Sherman (Red) Allen

Sherman (Red) Allen, 21, had family in Wyoming, where his father lived at Lander and a brother lived at Deer Lodge. He died on September 1, 1935, in the Glasgow county jail in Valley County, Montana, after being shot in the head. Authorities said he inflicted the wound himself after officers surrounded him in a barn on a ranch near Vandalia, where he had hidden after escaping from the Valley county jail. The Wolf Point Herald reported the authorities' account.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Authorities said Allen shot himself in the head after officers surrounded him in a barn near Vandalia, Missouri.

Reported by: authorities. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Wolf Point Herald, September 6, 1935, page 8 The Wolf Point Herald, September 6, 1935