The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-07

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Il. sheriff Edwards was in the court
room the afternoon before the sheet.
Ing. and on tho morning OF tho shcOt-
ing.
shooting An did the other Witnesses.
When the crowd began running out
he list ysigAs Of Floyd Allen for a
time. Wien NEXT he saw Floyd, he
sese 4sfissS ard HIS Js4stef ssaz smoking
Edwards fired fsve times at Floyd.
floyd Was firing at the time. lie
hsHrd the shooting on the green. but
did not go out The witaess was
asked II he had a conversation with
Floyd when he Was brought back TO
fSilir'iiie. He stated that ricyd said
IKE nien were shooting at rfTa o. the
same time. He sslsed Floyd why he
; was not hit and Fiayd said: Mighty
little OF tho right kind OF stuff will
turn EN- ] expect the" air something
else" Lie said that Florf said his
sweater was foil OF holes.
Sweaters Were Changed.
lie stated that between the time
Ficyd was taken iato the Elliott Ho-
tel wounded. on the day OF tae
shooting and the next day when
Floyd was arrested. he was visited by
his brother. Jasper Allen. During the
trial, Floyd were a gray sweater,
trimmed in red. When he next saw
Floyd. he wore a brown sweater.
Judge Hairston, on cross-exanina :
ton. sarcastically asked tine witness
IL he was an expect on sweaters and
IL he had not examined Floyd's and
found them lined with steel. He
q. Nod In jx eff IN h.a xFffm
ness. lie denied having told Mrs.
Charles lewis Martin, that Sheriff
Webb fred the first two shots that
were fired in tho court house. The
witness stated he went TO MIR. Foster
after the shooting and Noah Wrigley
picked up Fosters pistol and handed
II TO him. He maintained that he
could not tell whether or not the pis-
toll had been fred. He admitted TAX
ing the cartridge out Of the magazine.
out did not know how many he took
out, how many had been fred or if
any had heen fired.
Knew Trouble was Coming.
NJ. T.. White. oHs of the jurors in
Fioyd's case, Was the Grst witness OF
The morning. lie recited the facts
IF the returning of the verdict as 1t
has been told by other witnesses. As
soon an Floyd rose up and said he
was NOT going. the witness said he
started Immediately 30 leave the
room. kowing that there would be
trouble. Before he goc far the shoot
ing commenced and he dropped to
his knees and crawied out of the
courtroom into the clerks ONCE and
went inside the treproof vault. He
saw none Of the shooting.
A. #. Green. clerk in the treas
3rer's office. described the events pre-
ceding the tragedy.
Thinks Ii was Planned.
Floyd and Sidna Allen. just before
the shooting were looking intently at
each other. Then the Judge instruct
sd the sheriff to take the prisoner
and Floyd started up. fumbIing with
hts sweater The witness turned to
70 out. and was on his way when he
heard shot. He did not turn, but
FASTENED out,
G, &. Kane. Was one Of the jurors
who was wounded during the firing.
Az soou as he saw Floyd start to
opening his sweater, he started out,
He looked hack and saw Floyd with
a pistol In his hand pointed directly
towards him. He turned to coniin-
ue his flight and received a shot In
the hack. Immediately afterwards,
he was shot In the leg, hut managed
to make his way out and into the
jury room. Fostor came in, In a dy-
ing condition and expired shortly
r. II. f'addls, although rather deaf.
was member OF the jury. also. As
soon as Floyd said he WASN'T going,
the witness ssarted aut He saw both
FLOYD and Sheriff Webb reach under
their coats. but did not see either
draw gun.
Saw Miss Ayers Woundcd.
lie knelt down to get out Of range
asd~1ss;e~ In this position, he saw
the bullet strike Miss Ayers. lie
thought Floyd Allen fred that shot
He made his way out and fed across
the courthouse green and down tho
street.. He was fred at number Of
rmes. but did not urn to see who was
shooting. He afterwards examined
himself and found holes In his sleeve
and blood on his clothing He had
no idea from whom the blood came.
Jury Foreman Testify.
G. l.. Howell was foreman OF the
'ury THAI returned the verdict against
Floyd. AS soon az Floyd announced
that he was not going, Mr.. Howell
starred out 70 thu tudxe.s room.
Fust before getting to the door. the
firing broke out, JUST over his head.
THIS was from the position occupied
ny Claude and Sidna Allen and sub
s.antsates the Testimony Of Judge
fseteh and others that Claude ard
S.dna began the firing. He went into
the Judges room. closed the door and
raw no more Of the shooting.
Just before tine shooting took place,
ne saw Wesley Edwards standing in
the rear a bench Tip toeing." look
lag nyex- the haada Of the crowd and
Apparently irving 10 lncate nnmAnna
when he came out, he saw Juror
Fowler. living In a pool Of blood. Next
he raw Sheriff Webb, where ne had
fallen. and then he noticed the judge.
Later he learned that Foster was
dead and went where he was. Sheriff
webb. when he saw him lying decd,
'tfsss 80 tstysyys4 siefc ~ hsa Tnoffrst tste
saw Deputy Clerk Quesenberry with
q pistol and one OF the deputy sher-
ifts with one, The defense 10 Ell
dea~orlng 70 show that there were
~ many or more officers sho sting
rs there were Aliens.