the arrest Oh
Wesley Edwards. He proceeded 10
unfold HIS story. His daughter. Maude,
i had in her possession $50. which sc
said at one time she had found, and
later admitted to be the property OF
! Wesley. who had given il to her TO
keep for him. This money was lost'
SO sne reported Frank Iroler feared
! IL would be used to pay her way 10
( her lover. and said he had rather see
| her dead than married to Wesley Ed
wards.
! He had come TO the right spot. for
Oscar Mundy was a Baldwin-Fslts de-
| tective. The agency IN Roanoke was
at once communicated with. and orders
were given that the girl should not
/ be lost sight OF.
| Waited for Six Weeks.
F, This, again, proved a tedious task.
! for il was six weeks before q move
i was made. At last a letter was de-
! livered to Maude Iroler--it is supposed
/ by Mrs. Edwards. II gave the girl
minute instructions to come TO Des
Moines and there marry her sweet
heart. It told her where to take the
train. how TO buy her tickets. how to
get in the dining car. and further ex-
horted her not to be stingy with travel.
ing money.
On the pretext Of going to Green's
/, boro. Miss Iroler left her home The
detectives followed. They had no time
to get requisition papers. which. for
tunately were not needed W. G.
j Baldwin was notified. and he Joined the
unconscious girl and the detectives at
Roanoke An accommodating and gem
tiemanlv stranger met her at the Roa-
! noke Station. and guided her to a
hotel. while two men filled with curios-
ity went through her travelling bag.
! and read her lovers miss!.e. Half way
across the continent the four Travelled,
| Maude Iroler leading the hand OF the
! law nearer to her lover at every pun
| Of the locomotive.
Taken Unawares-
Arriving in Des Moines. the girl
| went to the house to which she had
! been directed. The detectives were
/ afraid that the birds had flown. for
! Wesley's letter had said he would be IN
1 that city a month. and that was writ
| ten six weeks before. Perhaps he had
| concluded the girl would not come to-
him. Detective H. H. Lucas said ne
wanted a room. and was being shown
some apartments by the landlady. A
member Of the family ran upstairs 10
I tell Sidna Allen that "Joes sweet
heart from North Carolina. so 1ons
expected, had arrived. Allen was
writing in his room, his shoes on. he
came down the stairs at once. ana en-
tered the room which Lucas was IN
snec,inx. The detective put his pistol
/ TO Aliens stomach and shouted to MIN
To hold up his hands. ". G. Baldwin
heard the command and rushed to the
! scene. placing his weapon at the
! hunted mans temple. His hands slow
,ly went up. and the long search for
him was ended.
/ Then It was a question Of how to
catch Wesley Edwards He was at
! work with a paving gang. The after
noon newspapers quickly got the
story Of the capture Of Sidna- The
local police had not been consulted.
and ala not know the facts. Seeing the
party arrive at the Jail. the reporters
T! Jumped at the conclusion that ootn
prisoners had been caught. and SO
| wrote it.
Read That He Was Ca1gAt.
! The result was that Wesley Ed
wards read the story OF his own cap