The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-26
POLICEMAN FOY
CAPTURES ALLEN
STANDING IN DITCH WITH HIS
WINCHESTER.
Not Three Miles From the Scene of
the Tragedy Allen Evades Search
ing Party for "a Hours.

ing Party for "a Hours.
Following the instincts of police
officer, and being off duty on Wed,
nesday morning, Policeman Foy OF
the Newberry force went to Chapin,
leaving Newberry at $50 Wednes-
day morning and arrived at about
1880, to see what. was doing in the
search for the negro Henry Allen,
who had shot to death Mr.. Noah r.
Frick, a prosperous farmer Of that
section, on Tuesday afternoon, and
who had been hiding in the woods
and swamps and had been successful
I'D to that time in evading the search
ers and even the bloodhounds.
On reaching Chaplin he joined the
) crowd of citizens who had been on
the search for the negro all night,
and during the early morning OF
Wednesday,.
Coming up the highway toward
Little Mountain some two miles,
they turned to the south of the road,
and followed branch, searching par
ties taking either side of the small
stream. There had been a heavy
rain down there during the early
morning which kept the bloodhounds
from following the trail, and also
wiped out any tracks that may have
been made by the negro.
The first intimation or clue that
they were able to get in regard to the
movements of Alien, was from ne
gro who lived alongside the highawy
who said that Allen had come. to the
house and begged protection OF the
negro who lived there, and that he
had refused 10 give him protection
and Allen had moved away. But the
rain having removed all tracks and
evidence of his movements the search
was difficult. The searching party
followed the stream, and about a mile
to the south of the highway some one
called out that Allen was in a ditch
not far ahead of the party. Police
man Foy, who was in the party, ran
ahead and covered Allen with his gun
land jumped on him in the ditch and
nulled him out. At about the same
time several others of the searching
party got in the ditch with Police
man Foy, but Mr.. Foy was the first
one to lay hands on the murderer.
Allen had his Winchester rifle IN one
hand, and was in ditch about four
feet deep.
Policeman Foy along with Sheriff
Roof of Lexington and Policeman
Koon and. Mr.. Tom league and some
others, started off with Allen toward
the highway, and had gotten about
200 yards from where he was caught
when the crowd came up and forcibly
took Allen away from them. There
were $50 or 200 men in the crowd,
and Mr.. Foy being out of his baill-
wick made no effort to use force to
retain the prisoner, and it would
have been useless for Sheriff Root
and Policeman Koon to have under
taken to do so.
The crowd took Allen back toward
the place where he had been captur-
ed. and soon volley Of shots rang
out on the swamp, and Allen had
taken his last long journey. This was
around o'clock. What became OF
the body and how the deed was done,
onr informant did not know, as he
was not present, but only heard the
sound of the guns as it came over the
hills from the swamp.
Allen had a .39 calibre sixteen
shooter Winchester rifle, and the size
of the cartridge that The Herald and
Nesw reporter saw that came from
the gun, readily explains no" slio'
with this bullet would tear a mans
abdomen all to pieces.
When Allen was caught he had ms
rife in one hand and made no effort
to raise it, and when Policeman Foy
Jumped on him in the ditch the gun
dropped to the ground. Policeman
Foy picked up the gun and handed
it to some one in the crowd.
Old Lexington is making q fine and
unenviable record in crime in the last
couple weeks, and the most horrible
in the annals of crime, all of them.
The killing of Mr.. Frick was a cold
Hooded outrageous premeditated
murder. The killing Of old man Cook
,,,os ono of the most horrible crimes