The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-15
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$1,000. me governors probation
states that 500 each wlllsbe paal toi
individualmenbers Of the tand, taken
dead or alive. @
Captain +. W. Deyant, Of 1.-The Sec,
ond Virginia regiment, has been or
dered to come here with two com.
panies. M
The shooting terrorlSed Hillsyille
to the ppaR Of paralsslss Fhsrs wa
not man to give an order or or
gapize a pursuit. Tfnid nerEons fled
i'es of safety and mothers gath
cred up their children while the as
bassins role on: q town. Toy.
Judge Thornton L. Massierose from
bis chair as the bullets struck him and
fell across his desk. Commonwealth's
Attorney William Foster, with hall {
dozen bullets in his brain, crumpled
down to the-foor.
shelin~Lewts Webb wasrshot and
killed as he reached for his revolt
Yer. Bullets grazed Clerk Goad, and
in the confusion he was reported dead,
and by that lndefinable method Of com
munication which prevails in the wood
land country, reports OF a wholesale
slaughter went out to the country side.
Floyd Allen was before the lar yes.
terlay morning. convicted OF taking a
prisoner from a deputy sheriff. Allen
had struck the sheriff over the head
with the butt Of rifle, and the prls.
oner escaped. Sheriff Webb had gone
up into the mountains and taken Allen,
.,,sO.te are warnings OF what such a
venture might mean. Attorney FosGel.
had prosecuted him fearlessly, and
nountineer jury gathered from the in
land section, for no man in Carroll
county cared to sit on the trial Of an
Allen, had convicted him. ''' lt
Yesterday morning his sentence at
tracted an unusually large gathering
to the quaint old red brick court house,
which stands on a green square. we'll
in the center OF the village. Those
WHO could not get in the small room
peered through the windows opened
to the first days Of spring.
The Tragedy
Just as Allen was about to be
called, up for sentence his two broth
ers, Sidney and Jack. at the head OF
a troop Of 20 lnountaineers, rode up
10 the court house. Their hardy ponies,
aplashed with mud, testified 70 u long
ride through the hills.
The two brothers and their COM
panions, some carrying rifles and 9TH
ers armed with revolvers, crowded
into ,he small court room and stood
behind the rail and about the door.
Floyd Allen, tall and gaunt, much the
type OF mountaineer, was in
the dock. In his youth he was fine
figure OF strength and even at so, now,
Hlen his redding brown whiskers are
turning to gray, hebis'no weakling.
Judge Massie mounted sthe bench
and Prosecutor Foster moved SEN
tence upon Allen, who stood up. There
was shutting object and % general
movement among 8te mouRtaineers
in the back Of the Groom, but no sign
to foreteIl, the tegible tragedy then
in the mind Of EVERYONE Of them.
The usual legal: formalities over,
Judge Massle began. pronounclng SEN
.tence. The last words that fell from
his lips preCipltated the tragedy.
"One year. at hard labor.
The ,FusiIade
Before the last word was cold, the
fusilade began. Allen, with an oath
that he would never go to prison,
sprang out Of the prisoners dock, as
Judge Massle collapsed upon the
bench! Another roar of shots and
Prosecutor Foster was on the floor
in heap. Sheriff Webb was sp.4me-
ing forward for his prisoner when the
lead found him.
Then, holding the panic'stricken
Jurors and onlookers at bay, the as
sassins backed out OF the court houst4
and across the green TO the troop Of
ponies. In a second they were gal
looping like mad through the aroused
Village and off to the hills.
with them the assassins half car;
tied, half dragged one of their mum.
Der wounded, and it was said that
his was Sidney Allen, one of the
brothers,
Three Jurors Wounded
Three Jurors, Fowler, Faddis and
Kane, and A. T. Hewlett, Bruce Mar
shall and Stuart Worfell, bystanders,
we're wounded.
Floyd Allen, the prisoner at the bar,
was shot several times, probably not
fatally. Sheriff Webb's deputy, with
country folk, is guarding Allen. 1t is
reported that friends may attempt to
,escue him tonight.
The quiet Of Hillsyille had never
been disturbed by such roar Of fir
ng and three hundred men, women
and children rushed to the court house.
Webb and Foster we're stone dead.
Judge Massle died in less than an
lour. \
To Spread the News 4
NVhen some semblance OF organlZa-