The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-16
Verdict in Case Likely
to Be Reached This
Afternoon.
ATTORNEY VISOR
LASHES HAIRSTON
His Attack on Lawyer, for De-
Tense Sensational Feature of
Dramatic Day in Wytheyille
Court, Where Leader Oh
Carroll County Assas-
sins Is on Trial. n
BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.

n IL.
"ytheville, Va. May 15.-Adjourna and
inent Of court at O'Clock this even IN
ing Interrupted what is pronounced h
one of the most remarkable argu- ,er
inents ever heard in a criminal trial 81.
IN this section of the State. Tho y
speaker is Joseph C wysor. OF pu :
iaski. member of the Virginia Con-
Convention of 1907 leadIn.,
counsel for the Commonwealth in the
triai = Floyd Allen for the murder os
William +. Foster COMMUNICATIVE
attorney of Carroll county.
MI WYsor had spoken for one hour
and fifteen minutes when the time
came for adjournment 1t is expected
that he will consume at least two
hours tomorrow. and that a verdict
VIII rot be reached until some hour
of the afternoon.
Getting Ia Dramatic.
Never before has such an audience
been assembled in the Wythe County
Courthouse. Hundreds failed to Sc
cure entrance to the space allotted to
the public. while the bar was crowded
with attorneys and favored specta-
tors. In the centre of the room stood
the distinguished prosecutors every eve
upon him amid intense silence. He
and every one else fully realized the
so!emnity OF the occasion No one
realized 1t more than Floyd Allen
''''''-'SiA' " ho turned from HIS usual
position. faced the end of the Jury
row and never once looked. ut the
man VINO so mercilessly denounced
MIN and his band which shot up the
carroll court on March IL
Mr. Wysor's attack on Judge n. H.
hairston. leading counsel for the de-
Tense. who had preceded him. v,n. tho
sensational feature of the trial He
accused Judge Hairston OF misrepre-
sentins him before the jury. of stating
inatters which were not in evidence,
or improperly quoting interviews with
the prisoners in the Roanoke iaiI ~
aistorting testimony, and of misread-
ing the instructions of the court Tn
the latter count he was. it seems.
partly sustained by Judge Staples. who
.nterrupted Judge Hairston at ono
point telling him he had made n mis-
take in his presentation of mn in
stiuction at n place which entirely
onansed IT'S meaning. Judge Hairston
,sc'aiined any intention OF deception.
- ieit the room at the conclusion
~ MS speech. and did not hear Ar,
"ysor's structures upon him. ~.
Judge Hairston," Numbered Ar,
Ssoi, saw fit to caution you against
ne, iht'matins that ! might mislead
you oy my speech. You know me
90 not bear any such reputattnn
do not try under any circurnstan
or anywhere To mislead anybody. &c
pecially would l be far from misiead.
ing you when You were considerina
case OF man tried for his life. Pst
I'M, hairston' like many other men,
VIII give caution against what sor.a
nody else might do and then nrocaoa
TO DO the very thing itself His whole
speech was devoted TO leading Won
away from the facts and the truth
ne became the chief witness for tha
defense. and undertook to put into
this case testimony that was not nut
into IL by witnesses :
lie tells you of converse ton with
the prisoner in Roanoke jai what
right had he to talk of this conyer
sation? why doesn't he get on the
stand and testify Il bit? He lugged
INTO 1t his admiration of the deceased
judge thornton J.. Massie Which do
YOU believe he admired the moro
Judge Mnssie or Floyd Allen? Take
his evidence. which he has put into tho
case without authority and without
law. and where is there a more uohIa
character than Floyd Allen? will
SHOW YOU where he misrepresented the
evidence and msread the instructions.
not only the one to which Judge
staples called his attention. but 9th
ers. The judge called attention to
one where he put an "a instead OF
a no changing the whole meaning OF
the Instructions"
DenUupccs the Prisoner.
Vigorously Mr. Wysor pursued his
e7t''iitiNt " tHc CT ll!iS and the DTS
oner. FLOYD Allen" he said. has
sown the wind and is reaping the
whrlwinA. He has assaulted the ju-
dietary. He undertook. and pract,-
@ally succeeded, In wipins out almost
the entire Circuit Court of Carroll
county, He has assaulted the law.
He has committed crime against
civilization. 1t was worse than the
sassination OF Caesar of Lincoln of
Garfield. OF Mckinley. because he
struck blow at the law that pro-
tects our lives. our families our prop
erty. our liberties.
Judge Massie died on the bench.
saying that Sdna Allen shot him.
Just before that Sheriff Webb went
to his long home and William NJ
Foster laid down his life I'm the dis
charge of his duties. The crime was
atrocious. Its atrocity does not make
the prisoner guilty, nor. rs the defense
would have you believe. does IL make
the prisoner innocent. They say that
Sidna Allen with his lovely home
and his bank deposits. would not COM K
NIT such crime. Yet Judge Massie
said he did It
where is Sldna Allt,? In the
mountains Of carroll. calling on the
ROCKS and caves 10 hide him. lie wifi
yet answer for Il 3 crime unless tho
earth swallows him
The character WITNESSES" said Mt.
Wysor. ARE of no avail, when II 10