The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-04
SNOW AIDS SLEUTHS
ii in TRACKING ALIENS
Sidna Allen Said to Be Alone in
Mountain Hiding Plaee-Sidna
Edwards in Roanoke Jail.
Conflicting Statements as
to His Pistol.
MOUNT AIRY. N. G. sna.IaI

There h very little change i'm Tire
situation growing out OF tho hunt
Tor the Virginia Outlaws this
morning, for 50 far the detec-
UVeS have been unable to make
a capture. They claim, however,
that they were i'm two hours of
the outlaws yesterday.
AT present IL looks as AZ the
outlaws have outwittod the detec-
yves at every turn and arc still
masters OF the situation
Ths morning the purs1ers are
Wiaenlng the circle and have
urhted further southeast, hoping
10 surprise them I'm n blockade
WntSkey section several miles TO
tno foot OF the mountains.
II Is an open secret that the
detectives have located the man
who supplies the outlaws food
and Information, and his move
ments are being carefully watch
cd. IL was his actions that
prompted yesterdays raid, and
mis- movements may yet locate the
outlaws
The detectives are not I'm the
least discouraged, but sticking
close TO u system that they fully
believe will effect a capture
MOUNT AIRY, N. c. Special
For the first time since the Hills
Vile murderers fled into the
mountains the odds today are all
In favor OF the pursuing posses.
THE MOUNTAINS ARE COW
Erred WITH SNOW.
Ine detectives know In a gene
raj way, they declare, where the
outlaws are hiding.
Should the fugitiveS remain I'm
their hiding places they are sure
TO be surrounded and caught.
Should they attempt 40 escape
their pursuers will experience
The detectives regard the fugi-
uves as good as landed
One-half of the posse which
had been scattered over the
mountains in the border counties
came back TO this Plaeo this
morning. Now that the hunt con-
stStS merely i'm following tracks
through the snow, the fun force
rs not considered necessary. III
the Aliens are surrounded, how
ever, and offer resistance, those
that nave been returned 20 Mount
Airy will probably be sent for tO
aid In stOrrning whatever strong
hold in which the outlaws may
be cntrenched.
Conflicting Statements.
1t was reported this morning tina
Sidna Edwards had made n complet
statement TO Detective Felts regard
ing his participation in the HilIsvill
tragedy. According to this statement
Sidne was in the court room and ha
his six-shooter with him. He did no
use 1t. however, but gave IL to hi
uncle. Floyd Allen. after the firin
began. Floyd is said to have fire
two shots from Sidna's weapon.
Sidna later called on his uncle, n
said. and the pistol was returned [
him. When -Sidna was captured an
disarmed two chambers of his revol
yer were empty.
Two other statements are said I
have been made by Sidna. In one n
was reported as declaring that he ha
no pistol on the day of the tragedy
though grand jury witnesses are be
lieved to have sworn that they sa,
the young mountaineer hand Ffoy
Allen smoking revolver in the mids
Of the fight
In the third statement Sidna Is sal
10 have made indefinite reference Z
some shots fred by him in self-de
tense.
The exact truth as to Sidaa's con
nection with the AFFAIR will probabl
not be known until the trial. The de
tectives at this time seem to pIac
much credence In the statement he
said TO have made to Detective Felt.
L
Sidna Allen. the leader OF the clar
has been located. IL Is said, in Suga
Lc II Mountain. five miles away fror
the hiding place of Claude Swansea
Allen. Floyd's brother. Friel Aller
Jasper's son, and Wesley Edwards. tn
more desperate of the two Edward
boys. have been discovered intrenche
ten miles north of Mount Airy, nea
the North Carolina line.
Brother Against Brother.
E1lLLSVIL11E. VA Special-It 1
said that Jasper Allen. father OF Erie
will be at the head of the posse who's
business IL is to capture Sidna Allen Il
his lonely retreat in the Sugar LOAF
Then 1t Will be brother against brothe
IN dead earnest. because not only
Jasper Allen anxious to save his sol
rom the chair. but he is also said I
be enraged against the ones whom n
believes responsible for inducing hi
son TO participat
"a the tragedy at the Hillsville Court
house.
Al has been showing hard here to
lay. and the weather has turned bit
-erly cold II showed a large part @
asst night These conditions are IA
more disastrous to the Aliens tina,
hey are to the men who are huntin,
hem down. who are warmly clad AMI
rs they are. it is not believed that tn,
Aliens can hold out much longer II
he face of the terrific odds that con
'ront them. Nevertheless IL is tru,
hat their friends and relatives. witt
few exceptions. are sticking by then
md will aid in every possible name,
o enable them to evade capture.
The time is passed. il there ever wa,
'uch a time. for the outlaws to sur
'ender on their own terms, such a.
hey have already proposed and beer
ienied. The Virginia authorities would
'ather the desperadoes escaped entire
y than condescend TO grant them am
erms other than unconditional sur.
'ender.
Stdna Edwards Taken to Roanoke.
Sidna Edwards, protesting his limo.
'ence, has been taken from Hillsvillt
lnder heavy guard to the Roanoke
all. His uncle. Floyd Allen; hi.
cousin, Victor Allen. and his chum
bending trial.
Detective Felts made public yester.