The times dispatch. [volume], September 15, 1912, Image 1

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Ehb w%rcH^SuSx>motm WHOLE N UM BEB 19,109 KKTIMOXT). VA., Sr\l?.\V. SKI'TKMBKK l?, 1012. tub wbatuer to-iut-v.k?..4 PRICE FIVE CF.XT9?
BOOSTERS STAR!
ON IRJHMNGHT
One Hundred Business
., Men Go Forth to Boom
Their Towfn.
SPECIAL TRAIN
LEAVES AT 12:30
iJ/Icrchants to Spend Four Day;:
I In the Carolinas, Their Slogan
. Being "Trade in Richmond
If You Can't Trade at
, Home "?No Liquor
Samples.
Leaving fr"m Main street station
Just after midnight to-night about 100
of the Uvcst and mosi prugn salvo
young business men of Rti htiiond will
spend the riexl four days In booming
Richmond through twenty-eight cities
and towns In the two Carolinas, Th
party will travel by special ira.ln, ur
rangi'mftitu for o definite schedule
having h'<:t made with, all "f the vari?
ous railway iin<? traversed. Samples
et goi Interesting a??vehlrii and
novelties and advertising literature
asc to he distributed, but out of re?
spect to the sentiment prevailing In
Ihn Carolinas, no samples of liquor of
?vny sort are to b<- distributed at any
point, and no such samples for dis?
tribution will therefore be carried on
?the. Booster Train.
Tralti I.nur? Tu-Mehi.
The. baggage car of the special
train was placed In a siding at Main
Btreel ^t11? ^n yesterday morning with
an agcr.t In chaise for the reception
of such novelties and souvenirs and
advertising matter as business firms
propose to distribute. The four l'ull
man sleeping cars which make up the
trtin. togethei with two ilmlng cars,
v .. :'? ready for the reception of j
those going OU the irlp to-night at i
I i ok Tne train Irav. s Main
.fitreet Station over the Seaboard Air
Lin.> Railway promptly at 1 -:30 A. M..,
?to-:norrr.-v.
Tne tlrst official stop for the pur-,
pose of boosting Richmond Is to be:
mu'le Bt Rovky Mount. N. C, to-mor?
row morning, the train leaving that1
point at !? o'clock. stops to- ;
morrow Include Rocky Mount. Wir
aon. Washington, N< wt>ern. Klnston !
ar.d Oolosboio. the train reaching Ra- ?
Ulgh to-morrow night at 7:1!>. In time
tor tho Boosters to attend a smoker
S>nd meet members of the business or?
ganisations of thai city.
tlnt.ney I? Chief B?inlrr.
Business Manager W. T. babney, of
Tbe Chamber of Commerce, has been)
duly constituted tfr.e Chief Booster i
and Is In charge of the general move-!
rr.' :it to emt'rid the business people of;
the Can, Inns tint Richmond Is on
?the map. Ho hss said that in no
city would he advise the People to j
trad* away tri m honte If they could I
get the article oeslred at home, nt a.
proper price But in th- cases :
Where such patronising of home in-:
?iusrrv is Impracticable, the Boosters!
pr.-pose to drive home the slogan of >
?rTrade in R'chmond." The movement
lias In reality a Mgger and broad* r ]
I.. ince llian the mere making of i
r. few ^.il?s. it b-ing an effort of Rich-,
roond business men to join forces with
th-; progressive cities t"i.d towns of
the Carolinas to build "p the South
an.I to put a stop to St least a part,
of tho long continued In of the ,
wealth and t.-ad< of the ?outh to the'
clt'ea of the far North. The people
rf.f the Carolinas are t In told that ;
they can btiv in Richmond ns cheaply;
und from as good B a ,'.-<.tlon as they
csn find In N*w York md that tli? '
freight ir.t.h will he i.ui' h cheaper.
To go beyoi.d the bydcts of the
S .t:i to l)U / tthat can oett-r be J
bought at h"iiie Is held to be a Vlo- j
latlon of the first principles of that
conservation of resources on which
the future of the south to a large ex?
tent depends
\ii Organizations .loin.
Every commercial organization In
the city Is taking part in the Boost?
er movement, and the secretaries or,
each will he among the leading boost?
ers in every town visited. Mayor Atns
lle has written that it wll be both a
duty nnd a pleasure to accompany the'
business men of Richmond on such an
errand President T. M. Car'lug-ton.
of the Chamber of Commerce, will lie
an active Booster every minute of the
trip.
Those members of tho civic orders
who are unable to go Oil the tour It?
self are planning n rousing welcome
for the Boosters on their return. In
the shape of a iriohatcr civic celebra?
tion nt the City Auditorium next
Thursday night. The party arrives at
?Main Btrcel Station on It:' return nt
7:10 P. My, and a committee will escort
the Boosters to Seventh nnd Broad
Streets, where membera of the Cham?
ber of Commerce, the Business Men's
Club, the Retail Merchants' Associa?
tion, the Travelers' Protective Asso?
ciation, the United Commercial Travel?
ers, the Advertisers' Club, the Rich
maud nn.l Chesterfield Business Men's
Association and the Civic Co-Operative
Association will be drawn up. A parade
will be formed, headed by the Boosters'
band, marked by red lights nnd fire?
works, and the lino of march will be
taken up Broad Street to Jefferson, to
Kronklln. to Laurel nnd thence to the
City Auditorium.
\t Hie Auditorium,
The evening will bo marked by the
first public appearance of Mayor Ain?
Jle since his Inauguration, and by sonic
brief remarks by President T. M Car
rlngton. An address will be delivered
by Josephus Daniels', awner and edi?
tor of the Raleigh News and Observer,
national Democratic commltteeman
from North Carolina, and one of the
Insi.i" figures'In >he present Wilson
Marshall campaign.
H. sldep giving his views On trade
expansion in the Sauth, Mr. Daniela
may have something to say In regard
to the prospect of a Democratic vic?
tory In November, and the effect of
such a victory on the solid Democra?
tic Slat. :-, tin- trade <>r which the pres?
ent movement Is Intended to extend.
Th,. other speaker will be E. J. Wat
<flonUnuod oq Fourth PagejT
MISSING GUN MEN
! LANDED IN PRISON
? -
"Gyp the Blood" and
I "LeftyLouie''Caught
I in Brooklyn Suburb.
BOTH "SWEATED"
?>\ DETECTIVES
Credit for Capture of Fugitives
Is Claimed by Police Depart?
ment?These Are Last of the
Men Indicted fcr Assassin?
ation of Herman Rosen
thai, Gambler.
New York, September 1t ?Two men
whom Deputy I'ollcc Commissioner
Doughcrty declared were iv.p the
Blood iin.J L?fly l,ou|e. wanted Iri cun
nectlon with the l/ongarro Squart
muide-r of gambler Herman Rosenthal,
to-night wer? locker] up at police head?
quarters. ? >ntral office detectives ar?
rested th- pa'r In Brownsville a sub
urr> of Brooklyn, and they wer?
whisked to head'iuartert In nr, auto?
mobile They were at once tushoj (u
Dougherty's private office., where thd)
were kept by the deputy commissioner I
for n considerable time
Dougherty confirmed the report that:
the men wer? believed to be the mlrv
Ins gun men. murderers or the gamL-[
ler, and promised a statement later.!
Tho arrest of the two suspects oc- .
<-':rr<d twenty-four hours after Dts-i
trlct Attorney Whitman left for Hot j
Springe. Ark. to Investigate the stories
ol persons th<re who wore associated
with Sim Schepps while he was In
hiding at the resort. When Deputy
Commissioner Dughtery was asked n
the district attorney's office knew of
or was concerned In the arrest to?
night, he replied:
' Now, ?e-i here, I want It under- '
stood that these men were r;n down
and rapture by the pollre depart?
ment arid nobody else had anything
to do with It."
Doughter) brought th* two men to
"lieadrjijrfi ters In his automobile ae-|
conipanlcd by Lieutenant nomlnlck,
I.1 :.d two plslnclothes men.'
Dougherty admitted that he did not
arrest the prisoners, but would n?t j
say who did. and the other officers
wer? not permitted to talk.
The two prisoners were "sweated"
for hours behind closed ?loors, and |
?from time to time Dougherty sent !
our word th.it h? was sure thov were;
"Gyp the Blood'' and "Lefty Louie." I
Commissioner Waldo and the Bertl'.lonj
and fingerprint experts were sent for. ?
All Now In Custody.
Harry Horowlt*, known as "Gyp the1
Blood/' aSd Louis Rosenswrlg, ala'.s
'.'Lefty Louie," have been sought In!
connection with the Rosenthal mur?
der ever since the Identity of the oc-'
cupants of the gray murder car was'
established, and with the capture the!
last of the men Indicted for the as?
sassination of the gambler are In cus?
tody.
The two are well-ktiCYWti Bast side
gunmen, henchmen of Big .lack Se?
lig, whom Ram Rchepps and "Bald"
.lark Rose swore they hired to pto
ciire assassins to shoot down Rosen
thai. When It was learned from Rose.
HrldKie Webber and Wm. Shapiro.,
chauffeur of th? murder car that
"Lefty" and "Gyp" wore In the car
their arrest was ordered. Thereafter
the pair were found all over the Un'ted
States from New England to tho Paci?
fic slope. No town that boasted a
. ihstnbie failed to find them. otic;
account went so far as to have the. m,
take n on a Great Lake steamer, where i
vGyp" was disguised as a woman
The Rosenthal grand Jury returned
a blanket Indictment charging the
murder of Rosenthal to Police Lieu?
tenant Charles Becker. "Whitey" Jack,
Lewis, ?'?lyp the Rlood," "Lefty Louie." j
?'Dago'' Trank Clrcofrto and Sharprloj
Schepp.
Webber, nose and Harry Vftllon were
held as material witnesses. The theory
on which District Attorney Whitman]
worked up hits ? a*e was that Rose.'
yVcbbci and Sehcpps; ,t? the command I
, f Becker and througti the medium of
Zelle; employed the four gtjnmen to'
shoot down I'.osenthftl In the bricht,
lights In front of the. Hotel Metro
pole, within a stone's throw of B'ro?di
wa y.
Vt III ?eck Xo t hange of Venur.
New Yi>rk. September II?lohn F.
Mclntyre, chief counsel for Lieutenant
Charles Becker, made to-day the most
important announcement that had come
from thi diffuse.
No furthcl efforts will be made to
have the trial dclayod. No change ot
venue will !>? asked for. Mr. Mcln
lyre risked thai he he quoted '?rat
uouniiel for Lieutenant Keeker have
ilgieeii to KO 10 trial on October 7. end
thai Becker can have a fair trial in
this county. <\ako<l why he decided
to co to trial Without asking for a
change of venue and without Becking
for further delay, Mr. Mcttityre re?
plied:
"Because we are tired of the pres?
ent situation. We arc anxious to end
it once for all. Nothing would be
gained b> taking the out Of this
count.". Nothing helpful would re?
sult front further s'nys. 1 suppose
Becker can have as fair a trial hero
ns anywhero else In the present rtate
of public opinion. Kurt her delays
would merely Increase the clamor and
the agitation."
Mr. Mclntyra said further that he
hoped to brine out such evidence as
? make it impossible to convict
Becker of ihe murder of Rosenthal. "I
shall ?lo my best." he added, "to Im?
press the court and Jury with the fact
that Lloutenanl Becker Is not on trial
as a gra'ter e>r a thief, hut as a man
accused of murder. Whatever changes
have been made, or .that may be made
ns to grafting, have nothing whatever
to do with Becker's position ns a de?
fendant under Indictment fqr muj- j
do^ la tho first degroe." ]
FUGITIVES FROM VIRGINIA JUSTICE CAPTURED IN IOWA
??ihn \ ai.IjBX.
wissi.r.y F.nwAnns.
COLLISION IN AIR
FATAL TO AVIATOR
Howard Gill Crushed to Death
When Machine Falls
on Him.
MESTACH ALSO IS INJURED
Accident Is Second Fatality
During Present Meet
at Chicago.
Chicago. September it?Howard
Gill; of St. Louis, one of the foremost
of WYlght and Curtlss schools of avia?
tors, died In the Emergency Hospital
at Cicero aviation ilcld to-night, fol?
lowing a collision of hi? niplar.e with
a monoplane driven by Georg.-- M.-s
ta.-h, the French aviator. The acci?
dent took place about a mil* from the
gra nd stand.
Mestach was taken to the hos?
pital of St. Anthony De Padua, where
his Injuries were pronoun, ed slight.
He is suffering from several bruises
about the head, but ther* was no con?
cussion of the brain. A bad cut on
the left thigh Is his most serious
hurt.
Gill, although conscious when picked
up. suffered fatal Internal Injuries
His machine fell on him and crushed
his ribs, and It Is believed one of
the fractured bones penetrated a vital
orga n.
To-day's accident was the second
fatality of the meet. . Paul Peck
met death last Wednesday when his
Gyro biplane plunged live hundred;
feet to the earth as he was nttempt
irig the difficult and dangerous spiral!
glide.
According to aviators who witnessed
the accident to-day. It was a rear-end .
collslon. Mestach. ilyir.p 1; is speedy
Borcl monoplane In the race for sin- I
gleplane machines, was traveling Iii ,
the same direction as was Gill, who
was piloting a racing biplane.
The accident occurred just as the
machines were rounding one of the
great steel p>tons that mark the
course.
The Frenchman had the swiftest ma?
chine and was living above and lie- j
hind Gill. In an effort to make time'
on the turn it is believed Mestach
swerved in toward the pylon and
swooped sl'ghtly downward. GUI,.!
aviators say. may have ben etlltins
his plane in order to more sharply
make the turn.
Machine Turns Turtle.
Mestach. when his machine turned
turtle, was protected by the heavy
frame work, which prevented the en?
gine falling on .nid crushing him. |
Gill began his career as a blrdmah
In St. Louis. He experimented with
several original designs, but failed, and
finally entered the Wright School of
Aviation at Dayton. Later he entered
one of the Wright teams of flyer*.
Last year lie severed his connection
with the Wrights and flow independ?
ently during the summer season.
This year he had been connected
wltu the Curtis school at Marblchcad.
Mass. He had also done designing
work for the [turgess Aeroplane Manu?
facturing Company. He was ihi only
entrant to fulfil conditions for tilt
Gould $15,000 prize for an aeroplane
with two complete motor sets, but was
denied the prize because he was sole
competitor.
Aftor recovering consciousness. MeS
laoh said:
"1 wa? going at top speed In ray
monoplane in an effort to win the
race. Looking behind 1 saw Gill In
his biplane turning around a pylon
and rapidly approaching me a few
feet below; 1 jerked my elevator,
(Continued on Seventh Pafce. >
? .*>3,2<1 to < nil for Ii tn
Via Washlngtoh-Suniel Route. Sept. ?t to
Oct. f?. Personally conducted tourist sleep
liiB can fri.m \\'n?htnKt?ii without change,
dally oxcr.pt Sunday. Berth, |.\ Office, W7
i East Main ffLreot.
THREE STUDENTS
RELEASED ON BOND
arth, Who Is Ministerial Stu?
dent, Still Under
Arrest.
FULL INQUIRY ORDERED
Carolina University Trustees
Will investigate Fatal
Hazing Accident.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Chapel Hill, N. C. September 14.?
Accompanied by the father and elder
brother, the body of Isaac William
Rnnd. the freshman of the State Uni?
versity, who came to su?.h a tragic
end yesterday as a. victim of a haz?
ing frolic, wns taken to his late home
at Smlthfled this morning for burial.
The college bell tolled as the body
was being borne to the station, the
North Carolina flag was at half-mast,
while the campus took on an aspect
of mourning. .
The entire college community Is
sorely grieved over the unfortunate
affair. The bond of $5,000 required of
the four Fophomores charged with
bringing about the death of the young
man have been fixed by friends and
relatives <>f three of the hoys.
The bond of Oldham, of Raleigh,
was fixed by six citizens of Chapel
Hill. The father of Merrlman, of
Wilmington, who Is n wealthy lumber
dealer of this city, was bondsman for
his son. The father and several
friends of Hatch, of Mount Olive, se?
cured his reli ?so. The fourth sopho?
more charge.; with participating in
the crime, A. H. Styron, of Wilming?
ton, has not late to-night raised his
bond and Is still under arrest at
l'irknrds Hotel.
The parents Of Styron are not liv?
ing, and ho Is a poor boy who was
working his way through college with ?
the intention of entering the ministry.
He has the sympathy of a number of
citizens In his home town. Wilming?
ton, and efforts are now on foot to
secure his release. However, there
will be no let-Up on the part of the
authorities of the institution and state
in making a thorough Investigation of
ihe tragedy.
President Venable will make a full
statement of flic case to the executive
council Monday at Its meeting. It Is
ruinoi-ed that young Kami was stabbed
with a Knife during a quarrel Incident
to the hazing, but this report lacks
verification. It is charged that haz?
ing has been practiced at the unlvcr
slt> fot years, and thai last year o-|e
buy was seriously hurt, hut that mat?
ter was Kept quiet. It is understood
thai all So se matters will be thor?
oughly investigated under Governor
Kltchln's orders for a rigid inqtilrv into
c otidltions at i 'hapel Hill.
WANTS RESERVED SEATS
Woman Ititerestrii in Pnrttiromlng
Committee HrnrinR,
Washington, September 14.?-Interest
In th. forthcoming hearing of the Sen?
at' Campaign Expenditures Commit?
tee, when Colonel Roosevelt, .1. V. Mor?
gan <;<.."gc W Perkins nnd others
are expected to testify, has mani?
fested lt-i If In a demand upon Sen?
ator Clapp's committee for spe.-iai ac?
commodations for spectators,
A Washington woman called at
Senator ClapjVs office yesterday and
asked to be allowed to pick out a
? . it from which she would "have a
good view of the wltftess." Kmployes
of the committee informed her no re
served tickets wero being Issued.
Senator flapp Is considering the ad?
visability of conducting the hearings
In the manner folio/wed when .lohn D.
VVrchbolO recently Appeared, admit?
ting only newspaper men and inter?
ested members of the Senate and
i House, s^j
ARMY MAY REBEL
AGAINST MAOERO
nday, Independence Day,
Is Time Set for
M utiny.
HUERTA TO BE LEADER
Inactivity of Federals Taken
Confirmation of fend?
ing Revolt.
El Paso. Texas. September It.?That
the Mexican Federal army Is to rebel
ayalntt President Madcro is the latest
phase of the Mexican situation. There I
can hardly be any doubt that the move- j
ment has been organized.
Madcro knows it In Mexico City,
and his secret agents here wired him'
to-day thiit it is to take place, and
that Monday, Mexican Independence
Day. Is the day set tor the mutiny. 1
General Vlctotlano Huerta, now com?
manding the Federal army In Northern
Mexico, la. according to reports, tho]
man chosen to take the leadership. '
General Huerta has been In Juarez
for some days Conferring with his gen- |
ersls?Rnfrago. Tellcz. Blanco and San- j
Jlnes?and has been in communication
with General Sanchez nt OJtnuga, who
this week quit the town while rebels
were attacking It and allowed U??-m
to take the place and a large ? ltiantlty
of Federal food and ammunition. The
absolute Inactivity of the Federals In
all parts of Northern Mexico is taken
as strong confirmation of the pending
revolt.
The report that the mutiny Is to
occur comes simultaneously from Son or a <
and from Mexico City, while It hat
become common talk In El Paso the last
twelve hours.
Gomes In Movement.
Emilio Vaso.it? 7. Gomez is to be hten
titied with the n? w movement. It Is de?
clared, nnd Is to bo a Cabinet officer
of the provisional President. Tne 1
movement Is said to be In favor of
either former Provisional President
1'ranclsco ?le la Harra or Felix Diaz,
nephew of former President Diaz.
The hissing of Madcro In the (/hem- ;
ber of Deputies In Mexico city yes?
terday nnd the cheering of the name1
of Diaz is looked upon hero as an In- |
dtrntlon of the radical change in sen- .
tlment. A year ago the opposite hap- [
pened.
Madcro has recently had an agent
hero attempting to get a peaco con?
ference with Pnscual Orozco, rebel
leader. The commissioner was An?
tonio p. De Magana, an-i he conferred
wTfn a Gomez Robelo, a c!os? friend
of Orozco; and left to-day for Mexico
City with Itobelo's answer. willen '.
stated emphatically thnt orozao did
not consider the pcoplo had been given'
their liberty by th?> Madefo revolution.
Ho said Orozco would be willing to
discuss pence with a mixed commis?
sion representing Madcro. Uio military,
th.- rob. Ts and the people. This meet?
ing gave rise to the report that Orozco
had seilt a messenger to Madcro ask?
ing for pence. Oroseo Is definitely
known now to be at OJlnaga, which his
troops captured this Week
General Snnjiuei, commanding the
Mexican Federals at Aglin Prlcta, after
repeated criticisms from the American
press for Inactivity, to.,lay took pari
of hi-a command south arid engaged n
small band of rebels at Cenlsas
I Springs, fourteen miles from the 'tri
ternatlonal line. Fighting continued
s?\ernl hours.
TRY TO STEAL STATUE
tnnrinls Danina:* Heroic Memorial
Figure nl Canton, Mn?.*.
Canton. Muss . September 11 -After
damaging and trying to steal the
heroic stnlitn of a soldier decorating
the drinking fountain in front of
Memorial Hall here, vandals gave up
the Job and left a note saying: "Fri?
day, the 13th. our unlucky day."
I The fountain was a gift to Ihi town
! from the late Representative Elijah A.
Morse. Th?< vandals evidently thought
j the figure was of copper ami that the
Urnetai would be yahiablo.
MASS1E KILLED
BY SIDNA ALLEN
Not Believed Commonwealth
Will Have Difficulty in
Proving Murder Charge.
GOVERNOR AWAITS NEWS
Satisfied, However, That Baldwin
Detectives Got Right Men
in Oc> Moincs.
While Oovornor Mann received no
word yesterday regarding the capture
of Sldna Allen and Wesley Edwards
from W. G. Baldwin, the head of Bald?
win-Felts Detectives. Inc.. who Is in
Des Moincs, he seels confident that tho
report Is correct. The Governor knew
that the officers had been tracing tho
fugitives through a girl with whom
Wesley Edwards had been correspond?
ing. Mr. Baldwin took some of his
men to Iowa with him. and tho Gov?
ernor expected dovclopmi nta within
the next few days.
All along, it has been expected thero
would be no trouble about the convic?
tion of Sldna Allen of the murder of
Judge Thornton U Mansie. His flight
and long efforts to escape .lust Ice will
Inevitably tell against him when he
comes to trial. Besides, he has been
known as the ablest of the Allen fam?
ily.
Sldoa's Pnrt in Murders.
On the morning of the courthouse
shooting at HUlsvllle, Sldna Allen,
with his nephew, Claude Swanson Al?
len, was standing on a bench close to
th>- door to the Judge's private office.
The events of tho fateful hour havo
been rehearsed so many times In the
repented trials that the facts can bo
definitely stnted. When Floyd Allen,
the convicted prisoner at the bar,
arose und announced that he would not
go to Jail, a shot rang out from tho
northeast corner of the courtroom.
This shot was tired by Claude Swan
son Allen.
Judge D. W. Bolen. Carroll County's
leading citizen, saw him tire it, and
saw the lint and dust By from Judge
Massle's shoulder. This was the only
one of the judge's wounds which could
have been fatal. Tune after time
Judge Bolen has reiterate.1 the state?
ment on the wltn-ss stand that the
situation admits of no mistake?he
saw Claude Allen nre the fatal shot. In
the next moment Sldna Allen's pistol
rann out with a shot, which struck
judge Masflte In the arm. The Judge
had turned when he received the first
'bullet, and saw the second One flrrd.
In his dying moments he s&Jd that
Sldna Allen shot him, but It Is gen?
erally thought he supposed this, seeing
Sldnn Allen rife the second shot.
After the shooting had become gen?
eral. Sjdnn Allen leaped from the bench,
followed by his nephew, and advanced
to the Jury box. between the bench
and the bar. Turning, with a smile
on his face, he fired one more bullet
Into the body of the dying jurist. Then
he left the courtroom, to engage In
a duel on the outside with Clerk Dex?
ter <!oad
Wesley Who on Bench.
The part played by Wesley Ed?
wards Is no less Important. Ho was
on n bench with Victor M Allen, Ms
cousin, at about ,the centre of the
north side of the room. He fi"t Into
the affray almost as soon as it began,
llrin;; at the olHcers of Iii? Ci/prl, who
had urojupcd themselves together near
the sin-rill's se.it Jumplnc fi"m the
bench. Wesley Edwards walked to the
bar and put tils pistol across it, lirlng
i at closer range.
This youth aorved a sentence of six
! months In Jail f<j>r various nilxieeds.
I Including n> fight at a religious meet
ting conducted by hU uncle. Garland
Allen. He was perhaps the most
troublesome prisoner ever lr, the Hills
k" Continued on Sixth Page.)
IN DES USES
B< DETECTIVES
Sidna Allen, Leader of.
Clan, and Wesley Ed?
wards, Manacled
in City Jail.
OFFICERS TRAIL
GIRL TO RETREAT
OF FUGITIVES
Visit by Younger Prisoner ten
Home of His Sweetheart in
North Carolina and Accidental
Loss of a Letter Lead to Cap?
ture of Both Men?They An?
nounce Their Willingness to
Return to Virginia to Be Tried
for Participation in Ilillsville
Tragedy Without Requisition.
En Route to Virginia
Urs >1iiln?->, tow it, September 14.?
Sidna \llrn iiml Wrxley I award?
?irr en route to Virginia in the cult
tod] ??( uetevtirca, having been
started nn the homeward trip n*
noon na possible after do- nrreat of
Edw nrilv
Des Moin^?. Iowa. September 14.?-?
Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan
which shot up the Carroll County
courthouse at Htllsvllle, Va., March 14,
killing Judge Massle and others, and
his nephew, Wesley Edwards, to-night
are manacled In cells it the city jail
as a result ,,f i0ve affairs, which led
detectives to them, Both have an?
nounced thi.tr Willingness to return to
Virginia without requisition.
Edwards, for the lovo oj Miss Maud.
Iroler. of Mount Alrv, N C who had
innocently led defectives t,, Des Molne?,
was captured to-night as he was re?
turning to his boarding hotise, after
having worked all .1 iy with a paving
gang, .lust as he boarded a street car,
detectives ami officers surrounded It.
Edwards was living to escape by
crawling through the front end of tho
car when otllccrs caught him. The,
arrest of Sidna Allen was effected car-.
Her In the dar.
A visit by Rdwards to Miss Iroler
i her North Carolina homo about
month, ago the accidental loss o
letter put the detei lives upon the tn
The fugitives had been In Des Molnes
since April iS; Allen, under the name
of Tom Sayre. worked as a carpenter,,
nnd Edwards, under the name of Joe?
Jackson, was employed with a city]
paving cang.
Covered With Revolver.
Allen vvas air.-ted at the home of
John Cameron, at Eleventh and Locust\
Streets, where he and his nephew had I
been rooming, by Detectives Baldwin,!
Lucas and Mundv. of ftonnoke. Tho,'
arrest occurred n few minutes nftet*
Miss Iroler stepped into the Camerotv
home to meet Edwards, whom she was?
to wed tn-/ileht, according to an ar-I
rangement when ho visited her in Vir?
ginia. Detective Lucas was at hop
heels. Allen was In an upper room.
When informed that visitors wanted to
see him. he came down stairs. As ho
? iid so. Detective [mens covered html
with a revolver nnd naked him to sur?
render. Allen hesitated, and then
threw up his hands, remarking as he.
did so. "i guess rm your man.'1
All.n was handcuff i and placed
j under a guard of city detectives, while.,
1 Colonel Baldwin and Chief Jenny of
the local departmeni went in search
of Edwards, who was said to bo at
work In the western part of tho city.
Apparently Edwards hear.; that hla
uncle had been captured and ho waa
not to found until to-night.
Miss Iroler arrived In 1 ?? ; Molnes,
unaware that on the same train wera
detectives who wanted lor sweetheart.
She went straight to the Cameron
Home, having previously been jiro
I vldcd with the address, and these offl
I cers followed.
I Although surprised, she took the ar
! rest of AlUn and the capture of Ed
j wards with little show of concern.
?Wesley was down home a month
agoV She said. "Wa were to be mar?
ried. He gave me the money to com?
I to this city and this address. I had
, no idea that any one was following
i hie;"
Sldnn Talks 1'reely.
! Sid n? \llen In Ills cell to.night
j talked freely of the . vents of tho
i last few months, but declined to say
much concerning Ills movements Im?
mediately after the courthouse trage?
dy II. nnd Edwards remained In the
mountain country of Virginia and
North Carolina for about ? month and
then got over Into Kentucky, going to
Louisville. Where they spent several
days. Their next stop was ill St Louis,
where they remained 0 week. They
had sufficient money for their needa
and traveled is Ursl class passenger?.
T don t know why ? . i! ime to Des
Molnes" fold Allen. "Unless it waa that
I thought we would be safer here.
Several years ag.. ' w*a in the Klon?
dike and I figured that the officer*
would thmk l ha : pone .back there.
So we came to Des Molnes. and I got
1 work as a carpenter and expected to
j remain her- until It was safe back.
' home. ' , '
? i would have given myself up long?
aco If I had thought wo rould get. a.
square deal. But *?e what they have,
done to Kloyd. my brother, and
V Allen declared, that the courthovu^
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