The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-24
EVIDENCE DRAGS
CLAUDE CLOSER
TO DEATH CHAIR
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alive positions of the Judge and Claude
Allen at the time tho shooting began.
comparing Troiinger To Claude and
Judge staples to Judge Massie. tho do.
tense objected and was sustained. At
torney Draper had pointed Claude s
revolver being careful first to see that
IT was empty, toward Judge Staples.
and had caused slight stiI among ju-
rors. spectators and lawyers. Attorney
Wills appealed TO the court not TO per-
init such an exhibition. claiming It
tended To ntame the jurors minds.
When Sam Il. Weddlc was put on the
witness stand Just before dinner recess
and asked as To conversations ne had
had with Floyd Allen concerning
threats made against Carroll Court otti
GERS. the defense objected, claiming
such testimony was Incompetent unless
the conversations were held in tho
presence OF the defendant and unless
they tended TO make out II prima facie
case OF conspiracy involving the de-
PENDANT.
Judge Staples said he was prepared
to rule at once, but counsel for the
defense asked to be heard IN cham
bers Both sides retired with Judge
staples, while court was adjourned un-
III the afternoon.
When court reconvened the defense
SUN asker Tor suspension of the
courts ruling. and Wcddle was not put
back on the stand for the time
sidney Spracker. the second witness
OF to-day. told OF seeing Floyd and
Claude converse the afternoon before
the shooting in the courtroom. Claud.
asked his father how his pulse was and
the elder Allen asked Claude. according
to the witness Are the boys all
ready"
John r. Cochran. restaurant keep
CT OF Hillsville. said he saw Claude.
after the shooting. ride down the
alley past his place toward the
BlankenshiP stable and said that
Claude held q revolver in his pocket
The witness also testified as 10 Friei
Allen and Wesley Edwards being IN
hts restaurant before breakfast the
morning of the shooting and leaving
hurTiedly when the courthouse bell
rang.
A. Z. Green. deputy treasurer Of
Carro!l county. gave Significant testi-
mony when he said Dexter Goad was
sitting down when FLOYD Allen first
jumped up. began to tumble with his
sweater AMI said: I'm not a-going {"
Green also said he saw Floyd Allen
and S!dna Allen exchange glances Just
before the shooting began.
Preston Fowler and James y. Early.
the latter juror at Floyd's trial in
Hiilsv'ile. were the other witnesses
to-day. They described the incidents
at the time of the shooting. but
developcd nothing particularly
damaging to Claude Allen.
Byrd Marion. who was released on
his own bond OF $1,000 yesterday az
ternoon. was rearrested late last night
in Pulaski and is now lodged in
Wythe jail again. The Commonwealth
learned last night from John Dalton
,o-day's most important witness, that
he had seen Byrd shoot his revolver
in the courtroom. and Dalton SO testi-
fled in court to-day.
Dalton's testimony further implicated
Byrd when he told of having seen
Byrd in the crowd which Wesley Ed
wards had supplied with cartridges
just before the shooting. Therefore.
the State has laid the founda tons for
a case almost as strong as against
the other prisoners now under indict-
ment for five murders each.