The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
Strong in Their Testimony
That Clerk Dexter Goad
Fired First Shot
NOTED PRISONER TO 8
TAKE STAND TODAY
Defense Makes Final Effort
to Save HiIlsville Outlaw
from Death by Legal
Ell Ctrocution
By w. Mcp, WILLIAMS.

defense OF FloNd Allen mas been 0is~ &
closed
With the examination today of Vic
tor and Claude swanson Allen. prnc-
tlcally every incident and element az
the Carroll courthouse tragedy. upon
which the attorneys of the defendantD
are proposing to save tho prisoners
from the electric chair. We're laid bare.
Floyd Allen himself will take the Wit
ness stand tomorrow morning upon thU
opening of court. and add the weight OF
testimony to the side of the defense.
and the Jury will have received all that
is to be presented to them.
His testimony can add little to the
effect of the stories told by his two
sons which occupied three hours and
twenty five minutes this evening tn
the telling.
Their stories We're told in the mort
effective manner, staged in q way tn
tives. gr
Tell of Tragic Scene.
calmly and without passion. thEM<es
Two Young men. handsome in features
strong in body and simple In manner.
told OF the occurrences leading up To
that ira sic moment. when their father.s
having been found guilty and doomed
TO a felenss cell, arose in his rage. de-
claring he would not go. and precipt~
tated a scene of anarchy that shocked
the civilized world
In even, We'll modulated tones. with
clear voices that could be distinctly
! heard IN an PARTS of the specIOu1
courtroom. yet low and without harsli-
ness they described d scene wherein
their fathers life was apparently bein9
snuffed out by his enemies, which
aroused all of their filiai love ana
sense or duty and caused them to rei1-
der what. they considered the most nat-
ural aid in the world.
Loyalty to Their Father.
He was shooting at nay father. ana
shot four time at his head" said
Claude. referring to Dexter Goad
i didn't have a pistol. Ii I had had
one. would have stayed In there,
declared Victor. after telling OF the
beginning OF the shooting. and how he
went on tfre outside. ---.' -
strong within their own defense
when their cases come to trial but II
is to be doubted IL their stories VIII
have any effect in the case of their
father.
Aside from their statements thar
| Dexter Goad was the first person Il,
| IRE, nothing that thew said has a beaf-
rig on the case of Floyd. They arss
, '"n only witnesses w-h~ I,~,-N attrihutxtI
| the first shot 10 Goad. and the Efanf
clerk of the court seems to have been
unnermost in their minds throughout.
Perfect frankness and candor marked
the testimony OF each.
. ClauGe.a Loya~A lS.Ir,-------.---
Claude is a particularly handsome
young man.
Without n tremor he told of shaoe.s
! ing at Clerk Goad denied that he had
shot Judge Massie without a trer1tr.
Yet hlushed and became confused
| when his attorney asked about hfas
| plans Tor getting married this sum.
Victor without excitement. stoutiy
maintained that he had no pistol that
| day, aihough several Witnesses have
sworn to seeing him with smkuina
revolver IN his hand, and calmly adj.
tritted he would not be certain Whit
! me would have done had he had q
weapon when the shooting cons
! rlencsd.
| lie frankly admitted having worn
black scarf about his throat on that
day.
/ It Mas tris biackt' SEA s.s:sff that ha4|
served the witnesses in Identifying
/ him. So
It was lust after the examination
OF an unimportant witness at the
opening of the afternoon session TINT
Mr.. Willis called on Victor Allen. HI
WAS brought to the courthouse s,ff~
| rounded by guards W. q. Baldwin ~
the lead Following him came the
prisoner, With guard On each side.
while two guards alked directly be-
hind.
Responds to srFiinoil..
After being sworn. Victor stated NJ
~ twenty-nine Years old. was born
and raised 10 Carroll county. He had
| testified in -coarr once before. rio
has haen NM tai mi r,za tx~xsS
three children: the oldes, is but sewer
the youngest two.
! He IL employed as Il rural mail carr
rier. and In addition owns q farm 0Rs
goo acres, which he bought and paid
| for. MT
When his fathers case came UP ~
was not very we'll and did not come
to Hiiisviile often anyway. SO he wulta
| not at fathers trial the first two 0aH6a
| On Tuesday afternoon he got q ph0nxs
f,,-ssrgv to g-r Sfdna Edwards -
bring him as a witness for his fathA1S$
On Wednesday morning he went f1|
| Sidna Edwards. who was Ill. He No.
TO- drive sixteen miles from his hol1S
for Sidna and into Hiilsyfile. -
roads were very bad. His land 4l
joins his fathers. and their hou1
are 200 yards apart. W.T.
On Wednesday he get Sidua
\
arriving about III o'clock. AZ
not go immediately into the c46
house. but attended to his 6f
| When he got to the courthouse CT
| had just adjourned for dinnefs
his father asked him to feel
boss
shoots With Either Hasi6
| When court convened Ne We11
and was put on the stand. AfAc{
he went ont to ak q broken spyti
! his buggy. He went back ~
| Just before court adjourned. Hx
rived just about the tine tGegSss
came down. w.
Fe stated he u asuppcGed n
right.handed, but shoots With
hand"
He stayed that night n To1
Hotel. His brother and
wards AtaYed n the Ions
Uh~r he LETT haIne &es