The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-15
.nr ALEXANDER FORWARD.

BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.
"!theNiile, Va. May ii.-Three of
the speeches OF attorneys in the trial
oi tloNd Allen. tor the murder OF W.
~ oste' i'll the Carroll co..tnol...
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Ih'ee more addresses are 70 ne de-
lsNered. Commonyea,,u's Atrnri,.x
fioyd Lanuretn, or Carru.L WIN maxi.
'"e hrst speech OIL Tomorrow ne
WI! be followed by Judge ~ H. Hair-
s'oh' oil Roanoke. VINO viii ciose the
ease Tor the defense. Then Joseph g.
WFsor, OF tuiaskl, will nuke the con
ciudnS speech.
the case probably will go to the
jury tomorrow afternoon. The time
"i the verdict, ii any. is, of course.
problcmaticai.
While the prepondcrancc OF public
opinion is that the state has mace out
Il stronE case against Floyd Allen, and
one Which almost impeis "A vcruict OF
murder nthc first degree. there are
not u few people who predict a nnding
VI "hRnsIauSnter or OF murder In the
found people who believe there will hc
an acquittai, but thcy are heard from
IN every case.
Keeps Up His Courage.
Inc prisoner at the bar keeps YIN
MS courage remarkably well He still
smiles at those who speak to him in
the courtroom and outside, and is al-
ways responsive to any Kindness
shown him. To prevent his knee from
becoming stir. DR.. Pcyton Green. the
JAN physician, has taken OFF the Mas
ter cast which bound him, and has nut
in place another above the knee. This
mas enabled him TO use the knee mus
cieS and with pair of crutchcs
which may be secured for him. he can
Walk little without assistance. When
this was done Floyd Allen said: Doc
tor. guess this is about the last thing
YOU Will do for me shall be going
away from here, In some way. within
very few DAYS"
Mrs. Allen sits beside him inside the
courtroom. never once raising her
head. The other prisoners in the Jail
Remain well.
The speeches OF to-day. quite nat
uraily, were largely repetitions of
theories of the prosecution or the de-
tense. Each speaker reviewed the
evidence in detail from his own stand
point. stressing that which helped and
emitting that which might inJure his
cause Oratory was in the main es-
chewcd for argument
1t was the burden of the defense's
argument that Dexter Goad was the
cause of the tragedy and OF the
Prosecutions that the defense has no
case save upon the unsupported testi-
II ony of Floyd Allen
Opening Speech of willis.
r. II. Willis. of Roanoke. made the
opening speech of the day. His Of
fort received highly favorable com
meut from the :. vbc
sat within the bar, as well as from
spectators. Ills delivery. while un-
hesitatinS, was not too "apid. and his
points were ciear-cut and incisive.
Following out the theory of the de-
Tense. Mr.. Willis argued that the
Aliens. Of Carroll, had been bounded
and prosecuted by Dexter Goad. the
wounded clerk of the court He told
of the little schoolhouse row. which
ended in so many indictments.
Incidentally. he dcn.Inced Deputy
sherim samueis and Peter Easter, who
when they were released by Floyd
Allen.
why did not the attorneys for the
prosecution tell YOU" he asked about
Dexter Goad and his methods against
the Aliens? Why did not they tell
you why he was there in the court
room with two pistols! | expect he
was afraid of Floyd Allen. after he
had gone to Judge Massie with stories
of him. and after he had helped to
pile up the Indictments. YOU Will no
tce that although Dexter Goad sat
behind the attorneys for the prosecu-
ton during tho taking OF evidence in
this case. he was not Put back upon
the stand by them
Mr. Willis ridiculed the testimony or
Cyrus Phibbs and OF sidney Speaker
and others which tended 10 show con
spiracy. lie called this tommy rot
and the fruit of iusginatson."
The Commonwealth, ne asserted,
did not want to find tn. Foster und
Webb pistols. and knows that Floyd
Allen did not Kill Foster. The 4Aliens.r
he added. may shoot. but they don't
lie" Trihes had been augmented to
look like momentous testimony.
~ startling Theory Advanced.
one OF the most startling theories
evolved by Mr. Wills was that Dexter
Goad shot Judge Masse in tho Left
leg while firing at sfdna and Claude
Allen. lie thought. though. that tbs
fatal bullet in the indge,s body was
bred by one of the Aliens. US
The evidence OF Preston Fowler.
the preacher. was rIdlcu!ed by Mr..
Minis. who said he distgusted a man
who was TOO pious. lie had been IN
able to ma anybody In The courtroom
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