The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-29
TWO ALIENS ISSUE
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of his testimony at Wytheville was
not true. He stated at Wythevilie
that we were friends, and the next
day he was called back on the stand
and admitted that we had been enc
mics for years. This was then af-
ter we had witnesses to show that we
had been enemies,
] fully expected TO go to Jail at
Hillsville and would have gone with
the sheriff. but when | looked over
and saw Dexter Goad drawing his
gun I told him Dexter Goad) that
/ was not going with him, or It
weren't him that ! was going with, -
or words to that effect. / did not
defy Sheriff Webb, and would have
gone with the sheriff without any
trouble If 1t had not been for Dex-
ter Goard drawing his gun. I knew
that Dexter Goad was my enemy; /
knew that he had no business what
/ ever in undertaking TO have anything
! to do with me in my trouble.
! When Claud came over / told him
about my horse, and / reached in my
I inside pocket for a subpoena. The
sheriff did not summon my witnesses,
and I generally had a subpoena. The
/ one I had had been written on and
/ l looked over toward Mr., Goad. know
/ ing he was the man to get a blank
subpoena from, ana when ! looked
/ toward him was when ! saw his gun,
and about the time ! said: Dec,
! amt a-going with you" or words to
/ that effect. / looked toward the
sheriff. Goad fired and struck me in
I the hip, and the sheriff fred then. The
shot which struck me caused me TO
fall. The general shooting then began
and a good many shots were fired at
I ne while / was down
! Judge Bclen was down in front Of
NE and cailc6 to me to get away, or
/ they would kill him shooting at me.
I While / was nct able to get up, yet
+ / tried to do so several times, and
after falling back several times | got
up After I was down / got my gun,
and as / was getting up and got about
/ halfway straight, Quesenberry shot
me through the leg and / fired twice
After / had gotten out of the court
house Dexter Goad shot at me from
the courthouse steps, and I turned and
fired twice at him. / had only one
gun on me that day If we had in
tended to shoot up the court, knowing
that the court was armed. / would
have taken both of my pistols which
I had at home, and would have beer
ready for this trouble.
/ / want TO say that I did not talk
to Sidna Allen, Friel Allen, Victor
Allen or Claude Allen or Sidua and
Wesley Edwards: in fact, no one
about my trouble or about any shoot
ing. and there was no plan or agree.
ment between us or with any of US
and such a thing was never thought
/ Of. | did not shoot until / had beer
shot at several times, and I feel thai
under these conditions, / was justified
in doing what / did.
When the true facts are known
am willing to leave the matter to the
people, as to whether I was justified
in shooting or not If we had in.
tended to shoot up the court and re
sist arrest afterwards, we would havt
prepared ourselves and had plenty o.
ammunition. After / had gotten GU
of the courthouse ! was struck in tbs
knee and turned and saw Dexter
Goad shooting at me from the court
house steps and | fired at him twice
did not shoot outside until I wa
shot.
Asto Judge Massie: Judge Massie
as / felt. was my friend. He had beer
good to me and good 10 us Wher
the Edwards boys were being perse
cuted he had 1t stopped. ! had talked
to him in his room. He belonged Il
my party and was my friend, and
believe he would have given me {
new trial If this trouble had not oc
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doubtful about it in the, world. 7 be
lieve that his death was an accident
he being unfortunately in the fire be
tween Dexter Goad and others.
1t was some little time before
could see lawyer / could not writ,
to my wife or anyone else Every
thing / had was tied up by the court
had trouble in arranging for my at
torneys and my witnesses. I did no
have money to pay my witnesses, and
of course. it was hard to get the wit
nesses there when they had to pa,
their own expenses in addition to rail
road fare. / am told that in some o
the cases some of the witnesses hat
to walk. When my trial was a. Wythe
Vile | was suffering most of the time
and had to he carried from jail to I
conveyance and from the conveyance
to the courthouse. It hurt me Yer,
much at different times.
While was in wytheville my barn
wagons, buggy and harness and farm
ing implements were all burned.
1t is, of course, hard for the public
to understand or To feel as l feel OF
this my great trouble. Anyone mus
pass through what we have passet
through before they can understand
and know what ii means.
why men should cry out for on
blood / cannot understand ] know /
is unjust / have felt and hoped tina
i'm some way the governor could ant
would know the facts, and would spar
our lives Things seem to have beer
against me. I have not had a fai
trial Take the foreman OF the jur,
that tried me, Mr.. helms: Mr.. Etter
who. | understand. is a man of goo'
standing. makes an affidavit that Mr.
helms stated a few days before h
! was summoned on the jury to try m
at WythevilIe, that all the Allen
, ought to he eiectrocuted. Can man
feeling like this, giev man Justice
1t seems 10 me that things of thi
. kind, coming up time after time