The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-24
ALLEN ATTORNEYS
CAN SAY NOTHING
Practical Abandonment of Hope
Indicated, Though Fight May
Be Renewed To-Day.
SPEND LAST SUNDAY ON EARTH
Floyd Perturbcd and Claude
Chceriul-Lawycrs May Sec
Judges i'll Body.

/ nero is nothing we can say that
would help" This was the only reply
made last night in Washington by At
torneys O'tlaherty and Willis to ques-
lions asked by The Times Dispatch
correspondent regarding the situation
in the case OF Claude Swanson Allen
/ II is taken to mean that hope has been
practically abandoned.
! The lawyers will be in Washing ton
/ to-day. While they would say nothing
! last night to indicate what the next
step would be- it is supposed they will
take the last faint and practically
| hopeless chance and appeal to the re-
naming associate justices or the Su-
preme Court of the United States. to-
! Gether or one by one. for writ Of
error. which has already been refused
Justice Hughes.
May Apply to Full Court.
The attorneys yesterday were con-
sidering the question OF laying the
matter before the Justices at the con-
ference this morning which prccedes
the open session of the court at noon
/ In this way il WAS believed they could
determine with the least Inconvenience
whether any justice would he willing
/ TO grant the writ. The attorneys how
ever declined to say that they had
adopted this course.
1t would appear that nothing more
can be done. The LAWYERS have been
told, it is understood. that as far rs
| the highest court In the land Is CON
cerned. their resources have been ex-
hausted If they or the Allen SYM
pathizers have a further plan, il has
! not been divulRed
Governor Only Chance.
Governor Mann is the only power
that can save Claude Allen from cleo
trocution next Friday morning, with
ms father. Floyd Allen, and the Gov
ernor has rendered his final decision
stating that the judgment of the courts
VIII be carried out on that day More
over. he has asked the people OF Nir-
Slnia not TO make further application
TO him. and 1t would naturally he re-
Garded as an affront should this he
done.
Some of the men who have been lead
ING the remarkable fight waged in Vir-
ginia during the past few months to
save the lives of the Aliens are likely
10 hanS on TO the very last moment
They are resourceful indomitablc
something may yet be in their minds
10 hold out bare possibility OF DELAY
hut every effort made last night 10
get the lawyers TO say what further
efforts would be put forth failed Ut
terly.
The unfortunate feature of the agi-
,atioh is that ii tends to arouse hope
IN the condemned men when there is
none. and perhaps prevents their ar
rival at the state of mind which should
preclude dissolution. This fact is re-
GREETED by some of the prison people
who nave 10 do with the Aliens in their
official duties.
Ministers See Them.
Both men spent n quiet Easter Day
Rev George w. Mcdaniel. -. D. called
on them carly in the morning. leaving
whatever consolation was within his
power Their other spiritual adviser
ReN d.. j. Scherer, Jr. went To the
prison late in the afternoon and saw
lnen Tor short time
Ihey talked but little regarding
their situation. and if they realized
mat 1t was their last Sunday on earth
aud that never again will Easter belIs
ring tor them. they did not make out
ward mourning Floyd Allen is rnucb
discomposed. and exhibits Increasing
nervousness as the hour for his cx-
ccution approaches. He seems to worry
more ior MS son than for himself on
the other hand Claude Allen is mare
cheerful. He has formed the HAHN of
sleeping late, and rarely awakes no
iore or 10 o'clock in the morning
missing his breakfast No one lis
turbs him. When lie arises he ;e IN
iairiy good spirits, this condition last
ing most Of the day, with but few mo-
ments Of despondency
The refusal OF Chief Justice White ~
interfere with the case was commupi
saten TO the men saturday afternoon
by Rev. j. j. Scherer. Jr The recon-
ton OF the news indicated ,h.t ,vhiio
they were ready to grasD thjs mr. ,nv
other chance that held out a raw of
nope they could not have been san
Eulne or good results. They evidently
ana so built but little upon IT,
Way Leave Sfntcmcnt
u IL sun believed Claude Allen will
write an antemortem statement con
ccrh'h8 the tragedy at Hilsville and
his part in il. He has had II i'm con
/ lima
layed its preparation
four more days of lie remain for
the condemned men. The jury to Wit
ness the execution has been selected
nnt II III practically the same as that
CHOSEN III advance of the first date set
Tor the death sentence last Novomher
me men VINO are to witness the doublo
electrocution of father and son will he
formally summoned Thursday morning.
according to custom
IL is difficult to think that , ;,
chance can remain that there will cvnn
he further delay. There is absolutely
o',iihS at TINS time on which to base
such chance To all Appearances
mo sentence of the court affirmed by
every appellate tribunal i'm the land
VIII he carried out carly Friday morn,
ing.
VIII lie Hurled in Carroll.
the bodies of Floyd and Claude
alien may be taken back TO Carroll
GouniE Tor burial in the Fancy Gap
District. where they were both born
ana spent their lives prior 10 the shoot
ihs OF March II, 1912. Their sym
pathizers' 1T is believed. will furnish
me necessary funds to pay the ex-
ncIsea OF carrying the remains TO the
southwest mountains. On demand. the
superintendent of the Penitentiary will
turn over the bodies to personal repre-
scntatives. Floyd Aliens father lies
buried on the southern slope OF the
Blue Ridge. and there his own turbu-
lent spirit VIII soon be at rest.