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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

Beyond the furthcst flight OF the
novciists nudaci;y is the plain tale
from the hills OF Virginia. where a
band OF Blue Ridge 'moonshners de-
seconded on courtroom. shot dead
the judge, whose lips had just pro-
nohnced sentence on one of their
number. and then with volley upon
vollcy. slew or meiIned every repre-
sentative OF the law in sight.
The case differs from the bloody
feuds of Kentucky and elsewhere At
the south. those based on family or
factioual hatred and resembling the
rcIeutless vendetta OF the Corsicans,
Not of this nature is the underlying
passion vented so s..vaGcly in the lit
tie red brick courthouse ct Hills
vile. IT represents tho Unborn law
lcssness Of tho untamcd denizcns Of
"a region where American citizens are
a law unto themselves. Their rule Of
life cannot comprehend the logic Of
tile proposition that n man has not
as much right to make whiskey out
of the corn he grows he has 20
make meal ont OF that same corn. To
these primitive people the revenue
rattiesnakc. 10 be extcrminated on
sight
In some parts of Kentucky the
feutiists can shoot one another mp to
their hearts delight without arous-
ing the authorities to serious action.
But tho butchcry OF a jnusc. Il prose-
cutor, n sheriff and some juryncn Is
u challenge 10 the State OF Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
The virginia Murders.

II VIII not do TO explain the murder
In open court of the judge, tho prose-
cutor. the sheriff. aud the anooting of
number of the jUrymcn at HI.iav!lle.
Va. bE saying that 1t is "a "mounthiny
district" and that the Aliens wer.
only living UP TO t.aeir bad reputation
as "feudista" IN rcscntlng the con
vict!on OF their leader in this way.
1t Is i fact that the more backward
region may be. and even IL the In
habltanta have & tendency to settle
their disputes ty themselves. for them
selves. the Breatcr the tendency 10
have an almost superstl,ious respect
for occupants Of tile bench and tnc
machinery OF jQStice in general. For
these represent, as nothing else can,
organized society IN its must impress
alive form.
In the villa days OF the West. when
orderly government Was Just emerging
out OF chaos. judge In "a district
Ehere everybody went armed needed
no gan to strcu2thcn his uwn sense OF
security. lie wen; about Herenely.
Aone daring To make him afraid.
j is an interesting subject for specu-
,ation wiclilcr or not the new taeer!ci
on the subject of the bench, one or
which is that Judges. as such, are no
oetter, and deserving OF no more re-
spect than other men. has penetrated
even INTO tho mountains OF southern
virgin iu.
Whether this is so or not. the out
RACED state Will have 10 viudicate It's
own authority in no uncertain way
md see to It that every member OF
the gang pays the fun penalty for tho
corporate crimc.-Scw y DIRK Evening
sun
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
Morl Of the virginia Tragedy.

But Tor the sympathy which orn ro,o,
safily feels Tor the relatives and friends OF
The victims OF the HliisyilIe, Va. ira seay.
On would he tempted to suggest that this
" kpectncular application OF the princi-
pie OF the REGAL! OF Judges. or else IN at
;tnnt to recall a judicial decision. reduced
20 KS lowest terms Tho cliizcnu o. Illis-
.ecauers Tho method Is too "progrcrsye''
~ Is itn open question whether tho under
mining OF the influence OF ,hc co,,rts 49,,
our pTesent day radicals are steadily at
stnptng IS not somewhat. even though re-
lnoo'e.y, related TO such q tragedy as mi.
Ihe tasnFy that ono rnan'r opinion, is n,
eoou as anothcr's that tho judges decision
may De oyerruled by count OF noses nat
"a''E p"ts the man on tho bench and thc
'culprii before him on n rna,,n.n, 80 nv
atd Invites the application o, the COLI
when has long prevailed between man and
INN. ."an, a'hons some o: tho less advanced
Epes o. hu;nanliy.-Ihe boston Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

Tho killing OF the circuit Judge, the
prosecuting lawyer ana the shcrtn OF
Carroll county. Va, by band OF out
laws. In the little red brick courthouse
at i!llsville, the wounHing OF several
Jurors and the incidental panic-s trick :
en- condition of law-aeid!ng people in
che whole county cannot but arrest
the attention or the American people
Floyd Allen, whose followers (id this
wild work. had not Killed unybody
himself, wac not on trU. FOR murder
He had intercepted e deputy sherim
who had arrested one OF his relatives
fer moonshlning. had beaten tile deputy
severely ana had spirited on the IRIS
oner lie was sentenced TO three years
imprisonment. AS II Is. Floyd Allen
may die from the injurles received in
tho night from the shots OF Jurors WHO
We're defending themselves. SO IL IS
matter OF speculation whether even
he would no, have been better OIL If
The law had taken It's course.
The outrage VIII doubtless be punish
cd, for the Governor OF Virginia is in
earnest, but more b!oodshcd is TO be
expected Carroll county in largely
mountainous. under the very shadow OF
the Blue Ridge. 1t has 4I5 square
miles and less than 10000 population,
or not quite nifty human beings 10 !
square mile. H!ilsvillc the county seat.
where tho courtroom tragedy took
ylace, has only 800 porulation Not
even the densest OF foreign critics Win
think OF the Wholesale killing as an
incident typical OF American life.
These mountaincer outlaws, however,
arc pure FLOODED Americans. Their do
flance of laws agencies. their quick
ness to shoot, are hardly rivalcd by.
anything we see Of the immigrant 5
from oven Southern italy in our cities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

which Governor Mann has been quick
to answer. Those OF tho band wao
wero not left bleeding on the battle
field viii be hunted down II every
thicket In their mountain retreat has
to be whipped. Tho unexanpied out
rage to civilized auth rity Is one
which the State cannot let go UNI
punished. even II 1t should be neces-
sary to enlist half tac naIo populn-
ton In the purpoac.--Ncw York Press
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
The Judlcla, "nccnll, in virginia.

No event in recent years in this
country has been so theatrical, SO eX-
-traordinary and so dastardly as the
way in which some dcspcradocs down
in Virginia recalled" the decision of a
court. They marched III and killed the
judge the prosecuting attorney and the
sheriff, and wounded a few others.
1t Is not a typical event In our his
tory, but it Is one OF those things which
occur entirely too often. II is an eN-
cmplii!cation of the growing disrcspect
for law and order, OF the tendency for
every man TO make himself Judge jury
ana cHecutiorer. The Virginia case is
one which is the more Interesting be-
cause that Commonwealth Is supposed
10 have the finest traditions and the
best OF practices In social life The
murder. Of the whole court is not to he
taken lightly. nor TO be passed eff as
local incident. AS a fact. 1t ought to
Se considered very seriously since it
~ indicative OF growing sentiment
In this country. which has been foster
60 by lot of demagogucs and certain
leaders who should be in better bust
rcss.
There Is not a vast amount Of differ
crce from n sociological point of view,
between the Virginia way OF killing
court and tho new proposed method
OF wipinE ont mandates Of the consti-
tuted authorities. Ii n Judge can be
oFerhauled in one way. why not in
another? If every man who makes n
decision or gives verdict OF authority
by means OF sentence 10 to be hauled
mp and cruciiied II it seems well to an
excited popu,acc. how ere We TO cx-
pcct any justice in this world?
Virginia has set the pace for those
who demand that the courts shall he
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

on Person Street. this city. tonight. tito
bail entering his face, lust under the LEFT
uos;r!l. Holmes arrested after tina
shooting by citizen, and was being taken
TO police Headquarters when the police arr
tNed on the scene. lie IS in Jail. Me
Lean was taken To Hishsmith Hospital. His
wound Is considered DANGEROUS. but he is
conscious and may recover Both mon are
married lI-N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
The IIilINiIle rrnsrds.

Never In the history OF Virginia has there
been enacted such bloody and unprovoked
tragedy shat which occurred Thursday
morning at iIIiisTillc, tho county seat OF
Carroll county. when .uu. or nyc rawesa
mon resented the conviction OF one OF their
number by resoriiny 70 Wholesale murder
The Judge OF the Circuit Court, the Com
monweaith's attorney and the shcrir OF ,hc
county make up the Est or the dead
According 10 the press dlspa tGRcs, two
brothers we're on trial charged with having
been responsible FOR tao release of certain
prisoners from the county .ai!. One OF tho
brothers was found guilty. and the Judge
had just sentenced him ;hrec years in
the pen!tentlaty when the convicted man
and several associates who were in the
eourt-r room opened fire on the court ont
Gers. The prisoner had been supplied wlth
Il revolver by his associates, and together
these men stood like demons ia bloody
covenant and ihot three good men death
linen VINO We're In the discharge OF their
Fwofn duty TO uphold the majesty OF the
law ana administer justice to all alike for
the protection OF ;he community and tho
safety OF the individual citizen.
In the midst OF the excitement following
the shooting the Inurderous clan escaped.
PFooabl! there was no one who would have
10 have been Joined by n nuInbc. o. their
friends, and that the gang have barricad.d
themselves nea. H!ilsv!llc with the deter
tn'nht!on not 10 DE taken alive.
Governor Mann was prompt 10 act lie
Instructed the sheriff OF an adjoining county
10 collect an armed posse and capture tho
outlaws at all hazards. These Instructions
SHOULD be executed with dispa;chJ The
Inurderers Should De taken dead or alive
ana taken as quickly as possible. Tho issuc
is II clearly defined one OF law against law
'fssneSS IN It's most dangerous form. OF So
c!ciy against naarchy--and the law ana so-
ciety must win n; any cost. These red
named dcsperaeces have issued Il challenge
10 civilization. nni they and their kind
mus be taught that civilization is and al
ways VIII ho supreme in this enlightened
coa.'FE. 1, II were otherwise. chaos would
Feign; the individual would have no rights
tHat others mus; respect, and the life and
property o: 10 man would he safe.
We can recall no such shocking affair as
the Hiiisvll!c tragedy. II must be deeply
depiored by all !aw-abidng men That IL
could have happened in the twentieth CEN
have teen bei!eyed.-IsristoI Hern!d-Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
The sa,uycry OF Isolation.

The tragedy Iiiisviilc. Va, is perhaps
the most striking among the many tina,
the people az tAe Allegheny Mountains have
furnished. The Anniiii!ut!on OF an entire
court by h!lmcn In order to save one OF
theiT number from 4 short tern. in prison
Is most unusual even in the long ana san
Culinary records OF that region.
But the crime has one feature In o,,p,n,
with almost a! The Others reported from
our lana of fcuda II happened away from
railroad. In this case ths distance, was
only hlne miles. but ms rule il is twenty,
thirty or forty miles The long ;rud he
tween the McCoys. OF Kentucky, ana the
itatheids. OF West Virginia. was fought oYt
draw tourists ana not low enough ~ por-
init thorough search by officers o: tho Jaw.
Inc quarrel between the French and Ever
sore iami!ies at the isolated vllngo OF!
Hazard In Perry county. Ky. had been In
deadly progress for years before the rest OF
the State heard ct Il.
II seems that ISOLATION. tho lack o, pront-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

Probably nothing but education Will
ever get rid permanently of such ways
OF thought and action In, tho mountain
sections OF tho South.--Brooklyn Eagle.
The Men OF brute Force.
Tho outlaw spirit prevails in tho
widest mountains Of Virginia, az It
prevailed In the breast CT the unbul-
anced, sidctracked, misguided youth
who yesterday shot at the italian King.
These Nirsinian and kentuckian ond
Tennessean outlaws are the most zeal
Gus and earnest conservatives In tic
world. They regulate their lives BY
lin'nemor!ul custom. TO them all hook
Sarniii means revolution and sub
version. we can testify that they once
nude their preparations to shoot a
young man who told them OF III.
wonders of the Worlds Fair ut CHI
cage. Ali these electrical and other
devices. with which their visitor. APP
parcnty synpathiIed. wcre 10 thci!
minds contrary TO Gods order or the
universe AS revealed in the Scriptures,
ana consequently intolcrnbly blasrhem-
GUS and wicked. Nothing but extraor-
binary tact and diplomacy oil the part
OF tho visitor saved his life.
The good old rule. the simple plan,
that hiey should take who have the
power. and they should Keep who can"
That ~ the law OF the mountaiueers.
The SLOW and Impartial rule OF justice.
the progress OF human thought in .iec-
TONS and rcforms-nli that means
nothing 70 them. They xiii when men
aced. THEY are a Gideons. band III
perpetual organization. They shot down
Judge and silerln at Hnlsyilie with u
perfect conscience.
so TAR as Dalba the youth who fred
Mt King Victor Emmanuel, had amy
conscience ut all, it probably approved
his act lie MAS unbalanced. Doubtless
he read, or listened while othera read.
without understanding. He heard the
suggestion OF rebellion without Il grain
oi prudence OF reason IN his soul 10
control the thought, and 10 tell him
how to nuke bis rebellion effective
Force Is the only iuca that such
minds as those OF the Iirginia noun
talnecrs and the youth Dalba can un-
dersiand. Gunpowdor IN their hands
means murder. 1t is the duty OF those
WHO understand. ana 70 whom educa :
t!on and experience have given wisdom.
IL teach such men tile knowledge Chat
may make them wise to chungc. but not
destroy; to teach them no longer to
use their fungs like Wild beasts, but TO
employ their hands in nobio upbuild-
irss and wisely wrought transforInc-
ttona.-Ncw York. Evening Mail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
Two Killed by Trim.

ISpecIal to Tho Times Dispatch.l
Pocohontas VA, March l5.-John and VIII
son Baker, two brothers. of Roxan, KY.
We're killed at Blue stone Junction thiy
afternoon by being struck by n freight train
while walking on tho railroad tracks. They
We're en- route from Kcokee to Coopcrs, W.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
CAR HITS AUTO
No Orc Hurt In Collision Mt Eighth mn
Grace Streets.

An automobile owned and driven by Phil
@. Kelly was struck by car No. g2S. OF the
iiroad and Main division OF the Virginia
hallway and Power Company, yesterday
afternoon about . o'clock Mt Eighth and
Grace Streets. Mr.. Kelly was accompanied
by two companions, who were In tho car,
but mono was hurt.
The trolley was slightly damaged. wh!lo
tho mud guards and front part OF the
motor car We're badly wrecked
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
yirglnia's Mountain Outlaws.

hirRInlpn AlOuntniu Outlaws,
me Wholesale assassination by
winch n band of lnwirss mountaiueors
from the lower Blue Ridge OF Virginia
wiped out Judge. sheriff, and prosecu-
TOR. with three jurymen and three in
hoecnt bystnndors among The wounded,
has shocked tho moral congo OF tho
state OF Virginia and OF the country
q fargo to degree Which ia almost
Unprecedented.
Even in the hcydny OF the nlan-kin-
esra OF tho pioneer West, or when the
1hme3 and Younger brothers were the
terror OF later period. there was.
perhaps. nothing 10 compare, in reck-
Tess hardihood and inherent contempt
OF law, with the bloody drama OF
Carroll county
mo court and all itg ctiiccrs had boon
GUY and repeatedly warned that they
ihVitcd death In executing the processes
or the law against these bad mon OF
mo Hountains. but the officers, aside
from being sustained by "a high sense
Oh auty. seemed unable to realize that
huch primitive and deep seated dcfnnce
OF social order could exist in the ,oits,
OF our civilization
ihey nave paid fearful penalty for
thelr confidence. or at all events, for
their devotion to duty. but It is evident
tnat they VIII not have died I'm vain.
nc Governor OF Virginia IS aroused
-N'''Atu va SSGNDV mas hEen Ouerg1.
end $500 has been specifically set apurt
Tor each of tho offenders, deal or alive.
After recovering from tho stuEcfac-
t'on OF the hrst outbreak. tho lnY.abi.
ms citizens OF Hillsviiie and the sur
rounding territory feel that tile good
name OF tho community and the inter.
ests OF an orderly administration OF
TIE law arc at stake. Men have been
found who arc ms desperate In .heir
determination TO keep the peace OF Tho
state na the chartered iibertines OF ,ie
mountains were 70 break It.
From an nltruistic point OF view, the
tragedy enforces tho lesson Tint lttEs
high time 10 cock out these men OF
the mountains who, IN several States
stand apart az unique ia their co,nbi-
nation OF good and evil Impulses, and
subject them 10 tho training which edu-
cation alone can afford. They are OF
the purest blood OF tho first fettlsrs.
Ihey have been equally untouched by
foreign immigration or domestic lax.
phcy are naturally keen or Intelligence
and independent to Il fault Speciiic CT.
forts are being Innde to give them tic
education FOR which their children
prove TO be eager when once they taste
IL.
Tomorrow is the day Tor the school
master, but to-day Is the day OF rigid
discipline. In tho mcantime the sym
pethy OF the whole country goes out
to the bcreaved families of tho victims.
Washington Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

able employment and the absence OF al!
Iorms OF innocent amusement have produce
cd mental degcuerncy and q sort OF saw
nscry. There Is iitto romance about tho
nounta!neers OF tho Alcghanies. They are
probably Interior In every respect TO their
ancestors who settled the hills four genera
tons ago.
Their :euds DO not even have the meri, o,
FAIR and oaen combat. The killed are In
vartnbiy killed from ambush One method o,
revenge Is 10 set itro TO an cnciny's cabin
at midnight and to shoot down the inmates
when they run out. as was done by the
iatJiridE.
The raaroad has done more than tho law
20 put down the medieval customs ana 20
stamp OH, the barbar !sIn % tho hills. II has
brought the inoun,ainceEs into touch with
civilization II has shown them that there
are other and better diversions than moon
shine and murder. Wherever the steel rails
80 the fcud surely dics.-New York World.
The Virginia Tragedy.
me tragedy az iiillsvi'le. Va. yesterday
has no parallel. we believe in this country.
and J, is doubtful 1: any country could fur
n.sb more deliberately hendish nlus,ra-
tton az lawlessn..s. An entire cour. o. law,
sitting in It's official capacity. was wiped
out OF existence by mob, gang OF
Hespeiadoes. Judge. States attorney. sheriff,
clerk OF the court and some Of the Jurors
Went down IA the bloody attack.
One OF the excuses sonnet zines made By
mob law Apologies ia the delay In the
courts or the possible miscarriage OF lus-
ITO. through the cougis Here officers OF
t'l' NV. Engaged IN performing tNcir duty,
were the victims Of the mob. There is no
analoSy between X and any other exhibition
o. mob violence ever recorded in this cotsI-
try. Then, can this exhibition which has
snamed Virginia before ;hc world be an
outSrrwth of the other kinds or mobs? Has
the sririt of lnwlcasuess. enEendercd ana
restored by these other mobs. grown into
let Nirsinia has been ver5' FREQ from mob
violence as compared with some otHer
Staies. and i cnn hardly be snid that IN
\ a m gNsxr IL
thliins men have set an example for the
ia"Iess by engaging in mob violence. a
Much has been said recently abou, tho
snTenrss OF virginia Justice. The civilized
world viii watch Virginia in ths Instance
ana VIII hope that the reputation o. her
courts Will be sustained and that speedy
ana sure punishment w.l be mcted TO these
men WHO have doiied the Commonwealth
Even that viii not take tho stain from her
name. but II is the only thin. tina, Will. In
any way, atone for the dark deed O: yes
tcrGay.-RaicIgh Times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
The Killers.

Two examples of tho anarchy that
oeVotes lie energies to trying to kill
people wore afforded In yesterdays
nowB The first Is that OF the jealous.
put very Inaccurate marlssman who
look throo shots at the King OF Italy,
ana managed to hit two Of his guard.
Ihis person may be- dismissed with
tho remark that his aim Is ncurly as
oind as his political ethics.
a much more bloody achievement I'm
the line or murder was furnished by
tao scene In tho Hiilsvine (Va.)
courthouse. y judge on the bonch
sentenced prisoner who had just
oeen convicted. The prisoner and hts
friends opened IRE on tho court, The
'uose, prosecuting attorney, sheriff
ana ono Of the jury were killed. ana
ono or tho outlaws met the Same fate.
After which the whole town secmg
10 nave turned out for general fusli-
lade.
Tnis was the resort by q mountain
Rans In Southwestern virginia to gem
erai murder In retaliation for the con-
Viotion OF one OF Shcit leaders, and HE
hehtence to tic penitentlury. It would
certainly be worth while for virginia
70 SEQ that such gangs are cxterinin-
a'eo.--Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

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Newspaper Comment On Murder Of Court Officials al Hve

Probably nothing but education Will
ever get rid permanently of such wayuI
OF thought and action In tho mountain
sections OF tho South.--Brooklyn Eagle
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17

the creature of every whim that blows.
Inquirer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18

thing from grand opera to rag
time and spell it out in either Chi
nese, English, French, German or
Italian. Lee has deep, rich bari-i
tone voice and is some singer
when he gets started. Added to
Lees singing is Lees ability as
mimic. Picture a Chinaman with
a sense of humor. That's going
some, too.
r Lee has upset traditions and
done it so well that he has been
hauled into vaudeville, and his act
is regarded by. theatrical mana
gers as the most unique on the
circuits.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18
TITANIC ORPHANS" SAIL
FOR HOME.

New York, May 1s.-"T am the
happiest mother in the world"
This, in French, were the last
words of Mime. Marcelle Navratil
before she boarded the liner Dee
anic at noon-today, with her two
children, Lola and "The Lump"
the orphans Of the Titanic. "
Mime. Navrati1 said she dearly
would have liked to stay in Amer
lea for time at least, if only for
the kindness that an American
girl had shown Der children, but
that it was impossible.
The last person to kiss the two
children before the Oceanic be-
gan to move away was Miss Mar
garet Hays, 19-year-old resener
and foster mother.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-18
OilcIoth Apron.

Make your kitchen aprons of
table oilcloth. 1t cleans easily
with damp cloth and a little
soap. 1t is more serviceable than
gingham and will last for years.