The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-22
ALLEN Tells OF
CAUSE OF CRIME
Interviewed in the Roanoke
Jail, Says He Told 1t
to Grand Jury
SPECIAL TERM OF
COURT WEDNESDAY
Judge Staples Sets This As
Date for Sidna Aliens
Case-May Name
Another Date

ROANOKE. VA, March Elm tho
presence OF court officials and a
Euard Floyd Alien and his son, VIC
tor. we're interviewed this evening.
tho interview being restricted to mat
ters not pertaining to the charges
brought against the man. Floyd Al
len. much broken and weakened be-
cause of his wounds. showed emotion
at times and broke down and his
eyes filled with tears when he mem
toned his wife.
The first question related TO the
trouble that caused his arrest and
trial at Hiilsyille. Allen told Of the
Edwards boys. his nepheMs. the sons
OF his only sister and whose ages
were about seventeen and tweuty.:one.
having caused n disturbance with a
boy named Thomas at the school
house at which place Sunday SER
vices were To be held. The Edwards
boys were summoned TO court and
appealed to F7eyd Allen to go their
bond, He said:
indicted himself.
II had been sick In bed fer ten
weeks. and II was several days later
that started to Hillxville to give
bond for them. When met Mr..
Samuels with the boys. one was hand
cuffed. and the other tied with 70 =.
l asked him where he arrested the
hoys and he said Mount Airy. ask
ed him If he had requisition papers
and he said no. IL was then that he
refused to take the cuffs off them.
and levei1ed {. gun at me. ] took the
gun away from him and released the
boys. Sunday morning I went on the
boys bond. They were later tried
and acquitted. 1 went before the
grand Jury when summoned. and on
my own accord gave evidence which
indicted me. / defended those boys
because their father was dead. and
they were the sons OF my only sis-
ter
Asked who he thought shot him
last Thursday at Hilisvilie. he re-
piled: Il don't like To say.
Didn't Know Of Cutting Throat.
DO you want 10 say why you cut
your throat after you were arrested p
the prisoner was asked.
III ! cut myself l don't know It.
] had Just tainted from loss of blood.
member thought somebody was
cutting me. and I thought l grabbed
their hand. but ! came too. and they
said I had cut myself"
Allen denied that any of his FAM
lily engaged in the moonshine busi-
ness. "No. none of my family that
know of engaged In moonshining.
They might he. but don't know It.
None OF them ever told me anything
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anything OF the kind in my life. and
my wife told me that before ] should
do II. that she would rather live on
a crust OF bread. Ii anybody says I
done Il would like to know who 1t
was
Tells Of His Life.
Allen said he married Miss Ed
wards, a daughter of w. A. Edwards.
thirty-four years ago. she being the
only surviving member Of the fam
ily. He has two sons. Victor. aged
thirty. and Claude. aged twenty-five.
He gave his own age as fifty-hvo last
July. He was educated at Elk Spur.
Carroll county. and for fourteen years
held the positions Of deputy sheriff.
constable, supervisor and deputy
treasurer OF Carroll county. Allen
said he had not travelled much. but
was at Greensboro. n c.. when his
brother was tried there. He read a
coed deal. subscribed ID the county
papers. and read others when he was
able TO get hold Of thom.
my grandfather" he said. wv. G.
Allen lived near Blue Ridge but he
moved to West Virginia when / was
a small boy. and l don't remember
much about him. My people are all
English. l believe. and maybe there
IL some Scotch In US"
Alien said he vas a member OF
the Flower Gap Baptist church. spoke
Of the. various crops he. raised. and
his success AZ q fruit grower. and
said that Sidna lAlle1 was worth
ut least $4,000.
Al the end Of the brief interview
Alien sank back on HIS cot exhaust
a from his efforts NJ talking.
Victor Allan Talks.
Victor Allen. at the other end Of
the TAIL on tho same floor, was then
Visited. He said he was educated
at Pleasant Grove school; And that
- married Miss Emma Wisler. OF
Carroll, September 18th. nine years
ago. ana that they had three chill
drsn: two girls and Z boy: -. 80.
IAN can say." he said. IL that
/ an innocent OF anything. and an,
! very sorry this thing happened. Ny
father 'phonsd me to bring q Wit
mess up there
II added that he was not armed,
and In reply to questions stated that
- va Z mall carrier. having held
me position since 1901: that he had
tried 20 make peace, had never beon
a trouble himself, and was using
hiD earnings 70 pay for his home.
ssWhy didn't you 30 away with
the rest OF your friendsf"
II wasn't guilty"
ibid you feel that you had any.
thine to rum from?
mo. 0ir.
He said no was arrested the next
morning altar the shooting: that theirs
W. uoehing to prevent him gsttina
away II ne wantad 70; that he know
the dAtectlveo ware coming. and that
No ia not ofEee reeistAnco when t6ay
Appeared % axrest his father ana him.
Cpunssl for The defenae I'D tnni9ht
\ rat they Aaa no stateu,ent 70 0iva
ont boaging ~ ~ probable 1ne q
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