The Raleigh Herald, Beckley, W. Va.
Friday, September 6, 1912

Trial of Victor Allen

Wytheville, Va., --The case of Victor Allen, one of the mountain outlaws charged with complicity in the Hillsville Court House murders last March, was called for trial Wednesday. Victor Allen is the last to be tried of those taken into custody for the murders. Floyd Allen has been sentenced to eighteen year's imprisonment and Sidna Edwards to fifteen years. Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, the alleged ringleaders in the raid on the courthouse which killed six people, are still at large.