The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
NIGHT JOURNEY
FROM ROANOKE
Prisoners Sentenced to Death
November az for Carroll Court. :
house Murders Maintain Equa-
ninity-Appeal to Be
Taken in Their Behalf
to Supreme Court.

morning Of March ~. 1912. swore IN
the presence Of the court and the jury
which had convicted him that he would
never go to JAIL was brought to the
State Penitentiary yesterday morning
and placed In the death cell. with MIN
was his younger son, Claude Swanson
Allen. The two men arc under SEN
tence of death in the electric chair on
November 2a for their part in the
shooting which resulted In the muir
der of a Virginia Judge. a juror. .
sheriff and an attorney for the S'm-
monwealth.
Under the law. prisoners condemned
to de must be removed from jail to the
penitentiary not more than thirty nor
less than fifteen days before the date
set for their execution. 1t was re-
Gently determined that It would be ad-
visable to have Floyd and CLAUDE
Allen brought t. the State prison az
as early a date AZ possible Supetin-
tendent James B. Wood was notfneo
Friday Of the readiness Of the prison
ers. and sent Keeper R R Penn ana
Guard John p. Mullins to Roanoke.
where the Aliens have been kept ever
since their arrest in March, save when
in attendance on the trials at Wythe-
willie.
Kept From Public.
Following the plan adopted from the
beginning, the movements Of the Aliens
were kept from the public the pris-
oners were taken to the train N Roa-
noke early yesterday morning. at an
hour when practically no one is on tho
streets. They spent the night sitting
in a sleeper. without retiring. At
o'clock they arrived in Richmond.
During the trip the Aliens talked with
the officers most Of the time. sleeping
not at all
The party Was met a& the Byrd Street
Station by Major Wood, who had de-
tefmi1ed ~ attend In person to the
transfer to the prison The pentten-
tiary carriage WAS in waiting. and to
II the Aliens were hurried. The drive
was . matter OF but a few minutes.
Floyd and Claude Allen. mountAineers.
gazed their first and last upon a mod
ern skyscraper, caught a glimpse OF
the Capitol OF their State. the seat OF
the law they had treated with con-
tempt Then the doors Of the prison
opened for them and closed behind
them. When their bodies are borne
out the law win have done its utmost.
Show Little Concern.
So far as appearance went, the con-
care little Of their fate. They were
as calm as they have been from the be-
ginning. Fear IL an unknown quantity
to them when It refers to personal en-
counters. Floyd Allen has been IN
many difficulties. and when his temper
was aroused he was never afraid. The
fear that no man can resist for long.
that Of the unknown, has not as yet, 1t
seemed, touched them. or IL it mas they
successfully conceal IL
As soon as the preliminaries 1t the
penitentiary had been completed and
the names and other records Of the
prisoners duly entered. they were as
signed to cells in the section set apart
for those who are condemned to die.
They will net be compelled to wear
stripes, nor win they work They may
read and write, see their immediate
families. spiritual advisers and attor-
neys. No other visitors will be per-
mitted.
May Net See Relsfives.
Friel Allen and Sidna Edwards.
nephews IT Floyd Allen and cousins to
Claude, have not seen the new arrivals,
nor Is it probable they will be per-
mitted to do so. No good can be ac-
complished. it is argued. by such q
meeting. Friel, who has . sentence OF
eighteen years for his part in the
Hillsville murders. and Sidna, who was
given fifteen years. are at work in the
shoe shop. They are regarded as good
pris ,uers. Anyway" says Major
Wood, Il hear nothing from or about
them. which shows they are oehaving
themselves"
Few people saw the men taken to
the penitentiary, . crowd having been
guarded against By secrecy. still fewer
will ever see them again
Waaks VIA CrUsehea.
Floyd Allen is stu obliged to Use
his crutches in walking. but his
wounded leg gives him no pain. u
was broken a few minutes after the
courthouse shooting. With the other
members of the family. he went to a
feed stable nearby and tried 20 mount
his horse He was already badly
woun.icd. and while trying to get on
the horse he fell ard his leg doubled
under him on q rock. breaking tho
large hone. 10 was treated by ply
sicisns in HuisviIIe. Roanoke aud
wythcviiIc. but the leg IS shevtcr than
the other.
His son. Claude Swanson Allen. who
fred the FIRST Sho, IN the courthouse.
AMI who. 70 Is believed. was the mv,
dcrsr cf Judge Thornton Y. Massic.
looks as strong a. ever. and IS thor
-oehly we'll. In spite OF his long prison
confinement He 81 a magnificent
specimen Of physical manhood. and
has q face which. while animal IN gen
ersi appearance. - not unpieastn9 He
n generally IN a good humor.
T0ejv p0Vs - knDoaG.
Floyd Allen. affy-fivc yc.rs old. had
bcen on trial for interfering with IN
oSscer ~ she time 81 the tragedy. He
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