The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24

TX 10 Sldnn Aliens home, which can he
had sought safety on the moor. a few
moments later Floyd Allen arose and
left the courthouse.
Mr.. Foster was struck elk times.
and any one OF Ave OF his wounds
would have been fatal. Ho staggered,
tho death dew upon his brow and
{ blood streaming from his head, towards
tue southwest door. He nearly reach
ed 1t. but turned, smoking pistol still
IN hand. and went into tho jury room.
ne sank down on a bench, where his
bloody finger prints still show, and
then to the door. where he died with
In i've minutes after the shooting be-
gan.
Early in the ARRAY Judge NfassIe
was struck three timea-.lu the right
arm the right leg and tho right side
! or his chest. He was unable to rise.
and his life ebbed as he bled internal
| ~.
Sheriff Webb fell while still shoot
ing at the assassins. a bullet hole in
the ceiling Is supposed TO represent his
last shot, fired while the fatal ball
lodged in his heart.
Crouched behind the railing, Deputy
Sherif Edwards shot first at Floyd
Alien. later at the others. The Aliens
had all the advantage OF prearranged
!
the most part before the latter could
/ get range.
The officers disposed of, as they
I thought the Aliens turned their at
tention to the jury. Augustus Fowler,
who was near Sldna Aliens end OF
the row of chairs was shot in the
head and fell mortally stricken c. c.
Cain got up to get into the jury room
and was shot twice. one ball enter
,iI
and the other entering the leg. He
gained the jury room. and was Joined
! u Few moments later by the Dying
| Foster
The wounds received by three others
| We're accidental in all probability, and
might have been fired by either side
Andrew p. Hewlett, present as wit.
ness III another case. sought to shield
his wife apd bent over her. He WINS
shot In the back. the bullet coming
out Of the chest. This wound may vet
cost him his life. Stuart Morrell, n
bystander. received flesh wound in
| the leg.
Girl Mortally Wounded.
Miss Nancy Elizabeth Ayers. nine
f, teen years old, servant Of the Aliens
was shot In the abdomen. She thought
herself bruised in the struggle TO es-
cape. and went about the streets COM
planning. She went home with the Al
lens and died the next morning.
From the moment the shooting be-
gan. the crowd in the courtroom tried
TO escape, there being q mad rush for
the doors. The fact that an effort was
| made at at least ono door to prevent
9grcss is further evidence of the pre-
meditation OF the assassins. This eff
fort was foiled in a manner to be later
explained. All those not desperately
wounded left the courthouse. The
jurors who escaped we're followed to
the street and shot at by the Aliens
several bullets being aimed at James
~ Early. a well known citizen Of the
town and county.
But the lighting was not ovor. NJ
doubt the murderers thought they had
| killed Dexter Goad as we'll as the 9th.
er officers. Brave as any man who ever
! faced death In the discharge of his
duty, the clerk of the court fired time
and again. He drew his pistol soor
as trouble began. and fired until its
: chambers We're empty. aiming mainly
| at Floyd Allen. He followed the AL
lens to the door. near " hich some one
handed him another pistol. He met
! his daughter. Miss Jezebed Goal. who
inherts q full share OF his courage
( and told her to return to the clerk s
Office. whence she came. Running
! down the stairway he began to fire al
the Aliens In the street and on the
court green. Undoubtedly this drew
the assassins' attention from the flee
| Ing jurors, for Sidna Allen at once en-
gagged in combat with Mr.. Goad,
/ doubtless surpris ed that the clerk was
not dead. Sidna retired behind the
Con federate monument which stands
| in the centre OF the street. threw the
empty cartridges from his pistol and
| reloaded. firing al Mr.. Goad with his
! two remaining bullets. The clerk. with
/! blood streaming from a wound in his
neck. and from two bullet holes in
/ his legs. empt, ed his revolver This
ended the firing.
| Miss Jezebel Goad. as has been said.
! was in the clerks office, where sh'
| assists her father. when the shooting
began. She had expected such re-
suit, and her first thought was for MIR.
/ Goads safety. Rushing TO tho court
room door, she found the way blocked
by n man standing with his hands on
the doorposts. preventing exit. Shd
dragged him aside so that those within
could escape. Miss Goad stood and
saw them pass. helping several women
out 10 safety.
| Then she entered the room. which
was thick with smoke. looking for
her father. Close to hor camo the
dying Foster, and she saw no was al
most dead before he turned back to-
wards the jury room. Advancing. chic
saw Mr. Goad with his arm OUT
stretched and saw that he was wound
| cd in tho faco. He spoke a reassuring
word. which satisfied her his hurt was
! not mortal.
It was reported onoe that sho took
, her fathers pistol from him. Instead,
, she said. she would have given him
mora means for shooting had she pos
scssed them. Tho mistake arose from
the fact that sho tried to wrench n
| pistol from one OF tho Allen gang as
| he loft the courthouse. The lett.rB
| written to Mr.. and Miss Goad by Gov.
| ernor Mann COMMUNICATING than on