Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-18
sIDNAsALLEN'S DENIAL.
Wonders Why Preacher Withheld In
formation so Long.

Richmond, March ls-sidna Allen
Yesterday morning emphatlcaIly re-
pudiated the statement that ne had
even threatened the life Of any judge
prosecuting attorney or court offlcer.
1sThe letter written to Governor
Mann by Mr.. Caater, in which Mr..
Carter said told him just after was
acquitted of counterfeiting that had |
been convicted the judge and district
attorney would have been shot to
death, is unqualified false" SAID
Sidna, "and is without foundation OF
truth"
Sidna Allen deplored the fact that
he was not allowed sufficiently liberty
to disprove Ghe charges laid before
the Governor b. the Rev. Mr.. Carter,
but said he would do everything in his
power to five the Governor the proof.
The letter in question was written
on March 7th by Rev. Edward T. Car
ter, of Newbern, n. c. According TO
the letter the minister, who is the
pastor of the First Baptist Church, of
Newborn, was formerly a resident OF
|sIt. Airy.
hsIe tells Governor Mann that he re-
pned; to Mt. Airy on the train with
ina ilAllen Immediately after the
tiers .acquittal, and that Sidna said
was > mighty good thing the case
rned out as it did, otherwise Judge
byd and Attorney Holton would
Eve been shot dead" Sidna says the
mister puts the words in his mouth
|.It was a mighty close CALL" Sidna
made to say, "but it was d-good
Hing for the court that l was &C
united. We had our guns with US, and
fndge Boyd would never have lived to
sentence me, for my brothers and |
Have made an agreement that not one
of truth in them, and l a Unsurpassed
tiary.".
In reply to this Sidna yesterday
morning said:
81 never made any such statement
to Mr.. Carter, nor to any other man in
nv life. His charges against me are
absolutely false There isa not a wore
of truth in them, and I am surprised
that MIR. Carter, who, | understand
is a minister of the gospel, should
have made them.
at, is also very strange to me tina
if he knew these things all this time
he withheld them until after my trial
and until I was locked up in the peni-
Tertiary without any chance of de-
Tending myself and proving then
false"
"Nr. Garter is free man, with al
the rights and privileges which free
dom gives. I am helpless convict
He makes these charges against me
They arc absolutely without founda
ton or truth. | make affidavit to tha!
fact, and at the same time will do what
can to prove them untrue; yet you
see my helpless condition.
~ do not curse, and do not think
any of my neighbors can make the
statement that l do; therefore, in
talking to minister it seems strange
that l should have used language tc
which was not accustomed.
81 came on the train about three
years ago from Greensboro to Mt
Airy, I was with Walter S. Upton
Floyd Allen, Garland and Jasper AL
len. My other brother was not with
me. Two Of my brothers were wit
nesses in the case, Floyd being one Of
them. Most of the time was with
Walter Upton. Ny attorneys were ].
c. Buxton and Walter Upton. I do not
know whether have ever met Mr..
Carter. Mr.. Hill of the firm of West
& Hill. wholesale grocers at Mt. Airy.
introduced me to a minister, who |
understood preached at Mt. Airy. I
cannot say whether | met him in
Greensboro, Mt. Airy or on the train