Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 1 | Virginia Outlaw Leader Captured at Des Moines

OUTLAW r I L LEADER D CAPTURED RED AT- AT DES DES' MOINES Si Sidna dna Allen and His Nephew I Wesley Edwards Arrested In Iowa City TRAILED THROUGH WOMAN THROUGH WOMAN Must Stand Trial for Murders Committed in Hillsville le Courthouse ES MOIl MOINES Iowa lown Sept 14 Sidna H. D DES I All Allen on called so-called leader loader of ot the Allen Allon clan olan which shot up the tho Carroll Carron county court house at Hillsville Va Ye March H 14 killing Judge Massie and others and his nephew Wesley Weeley Edwarda Edwards Edwards Ed- Ed wards warda tonight are manacled in cells at the city Jail jall here Both have announced announced announced an an- their willingness to return to Virginia without requisition Ed Edwards for tor tho the lovo love of ot whom Miss Maude Iroler of ot Mount Airy N. N C c. had Innocently led to Des Moines was captured as a n he was returning to his boarding hou house e after having worked all day with a paving paYing gang Just as he lie boarded a a. stroet oar de- de de detectives detectives and officers surrounded ed it lt Edards Edwards Ed- Ed Wards ards was tr trying trIng Ing to escape by c crawling crawling crawl crawl- a wl- wl ing through the front end of the car when the tho officers caught him The arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar I rest of ot Sidna Allen was effected earlier in the day A visit by Edwards Edards to Miss Iroler in her Virginia home about a month ago and the tho accidental loss of at a letter put tho the detectives on the trail The fugitives fugitives fugi fugi- tives had been in Des Moines 1 since April 28 Allen under the name of or Tom Tm Continued on Page 6 Column 7 7 VIRGINIA OUTLAW i OUTlAW lEADER Sidna Allen Alen and His Nephew Wesley Edwards Arrested f in In Des Moines J 1 Continued From Page 1 Sayre Sare working as a n carpenter carenter M Df 5 8 Edwards under the tho name of or Joe JOG Jack Jackson Jackson son employed with a 0 city paving KA of ot Allen was as arrested at the tha horns homa John Alen Cameron where be he and sad his hJ nephew had been rooming The a at 3 t minutes after Miss I few rew followed a a. 1101 Iroler stepped Into the Cameron home homa 1 whom she wa was towed towed to towed to meet Edwards wed tonight according to an arran rP ment made when he visited her ber n in 11 Virginia this morning an un unaware un unaware Miss Iroler arrived ed morninG d ao do wore train aware that on the same sweetheart who wanted her Although surprised she ahe too took the tie an on D' D calmly Edwards and rest of or Allen Wesley Alen was down home a mor moma ago she said We e were to be mar mar- maT ned ried He gave gac mo me tho the money to COmIto com COmI 0 1 to this city and this address I had Baa nO cf following me i idea that anyone was much t SIdna Allen Alen declined I to say i i im concerning his movements mo Jt lIe He a 0 after ater the court house tragedy mountain c 1 remained In the i Edwards North of ot Virginia and t tInto country countr OYO for about a month and then got Lu to into Kentucky going days dars Their Their several where they spent LouI Louis Lou in St. St next stop was LuisI Luis to D I 1 dont don't know why we e came camo haTs hU I I A would Allen Moines said len Jf if I thOUght up ui long given myself up as deal eal But ou we wo could get they've a square dono dona to FlOyd FIord o r what see brother and Claude house trag f court declared the AHen officers who wh ot Of the the tue edy was taul he said began the