The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-19

Inc STottlaS "ttTIariLtI
TO the point Of paralysis.
not q mar 10 give an ord.r
Ganize a pursuit. CitJ1,l~
places OF safety and noth.
cred Up their children VIII.
sassins rode out Of town.
Judge Thornton l.. N.s.
risen from his chair Is IT,,
struck him and fell across
q bleeding r. Cprm,ru,
Attorney William Foster. \
a dozen bullets in his bran
down to the floor. She..n
Webb was shot and hsI,o
reached for his revolver AMI
forward. Bullets Srazed c.
and in the confusion n NsS
"a killed. Jurors who h.e
slightly wounded were repurt,.
and by that ~indehnable M
communication which prev.
woodland COUNTRY reports at.
sale slaughter shot out t. tf.
tryside.
Floyd Allen was before 81,
his morning convicted Of t.E.I4
prisoner from q deputy ShtrIf.
had struck the sheriff over IT.. U
With the butt Of a rifle and IT,,
oner escaped. Sheriff WttH
zone up into the mountains ,.a
en- Allen despite the Lire WarIIl4~
what such u venture might mean -
torney Foster had prosecuted
fearlessly and q mountainet ~
gathered from the inland See. -
no man in Carroll eu4nty car,o =,
on the trial Of Allen. had Cos .s,!
him.
This morning the sentence - .,n
had attracted an unusually ne
gathering to the quaint uid reG W.
courthouse which stands On . .t+u
square, We'll in the centre Of Int
lage. Those who could mo- 2tt IL tte
small room peered through tie VII
dovs rened to the first u,>s y
spring.
Just as Allen was about to u. ,...sei
up for sentence his two ruthtre SD
ney and Jack, at the head Of = top
OF about twenty mountuinetrS. roda
up to the courthouse.
The brothers and their co~nran.ors
some carrying rifles and others .rll-
ed with reNolsers, crowded III, h.,
small court room and stood ht r4r.i
the rall and about the door. FI.Nu 81
len. aged so, tall and gaunt. mu,h tie
familiar type OF the mountaint,t. Ms
in the dock.
Juuge Massie mounted the hcl.h
and Prosecutor Foster moved S.lt-
ence upon Alien. who stood ~.
There was a shutting Of feet ar1 i
E, al Nv Ilith d.JitIi5 tnt IfitiII~
talneers in the back Of the room. but
no sign to ~foretelI the terribI. tragedy
then in the minds Of every 80, =
thew.
The usual legal fornlalities ,rer.
Judge MaSSle began prOnouncinI Sci
tence. The last words tina ftli ton
his lips precipitated the TRAGEDY
"one year at hard labor
Before the last word was cold. tho
-, ci | - In ~<rn "
that he would never go to prison.
sprang out Of the dock. as Judge
Massie collapsed upon the bench. An
other roar of shots and Prosecutor
Foster was on the floor il = heap
Sheriff Webb was springinY forvar"
for his prisoner when the lead f.tDd
him.
Then. holding the panic stricken
jurors and ~onlooEerS AT hay. although
that probably was not necessary. the
assassins slowly backed out f the
courthouse and across the green Il
their troop OF ponies
In a second they were railorine hh'
mad men through the arouse village
and off to the hills.
With them the asSa SsinS h"Ff Ear
ried, half dragged one ~ their rtr"-
Ter wounded. and it was sata th"'
this WAS Floyd Allen.
F, ne tuiet o. T1ilfS'1iie Ia'
! been disturbed hy such q roaF az ~
: ing and three hundred men. women
+ ard children RUSHED to tht c.af'
. square.
Webb and Foster were son. Gta@
Judge Massie died in less tlar IN
hour.
When a SetnblaDce Of Ordt. car.'
out Of the chaos that followed son
horsernen hurried DOWN into F.aNrf
Dam valley and spread the news aff
!, got help. More intrepid mtr rcns -
toward Betty Baker. where th.rt Is
railroad station and !: telegraph y -
Word Of the tragedy was s,'N -
getting TO points from whIeh ht
q could be asked, but the Ina,tfner
OF the law. once started. Wtrtr'
quickly. Governor Mann crderfG ~.
a State companies Of militia al -.
noke and I~ynchburg ready t. - {
i HlllSNLlIe if their 40 shnula L. No.