The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-16
TO-DAY MAYMEAN
LIFE OR DEATH
FOR FLOYD ALLEN
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proven that the prisoner committed
the crime. When there is doubt
It is good evidence. But il 1t is proven
Enthusiastically. what boots character
witnesses? Here is Il man charged
with the most audacious crime in the
annals of the ages 1t shocked not
only Virginia, but the nation, and
engaged the attention OF the civilized
world. Floyd Allen had been brand
ed as felon by a jury OF his peers,
after fair trial before a Just Judge
He said he would not go to Jail. The
prisoner at the bar sat with a con-
cealed weapon in his pocket and with
81 concealed thought of murder In his
heart
Mr.. Wysor accepted all the burdens
of tho prosecution, any one of which
would be sufficient to convirt-the
conspiracy theory. the aiding and abet-
ting in the crime. and the actual firing
of shots by Floyd Allen into the body
of Foster. If the prisoner brought on
the tragedy, what difference would It
make. he inquired. who It was that
fred the fatal shot? And who denies
that he brought It on" he inquired.
"save Mr.. Willis and judge Hairston?"
No Rcnson TO BE Afraid.
THE court" he argued. did not
tell Dexter Goad to take charge OF
the prisoner, and Floyd Allen had no
reason to be afraid. II Goad was his
enemy the clerk would have been bet
ter satisfied TO see him go on to Jail.
Suppose Jesse James We're to make a
declaration as did FLOYD Allen. What
would our lives and our property and
our families be WORTH
At the adjourning hour Mr.. Wysor
had just completed his Interpretation |
OF the Instructions covering con- |
spiracy. and was proceeding to take |
up the evidence.
To-day's first speaker was s. Floyd |
Landrcth, the new Commonw ealth's |
OF Carroll and the successor
Of the man for whose murder Floyd |
Allen has been on trial for more than
two weeks. Mr.. Landreth. very
Young man, is already forcible
speaker. and was given tho closest
attention.
He went over the evidence In detail
Judge Massie's death, he argued, could
not be accidental, but bore every in
dicatton of elaboration. Judge Bolen
saw Claude Allen shoot Judge Massie,
and then another shot came from the
same quarter OF the room. The de-
tense had put forth the conjecture
that Dexter Goad accidentally fired
one of the bullets which struck the
Judge, but MIR. Iandreth said all in [
dications were that the witnesses who :,
saw Sdna Allen fire two more shots
into the PROSTATE body OF the dying
jurist had told the truth
Floyd Allen, he said. had put him
self in a position above law. above
courts ana officers.
There are facts and circumstances
enough in this case to establish n
conspiracy that could not be shot
down with Calling guns said Mr..
Landreth. He pointed out the posi-
ton Of the Aliens in the court room. |
the fact that all were ready, and the
venom indicated by the shots fired at
the jurors in the street by the
prisoner.
Friends Because They're Dend.
"Tloy1 Allen" he said, tells you
he was u friend of Judge Massie, of
Mr.. Foster, of Mr.. Webb. Why? Be-
cause they are dead. He is an enemy
of Dexter Goad because he is living"
Referring to the message testified
to by the prisoner in regard to a |
proposition made him to support Goad |
for re- election. and thereby secure his |
own safety, Mr.. Landreth said that |
the clerk had nothing to do with the |
drawing OF juries. The shots which |
reached the dead men came from the |
direction OF the Aliens. Further, |