The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
FLOYD ALLEN HURTS
HIS OWN DEFENSE
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! ed constable and supervisor. ana "P-
| ueintee, deputy sheriff twice. serving
eight yeJtfS and also one term as uep- i
utv treasurer
I speaking Of the row Ut the school
house. which caused the arrest Of his
| Hephewk the Edwards boys, which
was the cause nf the tragedy. he SAID
no one VAS seriously injured. The
( ioyS werc arrested at Mount Airy,
Z where they were at work. y deputy
sheriff named Samuels made the ar
rest.
He stated he had made arrange
mehts with the Commonwealth at
torn,v Ia go their bond, and had ems
ploycd counsel, when on his return he
mot thc deputy with the boys. one
Of them WIS tied and the other hand
eufed. lie was not allowed to go into
further details. concerning this.
Floyd Tells of Shooting.
He stated that his indictment had
: rorrTF for trial several times and fIg
was all ready. but II was continued.
When it came up at tho March. term,
h" stated that he had no assurance
/ that II woutd he tried,
The night before the shooting he
stayed all night with his brother.
Sinda. When he rode into town that
morning he was a little late and
some one told him they wore calling
him at the court house. He hitched
as soon az possible and hurried TO the
court room.
He was not positive. but thought
the jury had come III When IL got III.
I His attorneys made some motions to
the court which ne didn't understand
Judge Rolen made n motion and
called Victor. but Claude came He
asked Claude to 60 for MIR. Dawson
ana Mt. Finger, two witnesses whom
! he needed. There was no whisper
ins. but Il was ordinary converse
7 ton. He sat down ana talked 1T
tie to Judge Bolen. lie told him. II
! believe III just take it and go on
Judge Bolen, his counsel, had
7 claimed privilege in regard TO bis
| Conferences with Floyd The State
! had asked Judge Bolen if Floyd had
objected tn going TO jail during any
! of his conference.
! saw Goad Wink.
The court rulcd that the record
stands the same as though no Ques-
{ tions had been asked. Returning to
( the occurrence in the court room.
/ lie said that he looked ut Dexter Goad
| and saw him wink al Sheriff Webb.
lie saw Goad draw ont a pistol and
change II from one pocket 10 another
He looked at sheriff Webb and saw
/ him make a similar move lie stated
that he had heard that Dexter Goad
/ was "messln" ar0unf when the State
objected. He was not allowed to-
state the threat
He kept cycling Goad and wonder
/ cd why he had that gun. He had a
I paper in his hand and put Il in his
pocket raised Up aid sai Gentle
, men. / amt ~ gon.'" AIR Goad had
his pistol out and sheriff Webb also
I Webb Hired first ana Goad followed
/ quickly.
-'t Was shot and fell About tina;
time the shots became general, i
| was excited right smart
( When I fell ] was trying t. get
1 my gun. got II out of my hip peck
/ ct as / rolled over. In trying to get
up. the gun went off straight mp In
trying again, | accidentally fired In
the table.
Fires at Quc>enhcrrA.
II saw Quesenberry firing at me,
! ON" of his shots struck me in the
! side. ] shot once 1T him, J jumped
ont of the bar and went down the
steps. ! saw MIR. Goad on the other
steps.
Il dropped my pistol. saw this
I Edwards boy and said: I'm bad shot.
Have You got II gun | snatched Il
away from him and went on |
never stopped until got to the road.
There Mr. Goad shot me in the leg
Then he turned from me and
started shooting at Sidna Allen.
Il hred two shots at Nioad, and
those were the only shots | fred out
side"
He went. an down and called for
his horse. He felt the bone in his
leg crack, He had examined the
wound in his abdomen and found 1t
was not serious He thought he could
ridt. but tainted and doesn't renem-
Der anything more.
Denies Wearing Armor.
TIE dcniGd having Worn . = = 1nI
said he never saw armo- in his life
He stated positively that Quesenberry
was the monty snaa he shot Il. n the
courtroom. and Quesenberry was then
shooting at him. While he was down
he said he saw three pistols leveled
at him. When he rose up is left
side was toward Dexter Goad. He
Was shot in the left side and the left
hip. lie denied shooting at Juror
4 Early, He had nothing against the
Jury or anyone else except the man
who swore falsely against him.
; He said he was in Mount Airy and
heard a bench warrant was out
against him, and he came to Hills
Vile to see Mr.. Foster about 1t. He
looked for Foster and heard he was
at his home. He went there and
asked for MY Foster They said he
u MAS IT the, hanas He teaisa ,lelst in, 81
+ Held. Ire 'tofd rim what ne heard.
ard MIR. Foster said il WAS a mistake.
He declared he had nothing what
ever against Foster for prosecuting
him. ITS a mans duty to prosecute
another. he said
Asked If he WAS friendly with Goad,
he said, Not very"
Denies Making Threats.
He denied threats against Foster,
which had been testified to by two
Witnesses. Sldna Towe one of the
witnesses against him. has not liked
HIM he atsid. siiscs 3ewf~ and another
man shot II revenue. officer and he
gave the revenue officer assistance.
lie dneid having mate the settlement
that II Judge Bolen didn't do his duty
ho would pile him ~ WITH ,hf rest
of them.
Newton Bevill. the witness Nau
had testified to this owes him money
he said. lie acknowledged having
talked with man named Martin and
said that If Dexter Goad takes stock
against Il man IT'S mighty nard to get
y fair trial
He denied having had A eonversa-
ton with sam WcatiHi, in which he
said il he was convicted he wouid kin
Foster before shutdown.
The alleged conversation with his
son Claude. IN which he asked Are