Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-29
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len was lifted out OF the CHAIR by at
tendants and carried into line mortu.
ary which joins the death chamber
Scarcely had this been done before the
second jury, which had been summon
ed to witness the death of Claude Al
len was formed into line in the upper
corridors of the prison.
Standing between the two minis
sters of the gospel, who had so long
and so faithfully administered to his
and his fathers spiritual needs, Claude
Allen like Greek God, waited just
outside of his death cell electrocution
of the father The ministers could
:carcely bear up during this fateful
moment. Tears stood in the eyes of
both, and the Rev. DR.. Mcdaniel but
poorly controlled his emotion. The
second jury having been marched to
the subterranean chamber, The tragedy
of Floyd was repeated in the electro
cuton of his son.
Again the test of lights was applied
to the chair and once more the death
chamber was flooded with light. Again
came the fateful tapping al the bolt
studded door, silence followed. The
door opened as before and, cut clean
against the blackness OF the back
ground, stood the staiwar: form of
Claude Allen, towering above the
heads of the guards. He was clad, like
his father, in white shirt and trous-
ers of dark material His face bore
heightened color. His head was held
erect. His shoulders were thrown
back. His eyes looked straight ahead,
glancing neither toward the chair nor
away from it.
There was no word of farewell upon
the lips Of Claude as he was buckled
into the chair. BUT his face spoke for
eiveness of all animosities and his res
lgnatlon appeared absolute.
Scarcely had the straps Oeen secured,
the electrodes applied and the cap
adjusted when the death-dealing switch
responded to the hand Of an attendant
and the soul of Claude Allen was pre-
.ipitated into eternity: He entered the
.eath chamber at 1:30 o'clock. He took
his seat in the chair one minute later.
At 1:35 his stilled form was removed
into the mortuary chapel and the
youthful clansman was pronounced
dead.
Bliley's undertaking establishment
was at once notified upon the death of
The last victim to justice and within
q few minutes the death wagon arrived
and was driven into grounds. The
bodies of Floyd an Claude were taken
from the state prison to the funeral
establishment, to be pre-
pared for burial.
In little groups the jurors who wit
messed the double execution filed out
Of the prison and wended their way
10 their homes of places of business.
The faces of the majority OF them in
iica.ed Enthusiastically that they had
been weeping, and had been deeply af'
fected by the legal tragedy to which
they had been parties.
The bodies were received at the
Blley establishment by several SYM
pathizers and friends. Victor Allen
was also there. The bodies left Rich
mond last night over the Southern
Railway at 11:45 for Mount Airy,
which is the nearest railroad station
to the home of Floyd Allen, in the
Fancy Gap section of Carroll.
Before the body of Claude left Rich
mond there will be attached TO its
breast the gold medal which was to
have been presented Thursday after
noon. In death he will bear this home
to Carroll. 1t will later be presented
to his bereaved and widowed mother.
Governor Mann returned to Rich
mond at 1870 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. A crowd of about 100 or $50 per-
sons was gathered on the station plat
form at Elba when the train bearing
phe executive pulled in. Because of
some wild rumors that an attempt
night be made to make demonstra-
ton against the eXecutive-although
there turned out to be no foundation
whatsoever for the suspicion or 1un1-
ors-Captain Epps, of the Second po-
lice station, three patrolmen and De-
tective Sergeants Bailey and Atkinson
were sent Ito the station to meet and
protect tine Governor if necessary
Governor Mann stepped from the train
and bounded into an automobile, IT
which were seated his secretary, Ber
Owen, and his son, William Hodges
Mann, Jr, and whisked to his Office a
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