The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-19
PRISONERS HEAR
Of THE DECISION
THROUGH PAPERS
Deeply Affected by the News
But Make No Comment
to Guard
WILL ASK CLEMENCY
OF GOVERNOR TODAY3|
Both Spiritual Advisers, Ouo
of City Yesterday, Will
Appear With Judge
Hairston, Counsel


cells al the States prison yesterdAysS
afternoon. without the comfort ~ n
their spiritual advisers in the hOu1
of trial, Floyd and Claude Allen reme)#
| in an afternoon paper the intelIigenon
! they have SO long awaited, and eqN
fearfully dreaded-the fact that IT,
Supreme court had refused their ap1
peaIs for new trials.
1t was Major j. b. Woods ideA tGk
have the news broken to the Aliens tn
this manner rather than to IMPOSE
upon some one the unpleasant duty u III
conveying II orally, and Guard reh1Ess
delivered to father and son copies 81
the paper containing the news OF th4N
| courts decision. Both men graspo<1 4
their papers eagerly, as they have
done every day since their incarcersgs
ton in the death cells, and as eaGer-
~ scanned the headlines for the Ines
formation they have been irnpattentlyS
expecting. They read the story haHtt- 4
~, and each expressed the bitterness
OF his disappointment over the out
come as Guard Penn turned away
without comment. The realizatiOn
that nothing stands between them n
and the electric chair Friday nforn-s
| ing, but possible executive ciemencyt
i evidently saawned Upon both With
shocking saddenness, and father and
son manifested by their detected ar
| titudes their deep distress. 4@
| viii Petition Governor Today.
No formal petition has been pre-
scented to Governor Mann for come
mutation of the sentences of the Al
lens, for the reason that the appeals
have been pending in the Supreme
court, but this will be done this at
ternoon, after which it is presumcd q
Governor Mann will issue a fornna1a
statement. which, IT is believed, will
announce his decision not TO interfcro
with the sentence of the court.
The petition will probaly h1a
| Jointly presented this afternoon ~
| Rev. George W. Mcdaniel, who re-
] turned last night from PetersburG
| Rev. DIR. ]. j. Scherer, Jr., who tm3
| speeding home to Richmond fronn
! Lexington, KY, according to q telA@@
gram received last night, and JUDGE
| TENS, who is on his way to Richmom&A
from Roanoke. DIR. Scherer, who tl8
pastor of the English Lutheram
| church, has been in Atlanta for e0n1NS$
time attending church conventiOMsH
| and went from that city to Lexing
| ton to visit friends. He was wfr@14
yesterday Of the decision of the coux135
and replied that he would reach Rich
mond some time Tuesday. DIR. Mo-
i Daniel pastor Of the First BaptiN1
church. has been in daily attendan0|
upon the Baptist association at PG~KS
tersburg, so, the Aliens have baGGA
without spiritual advisers for about H
week. DIR. Mcdaniel was on his w0SR&
| to the station to take train for HeSs
tersburg yesterday whe.s he was No.
titled OF the action Of the court, bNx
stated that business OF the aSsoctat30w
compelled his attendance, SO he w.
not present when the news was broke
to the condemned men.
Decision Quietly Announced
Only a few lawyers and no le90
representatives of the Aliens w6xG
present in the court room yestsrda1
morning when Judge James Kelt1#
announced the oral opinion in the 1n
nous cases from the bench He aMtlX
"In the case OF Floyd Allen agAino
the Commonwealth this court tm1GG
no error in the record and nothinM
prejudicial to the defendant Thu
judgement Of the lower court II a4S
Armed NH
THE same in the case of ClaudGE&
Allen Is affirmed sz
| The papers comprising the .petiti0Mr
!! for appeal. the whole forming = buII
printed document were then turn&1S
over to Clerk Stewart Jones, who 1lS
tired with them from the court yo63
and the high tribunal after I'm
quietly sundering what is proh16f
the last chance for life the AiIS
have, as quietly proceeded with
docket before II.
Governor Withholds opinion.
Newspaper men were quick To ~
quaint Governor Mann with thA 19&2