The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-15
THREE OFFICIALS
SLAIN In COURT.
BY VA. OUTLAWS.
KILL JUDGE ON BENCH,
SHERIFF And PROSECUTOR
Prisoner, Clerk, Juror and Spec
'tstor Wounded by Angry
Mountaineers.
Outlaws, Friends of Prisoners Be
ing Sentenced, Fled BACK to
Mountains

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troop Of mountain outlaws rode down
out OF the Blue Ridge to-day to the
Carroll county court house here and
assassinated the judge upon the bench,
the prosecutor before the bar and the
sheriff at the door In less -~1e than IL
takes to tell II. while sentence was
being pronounced upon Floyd Allen.
one OF their number.
When the crack OF the rides died
away only one member of the human
fabric OF the. court-Dexter Goad. the
clerk-was alive. and he had been
wounded. Jurymen and onlookers
were struck by the rlsillade. but none
was wounded seriously.
Tonight the outlaws. with a good
days start, are up in the mountain
bush. with a citizen posse. little or
ganized. making a semhlance Of a
pursuit. Sheriffs and deputies from
neighboring counties cannot reach
here before early morning. A special
train from Roanoke tonight brought
20 detectives to Gayax, the nearer.
railroad station. nine miles away. IL
will be midnight before these can
get over the mountain roads. hub deep
in sprir . mud. lit probably win be
daylight before forces can be assem-
bled.
Dead or Alive Rewards.
A reward Of $1,000 for the capture
OF the band, made today by Governor
Mann was tonight, increased to $4,000.
The governors proclamation states
that 5000 each will be paid for indi-
vidual members OF the band. taken
dead OF alive.
Captain =. w. Devant. OF the second
Virginia regiment. has been ordered
20 come here with two men. twenty
rides and ammunition. The troops
at Roanoke and Lynchburg, probably
may not be called for.
The shooting terrorized HiIlsville
to the point Of paralysis. There was
not man 20 give an order or organize
pursuit Timid persons fed TO
places to safety and mothers gathered
up their children while the assassins
rode out OF town.
Judge Thorton L. Massie rose from
HIS chair as the bullets struck him
and fell across his desk. Common
wealth's Attorney William Foster,
with half dozen bullets in his brain.
crumpled down TO the floor. Sheriff
Lewis Webb was shot and killed as
ne reached for his revolver Bullets
grazed Clerk Goad. and in the confus-
ion. he was reported killed. Jurors.
who had been slightly wounded were
reported dead. and by that indehnable
method OF communication which pre-
walls In the woodland country. reports
OF Wholesale slaughter went out to
the countryside.
Motive for Slaughter.
Floyd Allen was before the bar this
morning. convicted OF taking a prison.
er from a deputy sheriff. Allen had
struck the sheriff over the head with
the butt Of a rife. and the prisoner
escaped. Sheriff Webb had gone up
into the mountains and taking Allen
despite dire warnings OF what such a
venture might mean. Attorney Fos-
ter had prosecuted him fesrie (slyg
and a mountaineer jury gathered from
the inland section. for no man IN Car
roll county cared 70 eft on the trial
OF an Allen. had convicted him.
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tracted an unusually large gathering
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