The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-13
ELECTRIC CHAIR
IS DEF|ED BY
TWO CLANSNEN
E@s 9~
Aliens Are Guarded, Fearing Possible
Raid On the Jail BY
Symrathizers.
RESPITE IS NOT EXPECTED
- rSi
Believed Governor Mann VIII Take
No stepstc Postpone Mems
Electrocution.
RESPITE IS NOT EXPECTED

Richmond Va, Dec, l2.--Prepara-
tions were completed today for the
enactment OF the final tragic scene
which Is to mark the passing Of the
Allen clan, Friday.
Following the sentencing of Sidna
Allen to five years in the poniton-
tiary after hcing found guilty on a
charge oi manslauehter at Wythe-
vile, clevcntb-hour hopes Of Floyd
and Claude Alien, whose execution
is set for tomorrow, were dimmcd
The two ring leaders in the shooting
up of the lillsyille Court House werc
said to be ready to die.
Hope that Governor Mann would
again grant them, respite was
shattered by statements around the
capital to the effect that there would
b. no further executive interference
Governor Mann on November %
gave the two condemned mon a re-
prievc until December 13, but there
now appears no official eXcase for
further extending clemency. accord
ing to this same authority.
Fear Jail Delivery.
Accordingly ne electric chair has
been put in readiness for Floyd Allen
and his son here tomorrow The exc
cution probably viii take place in
the aarly morning, Extra guards
have been provided in fear Of a
possible show of violence by noun
taineor friends us The Aliens, who
arc declared to have sworn that the
two mon never will be permitted to
so to their end in the electric chair.
The tragic spectacle at Hillsyilc
Court House when, On March II Of
last year. following the sentencing
of Floyd Allen by Judge Thornton L..
1Iassia to three years Imprisonment
Tor Interfering with an officer of the
law, the Allen clan shot up the
courtroom, killing Judge Massie,
Commonwealth Attorney William NJ
Foster. Sheriff Lee f. Webb, Juror
Fowler and Miss Elizabeth Ayres, Is
still fresh in the minds of the prison
officials. Every safeguard possible
has bcer' adopted to avert any repe-
tition Of the lawless foray. Watch
-, AZ t,,b 20 hit ol
by the clan FOR several days to report
Immediately any movement that
savors of an organized attempt to
move on Richmond in secret for the
purpose of an eleventh-hour Jail de-
livery.
Shooting Led by Claude Allen.
II was Claude Allen who en-
gincered the partial massacre in the
courtroom. No sooner had Claudc's
father, Floyd Allen, been sentenced
than members Of the Allen clan
sprang to their feet and began shoot
ing every one who had hand In the
prosecution. When the jurors an
swered shot with shot the Aliens
backed out of the courtroom, mount
cd their waiting horses and fed to
the hills Then began the chase
which lasted for months and took
pursued and pursuers halfway
across the United States.
Floyd Allen was the first captured.
lIo was taken next day with his son,
Victor, and his cousin, Byrd Marion.
Sidna Edwards was captured Just a
week later while asleep in a cabin
near Lambsburg, Va. Claude Allen
was taken March 2S. The follow
ing day Friel Allen also was made
captive.
May rs Floyd Allen was sentenced
TO death. Claude was sentenced
June /. Flel Allen has been given
tifteen-yaar sentence Victor
Allen was acquitted and Sgrd Marion
turned states evidence. Wesley Ed
wards, who was captured with Sidna
Allen in Des Moines, Ia, through
trailing of Edwards sweetheart
Maude Troler, is yet to be tried
The specific count upon which
Sidns Allen has just been sentenced
at Wytheville was the killing oil
Commonwealth Attorney Foster,