The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-21
LEGAL RESOURCES EXHAUSTED
Kin OF Doomed Men Are Given
Long Sentences in
State Prison
ENDS PERIOD OF lAWlESSNESS

Richmond. Va March 2I--Floyd Al
len, the lcadcr OF the outlaw band in
Carroll county ana his son, Claude /
swanson Allen, who are in the death |
cell of the State Penitcntiary awaiting |
their doom. have only one more week |
to live Governor Mann having re-
fused to interfere in the case ana an /
legal resources having previously been
exhausted in behalf of the prisoners. /
they will go 10 the electric chair one
week from today unless something on
trelN unexpected and unforeseen
should occur. The execution of these
Two men, who had been the principal
actors in the Shooting up" of the
Carroll County Court at HiIlsvillc. ON
March IA, 1912 will be the CLOSING
chapter of one ui the most sensational
murder tragedies ever cnacrcJ in this
country.
The tragedy at the lIllsvillc court
house WAS the elimination of years cr
laN2lcsSness on the part at the lighting
Aliens as the wealthy aud numerous
iamilN of the Aliens were called i'm tha;
mountain district Some time i'm Feb
ruary, 1872, two ncphcws of Floyd Al
len were arrested Tor some minor Of
Tense 10y deputy sheriff While thcy.
were being taken to the Jail. Floyd Al
len and several other members or the
Allen family attacked the deputy
knocked him ScnsclcSs with the butt
ot revolver and rescued his prison
ers Floyd Allen was arrested and i'm
dictcd and his trial began in the carly
part of March.
Made Frequent Threats.
Flovd Alleu. who seemed to be the
leader ol the clan had openly boastrd
tlat hc would never 20 to prison and
the Aliens had made frequent threats
against the court aud everybody con-
ucc'ed with IT, Floyd Allen was trI'd
on March l3, but the Jury did not
bring i'm It's verdict until the follJNing
day. The prisoner being - man ut
prominence. his trial attracted a great
deal OF attention and ON the morning
ot March IL the courtroom was crowd
ed with spectators, among whom wore
of tho Allen family
The jury rendered a verdict OF guilty
aud the court sentenced Floyd Allen
lU one year Imprisonment Wien the
presiding judge, Thornton L. Massie.
turned the prisoner over to the sheriff,
Floyd Allen, eXclaiming. that he wouli
not 40 to prison. drew two rcvolNers
and opened fire at the court, The othur
members of the Allen family, who were
IN the rear of the court room, followed
his Example and tor few minutes bu!-
lets tlew thick aud fast Judge MasSic
states Attorney T.. NJ. Foster and
sheriff Lewis webb were shot down
ana killed on The spot and number
Of other persons who happened to bt
~ the court room at the time were IN
iurcd. Two of them, August Fowler
Juror, and Nancy Ayres, a girl 81
nineteen who had been a witness II
the ease, died from their wounds after
few days.
Arrest Entire Clan.
The Aliens, excepting Floyd Allen
who accidentally had been shot in tn
knee. and his son Claude. mountc
their horses and fled into the moun
tain wilderness of the Blue RidS
range where from behind rocks the
defended themselves against the posS
sent out To capture them The COVER
nor offered u reward of $1,000 whicl
was later raised to $1,000 for the arres
OF the gang.
Floyd Allen was arrested on the i"'
lowing day aud two days later u Sp'
cial grand jury returned indictment
agaisl lloyd Allen. Claude swans"
Allen and Victor Allen. sons ot tloy
Sdna Allen. n brother uf FLOYD, blf
Marion and John F. Moore. The la'
ter was merely indicted for having as
sisted the Aliens to escape.
Victor Allen and Bird Marion weI
arrested at Pulaski on March IL AN
taken To Roanoke, Va. sidney Edward
was captured near his home on Marc
-. Claude Swanson Allen, alino'
starved by two weeks of hiding IN "
mountains. gave himself up near hills
Vile on March 2S and on the follown
day F'riei Allen followed his exampi
Sidna Allen and his nephew Wesie
Edwards managed to escape, but wei