Outlaws in Hillsville Case Face Separate Trials
Virginia crime tale centers on Allen clan after mass shooting in Carroll County. The State seeks conviction amid venue disputes and complex legal questions about whether the Commonwealth can secure a murder verdict. Judges and lawyers from Pulaski Wytheville and nearby towns prepare for a high profile trial in Hillsville with the Allen faction aiming to avoid joint prosecution.
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Cuiayas
Hillsville
Virginia Supreme Court
Enburg
Pokey Barnes
Commonwealth
Bar of Justice
Carroll County
Allens
Hills- Wille Court
Carrol
Richards
the Commonwealth
207Th Va
Massie
Sidna Massie
Sidna Allen
Dexter Good
Allen
Landreth
Reés
Mr. Landreth
Pulaski
Posge
Wytheville
Wrysor
Draper
Poage
Virginia
A . Wrysor
Nenda Ability
District scene details Walker injury and Virginia ties
A report describes a fearful melee in a small room during a district event. General Walker was badly crippled in one arm, and Mr. Poage, allied with Mr. Wysor, is a nephew of Walker. The text notes civil suits against the Allens by murdered relatives, with recoveries capped at 10009. Attachments threaten defendants' assets, impeding defense funds and legal services amid impending prosecutions.
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General Walker
Poage
Wysor
Walker
Poase
Virginia
Allens
Theen
Sherlocks On The Trail Of The Allen Gang
Carroll detective Sherlocke leads husky rough-necks in pursuit of the Allen gang across Hillsville mountains. The fugitives use moonshine powered aero planes while Chester Ridge and Devil's Den figures frame the chase, with Sherlocke predicting surrender as supplies dwindle.
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Sherlocke
Carroll
Bloody-Eye
Billy
Allens
Hillsville
North Carolina
Crag
Livia Allen
Old North
Devil's den
Shelocke
Allan Gang
Squirrel Spur
Fancy Gap
Virginia
Sherlocko Roughne
Chestnut Ridge
Allen gang murder scene call for trials at scene
Richmond attorney general Lincoln Williams urged that the Allen gang be tried at the crime scene in Carroll County. He praised Clerk Dexter Goad for his courage and Deputy Sheriff George Edwards for his grit, noting Foster’s bravery before he fell dead after six gunshots. The event reflected a carefully planned confrontation with outlaws, as described by Williams.
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Richmond
Carroll County
Samuel W. Williams
Dexter Goad
William M. Foster
Commonwealth's Attorney
George E. Edwards
Carroll County Editor Denounces Allens as Outlaws
The speaker denounces the Allen gang and declares the county has faced terror with calm resolve. He urges trials at the crime scene, praises Governor Mann for deliberate action, and confirms troops will be deployed if needed to enforce justice. Prosecution will be led by Joseph C. Wysor with assistants Landreth, Draper, and Poage.
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Pareneptanea
Mann
Carroll
Staples
Carroll County
Allens
Williams
Landreth
Commonwealth
Judge Williams
Virginia
Italian Air Attacks Kill Civilians Near Tripoli
Italian dirigibles bomb the Turco Arab camp at Zanzur causing civilian casualties. Three soldiers die and a baby wounded by a bombed hospital. Thirty bombs hit the camp. two prior sorties killed four non combatants and wounded ten. Despite orders to exercise caution, non combatants continue to be killed or maimed.
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Tripoli
Zanzur
March Winds and Beginnings in The Lilting Plain Dealer 1900s
The piece blends playful personification of March with animal imagery and weather lore. It references the lion of March and the lamb ending, mentions the Mad March Hare, and muses on seasonal change as snow recedes and spring approaches in Cleveland context.
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Lion
Tropics
Pat
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wealthy widow commits death by own action in New York
Mrs. Ea win Carson widow of a Los Angeles physician killed herself on an eighth floor window ledge at the Brot tell Hotel in Fifth Avenue New York. She had been arrested on a smuggling charge after arriving on the George Washington from Paris and Walcott records show jewels valued at about twenty thousand dollars. She had property and letters in her room and left concerning her motive.
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New York
Eawin Carson
Los Angeles
New York Hospital
Carson
George Washington
Paris
Walcott
Blanche M. Carson
San Francisco
India
Unite States
Harrison
Jersey City
Wolcott Hotel
Brottell
Fifth Avenue
Knickerbocker
Brobst
Mrs Blanche Carson On Way To San Francisco After World Tour
Mrs Blanche Carson, who took her own life in New York after being arrested for smuggling, was en route to San Francisco after a world tour that included attendance at the Indian Durbar. She was socially prominent and friends say she bought several pearls in India.
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San Francisco
Cal
Blanche Carson
New York
India
Martial Law Denial Quiets Carroll Turmoil in Virginia
Virginia Attorney-General Williams declared martial law in Carroll is unfounded after reviewing morning papers. He noted the Allen gang faces limited support and said troops unnecessary. Trials for feudists expected at Hillsville with a jury to be drawn. Williams to attend next Tuesday as civil power’s stability is affirmed.
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Bristol
Williams
Virginia
Carroll
Mann
Allen Gang
Hillsville
How Gen Ayers Was Put in Jail
A Virginia sketch notes General Ayers a Democrat nominated for Congress in the Ninth District. From 1883 to 1895 he served on state Democratic committees and represented Wise Dickinson and Buchanan counties. As Attorney General he opposed bondholders and defied a federal injunction, was jailed on contempt, then released by the U S Supreme Court habeas corpus. The Virginia General Assembly commended him, and William L Royall led the bondholder fight.
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Virginia
A. Ayera
Virnia
Democratic Party
Wise
Dickinson
Buchanan
General Ayers
Hugh JL. Bond
United States Circuit Court
Richmond
Ayers
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Bond
Roscos Conkling
John Randolph Tucker
W. W. Gordon
Charles W. Meredith
Lee
Saleen
William L. Royall
Neutralizing Aeroplanes Debate Rages in Press
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reply argues that banning warplanes would prove impractical as mortality falls with more lethal weapons. It questions if cheaper aircraft could replace dreadnoughts, suggesting higher costs deter war, while arbitration advocates push for prohibitions on all war tools.
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International Arbitration League
Arbitration League
Aeronautics
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Zapatist Raiders Seize Sixteen Women in Zacatecas
A detachment of Zapatist raiders swept into Zacatecas and captured sixteen young women from prominent families, then fled into the mountains demanding ransom. The incident increases alarm for the kidnapped and prompts fears of wider raids as authorities defend the capital by dividing the city into squares with district troops. The American Legion remains active in politics, seeking a new president.
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Mexico City
Zacatecas
Faml
Zapatist
American Legion
Chamber of Dente
Roosevelt poised for easy delegate majority at Chicago
Boston report quotes Me dill McCormick in charge of Roosevelt forces in Chicago saying delegates will overwhelmingly back Roosevelt at the Chicago convention. He cites straw ballots and canvasses showing about four to one support for Roosevelt over Taft across the Northern States.
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Boston
Mass
Medill McCormick
Roosevelt
Chicago
Two Hendersonville women bound over in Hawkins murder case
In Asheville the accused Nora Britt and Lizzie Shaft faced Henderson Superior Court on the charge of being accessories before the fact in the murder of Myrtle Hawkins. Hawkins’s body was found floating in Lake Osceola last September as the two women were bound over to the Hendersonville court for trial.
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Asheville
N. C
Myrtle Hawkins
Lake Osceola
Nora Britt
Lizzie Shaft
Superior Court
Hendersoncom
Hendersonville
Insane priest linked to Jersey City marriage to sculptor’s daughter
New York American reports a Jersey City marriage license on December 4 1911 for Dennis J Driscoll and Marie Niehaus of 1947 Broadway New York. The groom is alleged to be Father Dennis J Driscoll former pastor at Blessed Sacrament New Rochelle. The bride is Marie Niehaus daughter of sculptor Charles H Niehaus. Authorities say the priest faced mental incompetence and may have married during a period of illness while Niehaus’s daughter denies knowledge of any marriage.
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New York
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Jersey City
Driscoll
Dennis J
Hotel Hermaenae
New York City
Michael Driscoll
Mary Hiarrington
Miss Niehaus
Father Driscoll
Niehaus
Miss Marie
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Driscoll-Nilehawa
Marie Siehause
McLaughlin
Mount Fope
Maryland
Father McLaughlin
Monsignor Lavelle
St. Patrick's
Richmond Island
Baltimore
Ane
World Niehaus
President McKinley
St. Louis
General Grant
Washington
Marie
Regina Armstrong Niehaus
Quaker Ridge
Mhoe
Father Uutscoll
Nichaus
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