Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-12-19
ONLY ASKS SQUARE
DEAL FOX ALIENS
Passion and Clamor for Venge-
ance Have Now subsidized, and
Public Able TO Consider Merits
of Case in Light OF
Cool Reason.
RICHMOND. Va Speelal: :

ltfI4~Nlll tBAENNAtt-
fcud and not conspiracy anu
tbat new evidence had been
brought Co light completely Si'cr-
ing important phases oi the ta>c'
tsoN,lnDE Niaun yCStcrunN after
noon rcspitcd Ciaodc aud fioln
AIlcn. scnicn,c d To die IN the
slct tric chair tomorrow, uhth jan
uary 18th.
the two Aliens. Was submitted ol
N,torn,.yS Al, hard l.. Byrd ana
Harry Nj smith. Jr.. the ~pctla
counsel re, entity retained To de-
Nclop the new evidence
A. soon a. he understood what
tbr neg, evidence was GoNcrnor
Mann granted the respite. Inc
two condemned men now nave
hNc weeks iu which go tght their
ease.
Thcrs, 1, NO legal precedent I'm
Virginia Tor the a, ton Sought nH
Attorneys Byrd aud smith. ms
docs NOS mean that the proposed
t,ro, t.gure il not well within the
LAW. but only that such a case has
never before arisen here, though
similar cases have dcN clipped in
other states.
TWOFOID PROCEDURES.
The procedure of the special
-tfnrueNS iu their efforts To- save
thc IiN,- OF Floyd and Claude
Alien viii Ia tWofuid. First thcy
will seek rchcaring I'm the state
Court Oi Appeals. " Atn inns II
granted thcy viii cnocaN"r 10 IN
due,. that court 60 authorize the
trial court 10 reopen the cases 20
entertain motion Tor new
trial.
prcparcU-onc FOR Claude Allen
the other Tor hi- father. IL was
al first hoped that one pculiuh
could contain a united plea, nut
4 il has been found that important
Evidence WAS offered at Claude
trial which was not introdu' "a
when ltis father was tried. SINH
larly. testimony Of weight was
heard when lloyd was ON triAl
which did not figure In the triai
OF his son.
ATTORNEYS that the petitions VIII
be rcndN within ten days or NV"
weeks. They will bC presented to
The Supreme Court the very Gay
, they arc completed
An enormous amount OF W"rA
has To be done The n,'"ru9,
which ian hundreds of pages. must
hc intimately stuGicu. cN'ct pts
g taken. the new evidence develop
70 ,I aflfdaNIt- and dispositions
b taken and legal authorities anc
e ra-r- bearing upon the mattel
hunted up aud listed
= 40 CONSPIRACY.
s. The petition points out that "a
o. l. impossible to prove W1i" lil''
am ths. fatal shots thc Common
20 wealth must tpt tlic irhu Alic
lt orr or stand or tau "p'n az ""il
- les Co prove cun-l i'A,9 in :,
ID case. Tie special H'i"r"'N p"
be- not believe tltat the t"u-ilt.i'
ls theory can To- maintained. an
b. trstr view Dr. shared hy ncarl
Do am of those who understand an
nt. uartlrr oI tllc now evidence am
De WHO have kDpt zap WIN thc ,aS
T. IIBIIC MIND HAS 1pol-t ~
When floyd and Claude Ale
o. were tried. though uo one 80
I.t ru-e~ the court oI Discriminate
pee or Intentional restrictions. II
.i1 puhIIc mind had NOT rccoN ere
from th,. shock oi thc tta-cuit
and was scarcely BOO cundiiioh
Ne ,oouN weigh thc evidence and ti
'c- circumstance which are ,,
ir- known to have been hci"io u
ne mdec nad bccn Shot
.At l.afn un thc bench, the Coz
bag mnnAcalth Auornc, anna
$50 -hrrin had been hllch' "a 1"'
|..HI NH"N DO kAANtNAr guy
0w been desperately WouuNfu' " w
Of MAN had died Of Injuries from
,cI stray bullet. half "a dolcu fnou
lu- tainnt.r- had lcapcd upon th
.ly horse and dashed away into
..- hills. leaving death and terror
ID. thrir wake .
III ORGANIZED society. az 81
.4 .Hn,Lef almost iutp unhcNci-
us- mandcd the live 90 thc muf"
fr.r| rr- The Mosaic law must "c
.r... Porcelain c2e tor au eye
... tooth for "a tooth; llc i"i
ufc-,icuth at titc hands OBJ q y
-ufr- uo--c. death at tie lia
of militia; death boo thc cir'
Thn-c Who understand coi
otAe lions iu tnr mountain Ciu"
rang and Who urc posted ON til' &
81 t-- believe tlut false C"il.llti I'D
hook created and ihat when iloNd
Coz Claude were tricd DO WAS aih
.cpt f,lt.,--ihi,. for amy iurA tn sd
r4rd rars at-.u-Ftl zoo from rruol,
rncH -inuatc dcuuuc-atiun from
tur rca- ming. ,...,.,
tne Pr-gTIC WOIIDN Il il~lt
tlc 80 one thought ~ "a fcud -
attention Wa- paid to -lu'cn
l.- fo lhe effect that BAD hi'p"
Ikcu. fteg het,trcu court Officials
ocEs. t,.rnb..r- az The Alien clam ~
water tl,ins Ms lost sight OF tn
em- ,.noruIty OF thc tragctN. ,
had bss-n wiped out, the ON
had xaIiautly died in perform
Of their dutN--that was the
dominant and xcrstltcinlng
According 10 those now al
FAD $s5s 5 IF !. : ::s., ':: ,5 %.$
tcu--hot automatic In the ,
81 Clerk Dexter GOad. That
,,-,,y never thought Of In the begin
:. :, - According TO the same an
uy. FLOYD Allen did not eve
his pistol into play until ht
cial.- been repeatedly shot at d,
lgeulc Goad ana others. no one
ii also have believed tltat when
seorge was captured. because no
ia son wanted ID believe 10.