The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-08

| mone,l TO Carroll court IN another case
! was the first witness of the morning
session. MIR. Surratt described the
! events of the morning of the tragedy
| IN to the commencing of the shoot
| ing
Anticipat ed Trouble.
Upon hearing Floyd Allen SAY that
he would not so with the sneriH. ne
| ANTICIPATED trouble and started out.
He was leaving the room when the
frst shot was fired and saw little OF
the tragedy.
Fl. X. Lindsey, one of the jurors. ses-
tilted to seeing Floyd Allen draw his
pistol and fire at Attorney Foster and
Sheriff Webb, Shots began coming IN
the direction of the witness. etae bail
taking of lock of his hair Just above
the left ear.
w. w. Hodges. stated that it APP
peared to him that Floyd Allen and
the sheriff were reaching for their piss
tca~ at about the same time.
He saw FLOYD fire two shots in the
direction Of Attorney Foster and Sher~
If Webb The witness made his way
out 10 tire courthouse green ard saV-
Floyd come out Floyd looked In the
direction OF Juror Faddis. and said. !
see YOU" and fired two shots at him.
In making his escape down the street.
witness said he ran over Tom Hall,
proprietor OF the hotel In Hiilsvilfe
Saw Sidna Allen Fire.
E. {. Gillespie, is deputy sheriff. and
ALA, deputy treasurer, He was la tne
| courtroom near Sheriff Webb. where
the shooting commenced. He saw
! Floyd start uD. and as he did so he
noticed sidna hold his pistol with both
hands and IRE AT Judge Massie He
gave his attention to Floyd
Witness said he took rest and fired
| four time at Floyd. Floyd dropped TO
the floor He fired his fifth shot at
Floyd as he Jumped over the rail of
| the bar The bullet missed and went
| through a window. This exhausted
his pistol and he went to the treas
urer's office to get more cartridges. but
the Office was locked. He saw the
shooting on the green and then went
to the courtroom.
ON cross-examination. he described
his pistol He stated he did not know
After some little discussion. AR.
Draper decided not to take the risk.
and withdrew the point before Judge
SrapTes lrE1 an opportunity To pssss on
| ii. q
| what kind of pistol sheriff, Webb had
as he never saw him with one in his
life.
After Floyd was placed in jail Oil
lespie went to examine the prisoner 8
sweater 10 see H his shots had not
taken effect The sweater that was
| given to him as the one Floyd wore
was not the ote-h he had eeH hen the
shooting occurred,
Felt Better Running.
George Spence. was standing behind
Floyd lust outside the bar. He saw
Floyd draw and fire In the direction of
Foster and Webb. He ran out OF the
courthouse. Witness said he was
scared and felt better the farther he
ran
yeerr trAs< s,at sf.nSfrre' n'sff{tls IRA fSsf'
| at the time of the tragedy When
Floyd got M the crowd rushed between
them. and he did not see him again in
the courtroom. He saw Floyd ON tho
court green. and heard him say. Il viii
get the" and fred twice at Juror
Early. who was running down the
street.
The first witness or the afternoon
session was r. q. Cline. He was in
the court room when the shooting oc-
CURED. but saw none OF it. He saw
Friei Allen In the courthouse Just be-
fore the shooting. He also saw Sidna
Allen. He placed them In the posi-
tions given them by other witnesses.
He ran out of the court room as soon
AS Floyd raised up and said he was
not going.
Found Judge Massie.
r. NJ Blankenship, assistant post
master. was at his home about $50
yards from the courthouse, when he
heard the shooting begin, and he ran
towards the courthouse. As he was
| coming up he n>.fced Floyd and Sidna
Allen outside. Floyd in the street and
Sidna on the green. Wesley Edwards
was also there with his pistol
I He went into the courthouse and
found Judge Massie lying in a
crumpied position. He Strengthened
the judge out and spoke to him, but
got no response. He then visited the
other dead and wounded.
The witness had helped To carry AR.
Fosters body to his home.
A large vttiise was handed him and
he was asked to open it and Identify
the clothing. the defense objected to
the Introduction of the clothing. and
asked that the jury be taken out In
order that the point be argued.
Mr. Wills. for TIE defense. argued
against the introduction of bloody
clothing before the Jury. that II could
be for no purpose but that OF infiam-
ing the minds Of the fury He de-
ciareo tnefe IS no question dls ISSUE III
dispute concerning the wounds OF Mr..
Foster. Mr.. Willis stated that the de-
Tense does not question the state
ments concerning the wounds of MIR.
Foster as proven by witnesses for the
State.
Clothing Is Not shown.
The court refused to allow the
clothing To be exhibited. The CLOTH
ing, which was not seen by the jury,
is very bloody.
James BiankenShip. q brother OF
thes presiding Witness was the next. /
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