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11) i i M m VOL. XXX III M0UN1 AIRY, JVORTE CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1912 JVO. 11 ALLEN AND E Detectives Follow Miss Maud Iroler, Sweetheart of Wesley Edwards, and Thus Locate the fugitives in Iowa Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. It The trail of a lonesome sweet heart, followed half way across the continent led to a rooming house here this afternoon and resulted in the arrest of fcidna Allen ami Wesley Kdwards, mem bers of the Allen gang whieh shot up the officials of the llillsville, Virginia court last March. The arrest of Allen was made by De tectives Lucas and Monday from a Roanoke, Va., agency, the Baldwin-Felts.' MLss Maud Iroler, of Mt- Airy, N. was the lonseome sweet heart. Last night she. came to Des Moines to join Edwards, to whom she was engaged, who had sent her money to join him here so that they might be mar ried. A few minutes after she had arived this .morning she went to the John Cameron home, at Eleventh and Locust streets, and asked for Joseph Jackson, the alias under whieh Edwards had been living. He was not in and she asked for his companion, Al len. J inst then the detee lives rushed into the house and, going to an upstairs room, found Al len, whoi submitted to arrest without a fight. It was not until late in the evening, after every gang otf sstreet laborers working in the city had been visited to ascertain whether Edwards was among them, that Detectives Baldwin, ... with J..W. Jonny, chief of the j ues -juouiea police, and Frank P.adgeley, a policmean, succeed ed in locating Edwards- Edwards Shewed Fight. The fugitive was on a street car crowded with other laborers at the time the officers went in to the car to search. And as soon as Rdfwards recognized Mr. Baldwin made a run for the rear exit of the car. On the 'platform Chief Jonny seized him, but Edwards put up a game fight and did not give in to his cap tots until two revolvers had been levelled: at him: Both the prisoiieis, handcuff ed, were placed in cells in the citj jail. Alxmt 7 o'clock they were hustled into a corridor and their photographs were taken. Then they were hurried in an auto mobile to a depot where, with the three detectives and Miss rol ,-r, I uiey Nrancii iiicir lournev to Roam.ke. Sidna Allen will not only go back to Virginia to face the charges against him there without extradition papers, but he feels that he will be set free if he can get a trial beifore a fair jurv Sidna Allen Talks. In 'the cell in the jail Allen told the story of everything that has transpired in the drama in which he was a central figure. " There never was a feud," he said. "I do not know what that is. I have never been in one." '"Th-' "vuhV in the court house earn as u.u x,et : v:y as any thing i s my life. Flowl Alle.i wn charged with -T-If ;;s'mg pris oners ire in the sheriff. The evi dence was overwhelmingly in his favor. Yet they convicted him. "We vere standing there when tin piopie near and around the officials began to shoot. The sheriff, I have heard, not long before that, had secured loaded cartridges and said that he would show the Aliens when they Avere in court- (1'he-y tried to get the .".iilirc to carry a gun be Fore be went upon the bench. "I started away from there the same night of tin trouble. The posses were once 'within fifteen fprWof me but thev did not know it. I never sent, wqrd bacj; that I would shoot any f the officials. I bought for a while of going back. I did not, think that I could get a fair trial. When I heard that there were orders to shoot me on sight I changetl my mind about going liek. I had been to Alaska abo.it twelve or (MUD thirteen years ago. I thought that if we stopped here they would search for me, in Alaska. Hen? I have been doing some carpenter work- I had not been working ami was doing some writing this morning when they came in. I had heard that "Wes ley and his girl were to be mar ried and that she was coming here. Wesley went back to Mt. Airy. N. ('., her home, about four or five weeks ago and remained there several weeks, lie dropped a Jotter showing his connection with the girl while there and the detectives watchd eher. I do not know th egirl, but her mother, Mrs. Frank Iroler, was once my sweetheart- I was 41 years old the nineteenth day of last month. I have a wife and two of the finest girls you ever saw. I have been a merchant and a farmer and am worth from $40, 000 to $')0.0OT). I have a home worth about $20,000 or $23,000." Before he was taken to the city jail apter being removed from the home of John Cameron, Allen was photographed ami measured by Colonel Johnston, chief of detectives, and his aides. Later in the evening Wesley Ed wards was brought in. He was taken through the same program. Muss Ircler Cheerful. Miss Ircler, who was the in nocent cause of the arrest of her lover and his -uncle, took the entire matter without excitement and declared her-belief that -her lover would get a short sentence at the worst- "I live in Mount Airy," she said, in discussing her troubles. ''I have known Wesley Edwards a long time. He came home some time ago ami gave me the money to come here where we were to he married. 1 had no idea that any one was following! me here or when I came to thisj house. Wesley Edwards was real I ly not in the trouble. He fired1 one or two shots. If he is con-i vieted he will probably get about twelve years in prison. With good behavior he will be out in about six years." Nidna Allen ami Wesley Kd waivls came to the Cameron home along toward the first of May. Thev engaged one roe.in ' I but elid not make it public that ti,.... Tl,..v started to work immediately. Sidna Al len worked as a cat-enter, while Wesley Kdwards did day labor, sometimes working for the city. At the Cameron home they were queer in their ways but at the same time they were always declared to be gentlemen. They would talk with the other mem ber of the household but never about themselves. They would allow no one in their room ami took care of it themselves. They even brought in their meals a' would cat in the room by them selves . The search in the afternoon for Wesley Edwards was exciting in the extreme. With two powerful automobiles, Detective Monday in one and Detective Baldwin in the either, covered all the north part of town. They visited every sidewalk gang, every street gang and in fact every bit of work that could be discovered, try in"; to find a trace of Edwards, who was known to Motidav hut not to Baldwin. Edwards was arrested 'on aui Ingei-snd car at six o'clock as he wa.s coining into from Forty-seventh am where he had worked the city I Ingresol. luring the lay as a carpenter. I'd wards Attempted Flight He made a desperate effort to escape and was only frustrated in his attempt by the presence of Chief Jonny on the rear of the car. lie had fought his way through the crowded aisle and at he reached the rear end dived toward the sir. i t, but Chief Jon ny leajx'd forward and grasped him around the legs. A great struggle eiiMii'd and Detective Baldwin, reaching the .vine with Patrolman Badgeley, forced Ed warJs into submission. lie was hurried to the city jail and plac eel, handcuffed, in a cell the next one to that occupied by his uncle. Kdwards is the typical, moun taineer. He lacked the more polished appea ranee of his uncle and had the dialect and manner isms peculiar to the region from whieh he sprung. He had read of the arrest of Allen in the af ternoon paper and had heard it discussed among his fellow work men, but when his day's work was over he caught the first 'car and starred for the city. Asked why he made no attempt to es ciie, h' replied, "Why should I? What's the use, I knew it was nil up with me, and there was rm chance. "Besides," he added. "There was Maude," referring to his sweetheart. "What was I to do with her!" He came c-n knowing that ev ery section of the city was be ing swept by the law for his apprehension- He exjecftd mo mentarily the arrest frem which there was no "more avenue of es cape unless he was willing to abandon the woman who had come all the way from his native mountains to join him. Chief Jonny, with a force of his own men and the three Eas tern detieetives, had been patrol ling the northwest part of the city all afternoon. It was known that Edwards was .laboring in. that section. Another force, in the . meantime. shallowed the rooming house where the girl was quartered, in the hope that Ed wards would show up thero to see her. He was coming, too, when the net closed around him. To ward evening all ears coming from Ingersol Park were searched Just before six o'clock Chief Jon ny and Detective Baldwin, Patrol men Ba-geley and Jolim Cameron, at whose , househe p'.,Jitayel werv"on an incoming crowiied car About Twenty-fourth street, Cam eron discovered Edwards in the crowd and pointed him out to Baldwin. The desperado recog nized Baldwin at the same instant and broke for the ivar eml of the car- Although slight of build, as he fought his way through the crowded aisle he hurled e ple to right ami left, with the de tective in cbKse pursuit. The -outlaw chief looked up with a smile as they marched his youthful aid by and said quietly, "Well, they got vou, did the v, Wesley?" Sidjia Allen Accuses Webb. Detective Baldwin and the othe officers had pulled their guns and started to fire at Wesley Edward's legs when the latter surrendered. He was taken to the police station and at 7 o' clock both prisoners were trans ported -in an automobile to the depot, where they hoarded a Bur lington train for the journey homeward. Neither Edwards nor Allen protested against being re turned without requisiiton papers. They submitted meekly to being iuteirvicwed by newspaper men and conversed freely- with the curious throngs who filled the police station. Before leaving Des Ajinnes, Allen issued a state ment, in which he accused Sheriff Webb, one of the victims of the llillsville tragedy, of purchasing i one hundred cartridges "to get the Aliens when thvy came ito trial," and of firing the first shots, which brought on the trouble. Allen added that the sheriff attempted to shove a gun into the hands of Judge- Massie and that the latter refused .to participate. Statement By Baldwin. The following statement exclus ively made to The Roanoke Times was dictated by Mr- Baldwin) to night: "We have been working on this ease to effect the eapture of the men who were ros'vonsibh' for the shooting up of the Carroll court house since the fourteenth day of March and of course we are glad that we have finally suc ceeded. The capture" tdiv of Si, 11:1 .-ii ti... ., tl... II ; - ... , ,iw I wi nil- '!,) ,t.t hn gang, who killed .lodge Ma .--(',, f'('', . : - ... i . i. i . . - i - i nil 1 .1 !o imf iMine i nt taiier was prcMiiing "it the trial ef l-'lovd Alien, and bis nephew W!ey Edwards, er.ls the long chase to bring these. Despondency men to trial. j ,3 often caused by indigestion and "D. ter-tive 11 If 1 ,.,. A .U'il'laUon. and qntikly disiipHrH either man from our a,gyncy ....... ... . . . . , ...iv. ail- more than a month in the moun tains in Virginia and North Caro lina, searching for these men. They watched the house of Maud Iroler, who is the sweetheart of Wesley Edwards. They trailed every movement that she made. Recently she went to the home of Wesley Edwards and spent the night there. "On hwt Wednesday, she start ed for Mount Airy, N. C-, and there took the train for Chicago. "Tlie men were constantly with her on the train ami picked me up at Roanoke. We followed her through Chicago to lbs Moines and when we arrived, she was standing on the porch at the residence of Mrs. Cameron at Eleventh ami Locust streets. "We left (J. O Monday,, one of my men,, one block down, the strevt, and Lucas and myself rush en ui( nouse tui caugm JMuna Allen. He resisted, but we for. rd himi to surrender. "We aseertaintd that Wesley Edwards was working at some js-iiit in the west end of the city. We searched all the lalxr. gangs and then at 5 o'clock, c coinpanied by Chief of Police Jenney, we began to search the street ears of Ingersoll avenue. At 'about 5:30 o'clock thus after noon, I was on the front of a car at Twenty-fourth street, and Ingersoll avenue, and I spied Wesky at the right hand corner He saw me at the saune time ami thought it was my brother, I). O. Baldwin, whom he knew. He made a rush for the. door. The chief grappleel with him. He fell partly off the car but the chief held on until the car came to a stop. "We were greatly surprised, when, we discovered that. Alien and Edwards were in Des Moin s. W thought .that Allen was in the Klondike. ' "Sidnev Kdwarda is the brotltf- er of tfc ajiAjWU Allen. It took us about six wxH-ks to eatch the'.se unen ami since that time, almost our whole efforts have been ele voted to capturing these two here- Miss Lroler only knew ene of our men, Monday. Lucas and myself were strangers to her. Yen i knmv we trailer! her here and found the men we were look ing for so long a time. "I don't get any part of the reward. We are paid by the State. Th reward will go to others for assistance in our pur suit, of the Aliens. We once came within twenty feet of his hiding place. A rewarel of $1,"(M) is outstanding for his capture and ifToO ha l been offered for the ar rest of Edwards. Allen is the worst of the lot. It is my opin ion that both Allen ami Edwards will be electrocuted- There is a mass of evidence against them." ACKNOWLEDGE IT. Mt. Airy Has to Bow to the In evitable Scores of Citizens Prove It. After reading the public' state ment of this representative citizen of Mount Airv given below, vou must coane to this conclusion: A rem oily which prove! so benefic ial years ago with the kidneys, can naturally be expected to per form the same werk in similar cases. Read this: J. Phillips, 5 miles from Mt. Airy, N. C, says: "I can aay from mv experience that Doan's Kidney Pills are a gooel reliable remedy. I hava used one or two !l boxes, which 1 gut to regulate my! kidneys. They showed weaknevj and caused pain mi my bae-.k- At; times 1 felt tirenl and languid j I was well phrased with the re- i suits of the use of Doan's Kid- j ney Pills." I Mr. Phillips gave the above I testimonial during December, P.KI7. He was intervieweel by one of our representatives on the iL'tli of March, P.I12, and said: "All I said about Doan's Kidney Pills in 1!M7 holds good." Keiueinber the name Doan's - and ta.k no other. or ale iiy all dealers, rncc i F"ter - Milburn Co.. New York, sole agents duted States. for the inei CUaiuliciiain H la Lift a ire t.k- fcpeiitieii. For tv All Dealers. IE0LER MAKES MENT. STATE- Father of Miss Maud Iroler Tells of His Part in the Capture of th Noted Fugitives. Mr. Frank Iroler was in the city Wednesday night to meet -taghter, I M oa her return trom Des Moines where u ... . t -it- i i she went to marrv Wesev Ld- ....... ia A7ui - A- i uards. While in, thus city he was intemewed by a News man and told of the part he lias played in th ,.uf F All "l I.VJ ... . . - , wards- Mr. Iroler is anxious that. his neighbors and the general public know just what part he has played, and for the reason that many erroneous reports have gone out. In the first place he savs it is all false about detectives board- j jng. at hj.s house in disguise working on Ins farm as dav la borers. He lives m the section AC....).... I' 1 - I .:. . "".it; iiivnr titiwarew iivexl ami wnere tiie detectives we re Sllp- the lM).sel to be watching for nunu'd men. Mr. Iroler says that the fir-1 MuiHiauim wiHfc ne nan mac iius daughter was in conunurucation with Wesley Edward in anv way- was about the first of August I.. L 1 1 . . vne .-sunuay aoout that fJine Jlauel became greatly dusturbel and all because she had lost some money, so she said. She first told hsr mother and then her father. Search was made all over the house and. about the yard and finally the. money was found. It was a roll of paper money te the amount of fifty dol lars and Maud had beeui carrying it about on her person in ' the day and hiding it under her pil low at night. After the money was lost and found of course the family asked about where she had gotten it, and she told them that Wesley Edwards had it to hi ftrwtthci a iil fnia V. .lYse-nt frcm him- tre-m him- ' Mr. Iroler says that he suspic ioned that Maud might be intend . ing some time to go to Wes 'ley and marry him, so he thought best to get the money eut of her i possession. He first told her ! that he would take the money and deposit it in the bank for her where it would be. in safe I keeping. To this she would not agree and then he proposed that she let him use it and told her , that he would pay her interest on : it and return it when, -she want j ed to use it. Put on no preposit ion would she agree to give up the money. j Mr. Iroler says that he dislik , ed taking the money from her I without her concent, and the fact 'that she eleclined to in any way ! part uilh it strengthened his sus- pi-:ci That she mvd'f b intend ing to use it to join Kdwards. Thus he bitterly eipposeel, and to keep he-r from running away, he decided to watch her and also told some eif the officers to watch he r. and if she tried to run away to let him know. Further than to notify thean that his daughter had the fifty dollars and that he feared she might run off and get in trouble he says he never gave out any kind of information. He further says that he has re latives living at High Point and that he really thought Maml was sincere in her desire to spend a week visiting them- He brought her here to the railway station and supposes! she was going to High Point to whicJi place she toil ,'ht tier ticket. Piamacle Route 3 News. The farmers are very busy taking care of their crops. Miss Lula Davenport, of Pock ford, is visiting friends near (Jrassy Creek this week. Miss Mattie Marion returned to (irecikdiuro last week after pending several weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Marion. A good many members of Pilot church attended the baptizing at '(Jrassy Creek near the home of Mr. M C. IUtner last Sunday. Mis Carrie Marion has Inch appointed teacher for the Drown School Mit.. Iltrthi Denny entered f-hool at IJiisk. N, C. last wee-k. Mrs. Ii. ' I-. Trulove and tvo uangliteiN pent Saturday and Sund.iy at the hemic of Mr. . H. Marion. Sept. 17th. 1912. MB. DEATH PUTS AN END HAZING FROLIC. TO Slips From Barrel. Dnon Which. He Was Being- Made to Dance, rails cm Broken Glass. Chapel Hill, Sept. 13. The '7.7uZT. Ui ,lf ,, .- . i liand ot hunitnfield, which oecur- i i , - , ... ln,i about 1 o clock this morning while hfc M h , ! ... W u athletic field by , f. fl- ur:r'n ' . ' , ' k ln" '""'-'Oil ma if .following report of ils findinir- We find that the deceased came io in.- ueurn nv oeing our, caus ed by n fall upon a broken lit tle, and find further tint the deceased, at the time of the fall, was being 'made to dance upon said barrel by ::. part of hazers of the I'niversitv of North (':inv ,)rtlina, and. that said nartv connjiosed of W. L. Merrimam A. v r . i . . . l-'"o, iv. . wi-jJl.in, A. 11. tyrt;n, K. ll' ill 11 t 1 (J Hatch ai d other oartii un known to the jurv. W rec m mend that said W. L. M erriman. A- H. Styron, R. W. Oldham and A. C. Hatch he held under bond boiud for the next term of court of Orange county for further in vestigation into said death." The bond was fixed at $5,000 each. The boys are under cus tody tonight; bond will be fixenT tomorrow. As developed by the testimony given before the coroner's jury the death of young Hand Wur red shortly after midnight, while he was being hazed, together with us room-mate, - on the athb letu; field. About 1 o'clock this morning the four sophomores mentioned masked themselves and entered the room of I- W. Rand and R. A. Wellous, two freshmen from Smithfield. Without being, given time to dress the two first-year men were taken to the athletic iield, a d'sfance of abo'it. 300 yards from the dormitorv. There, Wellons was first placed upon an upturned barrel and made to sing and dance. After performing for a few minutes he slipped down frexm the barrel, aiwf in eloing so scratched himself slightly. Then Rand's turn to mount the barrel came, anil ho appaernt ly slipped in the same manner as Wellons. He fell to the ground and lay there. He was picked up, and blond wa discov ered to be ypnrting from a large cut on the left side of his neck. He had fallen em some pierces of borken glass. Assistetl by the thoroughly firghteiieel boys lie walked to ward the gymnasium, the nearest building at hand. After going about 1(H) yards his strength gave completely out and he was car ried. When the gymnasium was reaehetl he was nearly elead. The sophomores left, going to their rooms, while Kami was left alone with his room-mat e.Wellons. Merriniait tried to phone for a physician, but failed. Wellons attracted edher students by his cries for help, and Dr. McNider and President Venable were sum moned. When they came, how ever, Rand was dead. Ilia juglar vein had been sev ered, and he lived but ten min utes after the accident- The funeral will take place in Smithfield tomorrow. Two men form each of the academic clas ses will aeixmvpany the body home.while students will act as pall bearers here. The boy was 1!) years of age ami an enthusiastic member of the Methodist P.araca class being secretary to the class at the time he left ami was also a member of Methexlist church. He was a q iiet, industrious boy, ami was very much likenl by all who knew him. His father (). Ii. Kami ii a highly resjveted citizen of our town ami ef one of the best families of the county. In addit ion to his father four brothers survive him. His bodv will prob- fibly be morrow buried at (Jeddsboro to- bes'de his mother, Unci Ezra Says 'it don't take nmre-'n a uv effort to git folks Into a jieck ef trouble" and a little ne!e'-t of o is,ii-i,it:on biliousness. imliKt sii.m or oiin-r liver derangement will do the same. If ailing, lake Dr. King's New Life rills for quick result. Kaey. afe. sure, and only 1'5 rents at IVojjUh Drug Co. V.
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