The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-29
TWO ALIENS ISSUE
STATEMENTS SAYING
THEY ARE INNOCENT
Dictated by Floyd Allen.
Richmond Penitentiary,
March 2T IqI3


BY request of my father. l am writ
ing a short statement of his past life.
as he gives it to me.
c. $. ALLEN.
Knowing that I am to die, and be-
heving a great injustice has been
dome | want to make a short and last
statement of what occurred, and also
as to few happenings that have
been referred to in the papers and
others that affects my past life:
l was born In Carroll county Va.
Am now fifty-six years old. Lived all
my life In Carroll county. My father
was Jerry Allen Most of my life
has been spent in Fancy Gap district,
My father moved there when | was
fourteen or fifteen years old / have
had very few difficulties and cannot
understand why | have been referred
to by some people and the papers and
accused of so many things that l am
not guilty of
The first difficulty | remebnber since
! was man was with Green Edwards
This was over political matters. / was
a Democrat and he a Republican. This
trouble occurred at public speak
iug-he calling me a name that /
would not stand for and l knocked
him down for it,
/ have been very much surprised
and hurt by the statement of Judge
Jackson. | had always considered
Judge Jackson my friend. He ap-
pointed me deputy sheriff, and /
would not accept 1t under q Repub-
Lean sheriff, and at one time wrote
and asked me to come to HHlsville
and be at court. as he expected
trouble and wanted me to protect him.
or words amounting to about the same
as this
If ] had bee. sucI a terrible man
as he described, why would he ap-
point me deputy sheriff or permit me
to be appointed? His statement also
as to the Aliens being Democrats:
[ voted in the first election after /
was twenty-one years Old voted the
Democratic ticket. and have been Vot-
ing in all elections since and have been
very active worker in the Demo-
cratic party / paid poll taxes of other
men in order to keep them from being
disfranchised. l have never voted the
Republican ticket in any election, eX
cept in u few instances In local mat
ters.
When Dexter Goad first started out
in politics l voted for him, as Webb
was running against him. ! did not
know whether Webb was q Democrat
or Republican-he carrying water on
both shoulders--and for that reason
l Voted@for Dexter Goad Webb, later
in another election, came TO my place
and stated that he was Il Democrat,
and / voted for him.
] first voted at Leonard precinct.
then moved to the WISER precinct.
and to the best of my knowledge, my
father and / were the only two that
voted the Democratic ticket. The pre-
cinCt was solid Republican. | have
been voting at the Wisler precinct
ever since, and do not think / have
ever missed but one election and that
was when | was sick and could not
GO and this was the only one / lost,
and If | had been able to have been
carried, / would have gone there and
voted.
In the last election, when Goad and
Sutherland ran, my recollection is that
while it was close it went Democratic
by one or two votes. In the national
election we had gotten the precinct
to about thirty or thiry-five Demo-
cras that we could count on: but no
one that has not been in Carroll coun-
ty and understands the conditions. can
realize what the Democratic party has
to contend with. They have not had
a show and cannot under present con-
ditions.
/ realize that I will be in eternity
when this statement is read. and I
want to say that | believe that the
attempt on my life was made for no
other cause except for my active work
In the Democratic party and the bitter
feeling that had gotten up between
Dexter Goad and others on account
of my work for the party Dexter
Goad and myself have been enemies
for years. There never was an oppor-
tunity that Dexter Goad had to do
me wrong that he did not do il.
To show that this dated back for years
about ten years ago at Abingdon,
Va | was summoned there Is n wit
ness before the United States court
] had gotten my ticket and went to
get my money for my attendance.
when / was stopped and taken before
the United States marshal /. of
course, then did not know what was
the trouble, but was asked how |
came to Abingdon, and when l told
them. they stated I was right and
gave my ticket back. | asked for an
explanation, and they stated that Dex-
ter. Goad had told them that / had
put In more mileage than / had trav-
eled; that he came and looked over
the tickets to find out what statement
/ had made. | had subpoena to.
serve on man living on the road
between Hillsyille and WytheVille I
went one way and came back another.
The mileage would have amounted to