The Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 69, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 17, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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SIDKA ALLEN CAPTURED
' ENLMNG LUNH MAN HUNT
LEADER OF HILLSVILLE M. COURT HOUSE
MURDER GANG AND PARTNER WESLEY ED- .
WARDS ARRESTED AT DES MOINES
SWEETHEART CAUSED DISCOVERY
Unknowingly Lead Detective to Hiding Place of
' Long Sought Fugitives. "I Guess You've Got
Me Now" Said Allen and Surrendered
Without Resistance.
Special to Tho Roporter. ' ' . " ' . .
DES MOINES Iowa. Sept. M. Oct cot Ives from Hoanikj;-'Vrgltito. tudav
arrested Sldnn Allen leador of the HIUhvIIIu Court Houso mitrfl'ergnng arid
Wesley Edwards In this city nnd thereby brought to. a close a search that
ham lusted for Beveral months.
After capturing Sldna Allen detectives started for 'tho western section
of the city after Wesley Edwards. Tho latter was arrested at six o'clock
here.
FOI'M) ALLEN IN' ROOMING HOUSE.
Sldna Allen was found Jn n. rooming house and when the offfqo'rH dl&-
covereil him tliey ordered hlin to surrender A ho did so according to
tho detectives he tald: "I guess you'vo got me now."
ed wards' sweetheart kivks them away.
Maude Irola of Mount Ayr Virginia tho sweetheart 'of Edwards and
the innocent cause of the ;arrcst of the gang leaders. wtyB nonchalant
about the capture of tho men. . '
J'l loved Wtmley" Edwards"' Khe said. "When I loft Mount Ayr I did
not think that anyone would know that I whs going to him. He was. al-
ways kind to me nnd wo wnro to be married o6n. I did not. knowlhat
Sldna Allen was hero. It la avvful but I can't 'help It"
TRAILER GIRL TO EDWARDS' KOOMIMJ PLACE.
The. arrests woro mndo by V. O. naldwtn and G C Monday detectives
from Roanoke Virginia who trailed tho pair through letters that :htu - luioii
written by Edwards' to a Miss Maude' lrola at Mount Ayr Virginia; Shu. is
wild to have como horo todny to marry Edwards. '-. '.
Tho defectives hrrlvcd on the same train with the girl and at onco.
found Allen by following her to the home of 'John Cameron wimrq Allen
and EdwardB wore rooming
ARREST AM-KJi AND SEARCH FOR EDWARDS.
Sldna Allen was rtt kumo when tho detectives came up to tho" house
anM-he was at oneo taken Jnto cuBtody. Following his arrest tho ofXicdrs.
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Disc
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Force feed. "The best and longest
life Drill on the market today
SUr
The name tells a
tr
will find a c
store. You
drill bef or
Superior
of seed from';
.Lima beans. f
8 10 and 12 Use
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mack r Wnrn "1 n rJf
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DKllsUl afi
vjf'dsy
Press Wheels
5 Hoe Row Drills to Sow in
Cotton land
Ask your neighbor whakhe knows
about the Superior Disc Drill
Ed. S. Hughes-Comp'ny
ns
imoyh
You
at our
over this
our order.
w any kind i
seea to pusn
With chain or
nralstpil by local detectives went Jti Bonrch of Edwards who was employed
by a pnVtttg Oontruotor In the western mrt of the city
During hhj rcsldoncd hero Edwards hud gone. under the imtno of Tom
Snyorp ' " ' "
CHIME TIllllMiKO T1IH WORLD.
Tho crime for which Sldnn Alien nnd WcBloy Edwards were arroBtod
lit HeH Moines wns.'ono that thrilled tl'io World; and II till liniifuttictl ai-flio
Carroll County Court Uoiimo. In Hie llttlo town of HlllBvlllrf VfrRliiln lr
catod anions hills.
That morning In life early part of the month of March Whon tho judge
hnd pronounced a sentence of one year In Jail on Floyd Allen for taking
prisoners nwny from an officer the
wiiirli the ncetiBod was a member will long bo remembered among ihe peo-
do of this Uttty town nhd nlno In tlic mlnllB of ninny throughout tlfe United
States nnd tho world.
Judge Thomloii Jlftssle when ho
ghlng tin) prisoner IiJh sentence fell dead where ho stood when a bullet
plurccd IiIr heart. In a battle which followed Sheriff LowIh T Webb and
V. M. 'Foster the prosecuting nttorncy woro ktlled In court." The court
monographer .MIkb Elizabeth (load was severely wounded. A juror nhd n
wliuues wero Inter hilled. ' ' '
' (!IIASI! LtSTED FOR 10X0 TIME.
. The chase for tho escaping men lasted for many dnyn and their final
running down was at last effected. '..
. Thy. two captured lodiiy however had csenped. '' i
VICTOR ALLEN" AOQlTrTER FRIDAY.
On Friday of Inst week -Victor Allen one of alio then alleged to hnv
nliot up the Court HoiiHe was acquitted. Floyd Allen nnd Claude Allen
fn'ier and brother of Victor have been sentenced to die In the electric
ol.alr. " . '
CHARGED M
EMBEZZLEMENT
CEO. Klil'ltY ARRESTED AT TULSA
OKI.A. ON (tRAND .liriCV IN-
IICT3I'E.T THIS !':Oi:'TY.
WILL WAIVE EXTRADITfON
Alleged That lie l;Ube7.7.ted l."OI) of
Pimdt the Merisel Indepetideiit
Scllnol District la lull!). .Mak-
es Slnlciiienl to Iuivers- .
CiKHce. S. Horry fornior president
of thu First National liank of Mefkol
was arrested. .. at Tulsa Oklahoma
Saturday on an Indictment alleging
embezzlement of forty-Nvo htm.Ired
UollarH the bill having been returned
by tho Taylor county grand jury last
weok. The Indictment alleges that
Horry while tnnlsurer of the Jlerkol
.'.dependent Kchool dlBtrlet In 11)09
'toWzlad tho nmount nuniod. As
rtgu.ft tho. Information wna returned
h capias was forwarded to tiro Sher-
iff's department at. Tulsa where tho
defendant has recently been making
1Mb home and Shorlff Weir was noti
fied Saturday toy a telegraph message.
that service bad been secured antl
that Mr. Horry would return to this
county without protest.
U.oorgo B. Horry was formerly ono
of the most prominent prosperous uud
popular cltlzeris of Taylor county
aiul his frloiuls are numerous. In all
of this section of the country. For
a long time ho was prominently eou-ner-ied
with nn Abilene bank a good
part of the tlmo scrying att cashier
wiioro In whlck capacity Jie made aif
enviable record. He moved frOm AW-
leue to Morkol whoro ho became pros-.!
i lent or tlie First .National Hank and
was a lender among tho citizenship
er tlnit p.lade until he severed his con-
nections a few yearn ago nnd moved
out of (ho country.
Attorneys Hardwie.ko & Hardwlcke
who will represent Mr. Horry la the
ease now ponding against him au-
thorize thu statement that they lnvo
lH'oii In communication with tho aft-
itsed nian stneo tho return of the
nomplnltit tind that ho would return to
AbHuno without extradatlon jirocoss.
They were also assured by him that
he would bo able to satisfactorily ox-
idnlit all his actions which mny be un-d-r
a Bhridow and Clear himself bo-
foro bis friends and ncounlntaiiccB of
any Intentional Wong doing
A. certain Slot
I have been
Chenthuin'a
Chill tonic
lamliy for some
time ami cjdrrt It
Is a certain Shot
on ChlUjT sal
Hlackshuar
IoW
lie. La M(7
y promptly ro-
fu
ad If St fnUto miro
I'rlco HOc.
So
by nil di-allrs
An oxcollent
tonic for Itiviilhla
indTTcohlo persons.
l'reiared ouly liyj
A 11 Itlchnrdtt
Metllnlnu Co. She
inn Texoa.
Letter hr Cotton Hale
W .1. I-nvorn. wlin liven In tho Old
florce nolgliborhood put a letter In a
bale of cotton glrined and sold at
tioroc Nov. 8 lap m wnicu no re-
quoBtod tho finder at tho factory
whom tho lmlo lnlnlit bo roculved to
answor a number of questions regard
ing pneo imm ror cotton oto.
Ho rocontly reoolved a letter In re-
ply written from Ilarcelona Spain
poBtmarkud at Uiat placo Aug. 12 and
arrived tit Cloroo Aug. 30. Tho wrl-
inr. who KnoaiB to be a cotton dealer.
uUiteB that UioooUoii was chiBBwl aa.
good middling and cost hint lu cents
nor iiound Mr. Ixivnrn Bays that
when lu Hfilil tho lmlo at Oorco it
was cliiBHcd a low middling and
i roium nun i'J coats
Tho wrltflr of tho letter who signs
lu niuiin nn Joao do Vlllnconua. re-
UiiuBtH further eorroBpoudenco with
Mr. l-ovorn ami senua an uudrcssou
wnvelopo.
JuBt why cotton should Boll for nl-
mont douldo In tho European markets
to what It brought lu tho local nmr-
kote less than a year ago wo nro
not prepared to uiKUo. Munday
TIlMW.
ABILEHE SEWI-WEEKLY REPORTER SEPT. 17 191&
shooting fhnt followed by n pang of
hnd penrceiy uttered the final Wordif
LED ON A. & S.
(From Wednesdayo Dally)
This morning at noon Cecil Hrowti
foreman on tho Ablleao & Southern
Ity.. hail. thO mlsfortuuo to have his
left foot terribly mangled In trying
to make ad luncoupiiug in tho Ai& S.
yards lu tills clly. ' . . -.
loeal A. & S. BUVgconsi Dra. Auda
Veo Cash and G. II. Sanderer. Juki
completed dressing the wounds at
'-:. '10 thin afternoon nad the patient
will he Bent to UaUlngor to tho gen-
oral hospital of the railroad where he
will Btay uptll ho recovers.
Only tho great toe had to bo ampu-
tated' .today and the physicians nrc
hopeful of saving tho foot though they
may not bo ablo to do bo.
It Is claimed that the young man
who Is tho eighteen year old con of
A. U IJrown who Hvcb rtt the Admits
House was tryltit; to kick a coupling
pin out when IiIb foot wna caught lie-
tWMjn the bumpers and crushed.
Tho young maa was under tho In.
fllionco at chloroform from 12 to 2:110
o'clock nnd his version ot the accident
could not bo ascertained.
TJ. A. Smlth;3ridgoton. Jnd. had
kidney trouble for years hnd was bo
crippled wltaJrhcujuatlsm ho could
not drefiB w
iclp. lloBtartcil
using Fo
"I began
rillrnd snya:
at once and
now all
left mo and 1
hnd rhciimu-
do not fi
tjsm
II night nnd tho'
C9 y
do the work
of
years. I would like
to no tlie tnea
of others Rcttlnc ben-
eflt from
fey Kidney Pills." Re
fuso inibf
ntes. McLcmoro-lJaBs
Drug Co
I.KT TS JIEUr()rRSKIiVKS.
Fanrters Jtovo been told so often that
they are down; that they can never
get up without tho aid of others many
of them have deckled that It Is use-
less to try. Tho crafty "politician
would have ub believe that legislation
ndvocated by their political party Is
tho only hope of profitable agriculture
and when theso laws failed to be en-
acted as they generally do It Is tho
other party that IB to blame?"
Tho troublu Is tlutt wo depend .too
much upon others. Tho first and
most important remedy is to do some-
thing for ourselves nnd let tho other
fellow take care of himself. Thoro Ib
alWaya plenty of hotp available and
It Is help without obligation when
ono begins to help himself. Lot n
man begin to rise nnd everybody Is
anxious to help 7111II him up; nobody
Wants to holp n fellow that Is down
and does not try to get up.
The assistance of business men Js
always dcslrahlo and those who have
BUch assistance nro fortunato. hut tho
man Whq sits and w;it for help nnd
does riot help himself will seldom find
others ready to help. People will not.
do for ub what wo can do for our-
selves nor should reasonable men ox-
pect. What wo Peed la not rnoro hard
work but more thought mor deter-
mination and more independence.
Make tho other follow anxious to ren-
der you nBslatance. Fnrm and Ranch.
Martin Honoy Drad.
Nowa has reached tho city of tho
death of Martin Honey an Abllono-
roared young man nnd who la well
and favorably known here ho being
tlu son of Mr. and Mrs. John Honey
who formerly resided hero.
Mr. Hoony worked on tho Reporter
'mti his father owned tho paper and
many frlenda of tho. .family wJll ro--et
to learn oT tho untimely dcmlso
if tho bright young man.
Mrfc Don Smith of Coleman wna
here this morning onrouto to Dalrd to
attend the Teachers Institute.
No rHwBi eceHnry
Tho InlurViiBmeffect nnd unpleoB
nntncBs of WkJfc Calomel isdono
away with bJBinonH
flor thu mild
elite yet thv mVrljppiiRh In action.
Put up In yolAvk boxes only.
Prlco 25c. TrilLjucliXuBtd always.
CECIL BROWN
M FOOT MANG
Eliminating all generalities thbs annoi
loving women of this community striotj
display it advertises;
It Will Interest you because It
correct and accepted styles far Full
lals'of tinequnled charm beauty and
pass any wo have over bccn able tc
Wr therefore take tlcanre lu
On Sale Tomorrow--at Opening
Wo Invito everj' woman who wntita to
know w.hnt to' wUar and hoy to Wear
It to como tomorrow for suggestions.
Wo 'Wnnt VO.U to see and chooso frO.m
tho luost attractive hnd comprehen
sive exhibition of handsome yet pop
uiar priced uress fabrics ever pro
duced by an American mill.
Uonutlful Fall and Winter pattfriiThd
weaves colors and wolgliut--That will
bo worn everywliere nro bore for you
to see onjoy and clmose from--and
If you lovo "pretty things to woar"
wo urge you to bo amoii tho first to
come.
- ' 1
IF YOI-IIAVK THE JilJAST DKSIKK
COMIXtl SJJASD.V THIS IS VDUR
Full now Htnelc of all the nowost trimmings braldB bahds huttoiiB ganiltiireB" and alloyors comprising nil
that will be used this season Just opened yeqerdny. J5c TO $5.00 THE YARD
J. W. BO GAR & CO.
40 4a
'ASKED TO BE HANGED
Cotirt Cranls Request uud Sits Wed
nesday llelolier lu. as unto ot
thv Execution.
SHBRMAN Tex.. Sept. 14.-rFor tho
first tlmo lu the history of Grayson
county a man today stood before ir
court hero and In a calm dispassion-
ate manner arguing llttlo questions of
law with the court. aht'd for tlio
death Bontenco to be passed upon him.
This was when am Jones tho ne-
aro who killed his divorced wife Kd-
dio Jones at her homo In Sherman on
August to by Bplltting hor liead open
with on nx stood before Judgo J. M
Pearson of tho Fifty-Ninth District
Court und asked to ho hanged Octob
er 10 saving in n steady voice: "Tiint
will bu Just two mouths bIiico I killed
my dear wife. Hor llfo wau ns HWeet
to her as whb anybody's to them. I
Wnnt to die on tho loth of next month
und would like for it to bo jUBt at 10
o'clock In tho imlrntng."
Tho court room wob filled with peo
ple and a hush fell ovor tho crowd uh
tho negro and tho court talked. Tho
conversation taken down by tho Her-
ald reporter was aa follows;
The Court -You understand mat it
will bo tho duty of tho court to boii-
teuco you to bo hanged by tho ncclt In
nccordunco with tho vordlct of tho
Jury?
Tho Defendant Yea air.
Tho Court You nro willing now to
withdraw your motion nnd walvo your
right to appeal?
Dofondunt--YeB Blr.
Court You nro willing for genteneo
to bo pronounced? .
Defendant Yob. I want otio thing
of course 1 doii't 'know; "IfoW you all
huvo your huBinosa arranged hut 1
want to uo iiuitg on tno uixicemu uoy
of uoxt month.
Court I don't know whether thut
Would give you thirty days or not. I
will glvo you a longor tlmo it you
want It
Defendant' That 14 ns long as I
want.
Tho C6urt You Wfiut to bo hung ou
tho sixteenth?.
Defendant Ve8. Blr; 011 tho six-
teenth. At this Juncturu County Attorney
Cal. T. Freumun nmdo tho following
JONES ALMLY
ncjmtnu is certain to appeal to we Dress
tells of
ho dofibic" BervTcc)OJil"Btorito you: FIRST In assembling tho
rtttd W4ii
er-niid Sl'lCfpw'fnofferlng
worth. WjfnyfR which for 1
sBtertliul
get togif
hex.ecT'cTiyryyii tho beaBQii
luyKhif yon toLneud the imjlfliix
P
Whether your pjTrenco Inclines to-
wnrdtt heavy-(m4lit Serges Dread-
cloths Chejpfs Diagonals Clonklugs
Whlpcordr TV.ceds Bilk Poplins or
NovcUJroffeets nnd plaids you will
flndTils display to bo a collection of
Tctlcal and helpful Buggestlons woll
worth your consideration at this tlmo.
All of the season's stunning Noveltieo
and stable shadea are splendidly rep-
resented The Mew Blues Greens
Orayo Purples nedn Drowns and Tan
iclnlly attractive l their variety.
-.... --.
T DKCDMK ACtHJAIXTKD WITH
OITORlTanT T lt) St).
60c TO $3.50 THE YARD
Btatomojit: ''I want to make a atoto-
meiit about a matter. As I came to
tho office this morning a mail bore In
town who bus been IiitoreHtiug himself
lu Sam's behalf told me that Sam de-
sired to bo hanged on the sixteenth of
next month for tho reason that It wan
011 tho sixteenth of August thut tho
murder was cominlUed.jind made tho
requosi lor sam us 1 unuursiuoci 11
that it bo done at 10 o'clock In the
morning.
The Court It will be Impossible.
Tho law requires o'olouk tho o;fr-
lltifit tlmo for a legal execution.
Tho Court Sam you stand arraig-
ned before tho court for tho purpose
of having sentence passed on you for
tho chttrgo of murder. "You ate char
ged by Indictment with having oil tho
sixteenth day of August 1012 In tho
comity of Grayson und State of Tox-
ub having murdered your former
wife Kddlo Jones. Tbo proof nnd
your own statement go to iihow that
the ouly provocation nho gave you
was bar rpfumt! to marry you You.
becumo enraged and choked hor Into
a Btate of Insensibility. When situ was
(inutile to protect herself or do any-
thing to avoid being ktlled yon .then
cruelly look nn ax and finished your
bloody Job by striking ber lit tho heiid
with the ax. You have been 'lutllctcd
by tho Grand Jury tho court haa ap
pointed counsel to defend you and
you huvo been defended and ovory le-
gal objection bus been raised that la
legitimate under tho olrouinstuuccs.
You have filed ti motion for a now
trial "which you Btate- this morning la
open court yourwuh to withdraw
Tho court after hoarlng your state
ment is wining for you to withdraw
tlio-samo. You ask thut soutonco bo
passed Huvo you anything further
to say why sentence Bhouid not bo
carried Into execution?
Defendant No ntoro than what Mr
Freunum said awhile tigo. 1 wob tal-
king to soma man; I don't know who
ho wns; I wna talking to htm though
uud ho wild "it it all right?" i Hor
llfo was as sweet to. ner n mine is
to me. I propose to take what you
glvo me.
Tho Court You asked tliyt sentence
bo placed at that tlmo nnd It Is lu
compliance with tho law. It 1b order
ed by tho court that you bo taken by
the sheriff to thu Jail and ou Wed-
noaday. October 10 1912 thut you It
hanged 011 that day by the neck until
you nro dead dead dead; nnd may Hie
Lord have mercy 011 your soul.
Tho court added You have nothing
furthor to my?
Defendant Nq Blr ioi now.
Joiit'H mucked u olgur- oil tUe tlmo
ho was In thu court reou tuid atmr
A0KTH11
ii-ii-iiiiMn'ir . 1 ' ' "? ""j1- !L-r LJLS
tpon the merit and completeness of the
aiWlmrltaUyetllsplayB of dress matei
iilhUEffi 11 in I excIUBlvonqsB far Btir-
J I .cD.fllHlSIiait
lis pstiilsilo skpfiHg of
TWS
Sale Prices
Tho showing of exclusive Novelty of-
recta ib particularly eiauorato; aim it
Is pf moro .than ordinary Interest to
note that pntteriis and weaves Include
ed lit this exhibit nro the product of
tho great La Porto Woolen MHIb at v'
La Porto Indiana.
You uro therefore assured In advance
tluit nnv ilcHen von innko will bo
entirely Hatlstpry both In quality
and m prico. . .
iwery yarivtrhthfuljy rcilccta tho ut-
most In 'style and from a duality stand
point represents thcytrctttcat Valuo ob
tainable at tho price.
Till STYLE TE.VBEXCIES OFTHK
Judge Pcntson had passed sentonco
on lilut ho shook hands wltli several
and smiled at all With whom ho talk
ed.
Tho lmpllclr conf
once that nwny-
pcoplo havein Ch
iborlnln's Col
Cholera (Hill Dlar
-. m .. 1
bca Rome
founded
crlracelh tlie
use o
10 many rcuiuCablo cures
of colic ldlnrrhoen. jmY dyBentory
thut It hnHoffecteiiFor sale by all
dealers.
Slight IJlazc This Xemlatf.
A fow minutes before eleven this
morning tho firo department was
called to thu Crown Hotol 1230 North
iBt to extinguish a blaze caused by
tho explosion of an oil stove. The
flro was extinguished with tho chemi-
cal engine. No damage was done
rr L. Parks Murrayvllle Ga.. Kouto
1 is In his 73rd rf.ar and was rcct-
lv 011 red of u t
kidoy ml bl04r
troublov Ho
Buffered with
imsclf: 'I have
Idneys. Mv tack
uched and
anaoyedwUkiWailr
dcr lrrc
ew iruiaruiiy
pinrclirc
urcd BiAenUrely." Thy -
iitpv wbtiq v x-vvvj Arwwvf
tain no hahWfortnlHK dru. McL-
moru-llasB 0rug Co.
Mrs. A. J. Fhthor of Tecmek eMi
lu Sunday onrouto to Dalrd a4 -pod
over wkk her kro4lwi-k-lawf W.
L. Fisher resiimluit her imtmy tWa
mornlngr
Mr. 3. N. Hill luAr tSkv Imm w
cd Foley's ItoMiy ijf TajayOoaipiMHMt
for years and MyuLmjtSmy rmm-
mends It to htyrtngjfm "It
falls to cure otJmariimexmm
and prevents UBrir kv flv
children aiuyPMJvKlva tikum Ft4-
o 'b IIotiMMrnd. Taff CotntMHtM for m
cold. Huthey mm Li soon wad. Wa
would ftot be w4mk It la our hsaK.
MeLeuiore-Baa flfag C.
ft W. VHuHktt cuu hi thU
frOHi aa exteMkil vtott to Cutawiaw a4
other poiMts bt tt mmmm af wn
country muck rafraawNI ffuaa Ma wa
cation.
A really ffeiv J
dor meJleUi at)t fi
atoa) tiaa
gretia at ttw
UMM OM
QonitltkMui
It Dm 1M
oy Kkiaay
ill kMaar aaut
bladder
urtajwr trram-
tarlttoa. TI
aaia aad raltabla.
4 parmanaaay.
Thay kalp
lu tka y!
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