The Beckley Messenger, Beckley, W. Va.
Tuesday, June 11, 1912

Sidna Allen Forfeited $5,000

Greensboro, N. C., --Sidna Allen, the Virginia outlaw under $5,000 bond for his appearance here to stand trial for perjury in connection with evidence given in a case of counterfeiting, was called in the United States court here Monday. Allen failed to make any response and the court instructed the clerk to attest the forfeiture of the $5,000 bond, which is signed by Floyd and Jack Allen and other Carroll county, Virginia, parties. Judge Boyd also ordered a capias instanter to be issued, but said he thought the officers would be justified in marking the capias "not to be found," without effort to locate Allen.

Speaking from the bench Judge Boyd instructed District Attorney Holton to frame a request to the Attorney General that the bond money of $5,000 be added to the reward for Allen's arrest for the Virginia courts. "I feel," he said, "that the offer of this inducement to aid in the capture of the desperado is due not only to the State of Virginia but to the United States."