The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-29
1urriedly Returns to State and
Relieves the Lieutenant
Governor
UNUSUAL ACTION
HAS TAME ENDING
Announces His Arrival and
Preparations for Carrying
Out the Law lmmed-
lately Proceed

Bringing to an abrupt end the SEN
satfonal and unprecedented proceed
ings inaugurated unexpectedly late
Thursday night by Allen sympathtzers,
who. took Advantage Of the executives
a hsence from the State to appeal TO
Lieutenant Governor Ellyson in des-
perate effort ~ stay the execution OF
the doomed mountaineerst Governor
william Hodges Mann reached the
capitol at 1890 O'Clock yesterday
morning from Philadelphia where he
has been hastily summoned BY tele-
graph
The really startling and revolution
AIRY turn To the Allen case which Gre
ated profound sensation yesterday
morning when Richmond awakened to
learn Of ii. had the tamest ending
Imaginable. so far as the unusual pro
ceeding itself was concerned. The mo
nent the governor set his foot on Sir-
ginia soil. the move instituted by AL
len sympathizers Immediately became
null and void. and the doom Of the
Aileu Clansmen certain.
Governor ON the Job.
Immediately upon his arrival Secre-
tary Zen = owen. Jr.. notified At
tnrney GenaA NJ Williams in person Of
the presence of the executive In the
apitol A moment later Major J. B.
prison. called the attorney general S
Office TO learn whether he had render
ed his opinion on the question raised
before the lieutenant governor Friday
night The attorneys general calmly
informed Superintendent Wood that
the governor was on the job and there
was nothing more to be said. Imme-
diltely superintendent Wood got busy
with the plans disarraDged by the pro-
& gsSaGsFNnA ana a hours later tho first
Of the ALIENS died in the chair.
Governor Mann was notified by his
son. William Hodges Mann, Jr., at 8
o'clock Friday morning OF the move
made by the Allen sympathizers. He
was then in Philadelphia, en- route TO
Trenton. y. J.. where he was sche-
dulel to deliver an address before the
chamber of commerce of that city
last night His train reached Phil
adelphia about midnight and he had
decided to stop over in the Quaker
( City and obtain a good nights rest
before proceeding to his destination.
TIL telegram was delivered to him IN
bed Hastily DOMINIC his clothes he
caught The first train south. arriving
n Richmond at Has. At Alexandria,
the governor dispatched telegram
from the train to Secretary Of the
Commonwealth b. O. James announc-
inE he WAS on Virginia soil
Issues Statement.
Al Ftba station the executive was
met by Secretary owen and his son,
William r. Mann, Jr., and was hur-
ried IT, the capitol in. taXicab. HE
locked caTeworu and anxious ana had
rothing To say to the newspaper men
who had sathered to secure some word
from him. After his arrival at the
capitol and the official notice had been
served upon the attorney general, the
governor issued the following brief
statement:
! Hearing at Ave minutes to three
/ this morning of the action taken IN
/ the Allen cases after ] left the city,
J l considered It my duty TO hurry back
/ / simply desire to repeat that after
the most careful examination of the
evidence in these cases, / have not
the slightest doubt of the guilt OF
Floyd and Claude Allen. and / will
not interfere The law must take
4 it's course"
I A small squad OF policemen greeted
the train that bore the governor home
and during the afternoon several
| plain clothes men were detailed for
/ duty in the capitol grounds ano
around the mansion--for the second
! time this week--but nowhere was
there any demonstration--simp the
suppressed excitement attendant upon
the unusual turn the case had taken
at the last moment and the electro
( cution itself.
Action Unprecedented.
The desperate move on the part OF
Allen sympathizers Thursday night to
secure a longer lease on life for the
Aliens is unprecedented in the history
of the Commonwealth. Taking lad
vantage of the absence OF the gov
I ernor from the State delegation
which embraced some If the lawyers
interested in the Allen cases and sew
eral citizens of prom. hence. iiclud-
ing a banker and a Judge OF tins cor
poration commission, applied IN the
| lieutenant governor at late hour a
night to take charge OF the situation
which they claimed he had right
to do under the constitution, and
stay the execution OF the Aliens until
they could present petition looking
to Communication of their sentences
! The lieutenant governor gave the sym
pathizers a respectful nearing, as
sured them that he had no authority
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