Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-28
Father and Son EIeCtroCuted
for Part in HiIISvilIe Court
House Tragedy.
GOVERNOR MANN THWARTS
MOVE FOR COMPUTATION
Chief Executive Cancels Trip
Out of State to Stop Lieu
tenants Plan.

RICHMOND. VA. March 2S.-FIoyd
Alien and Claude Swanson Allen, father
AND son. we're executed here this after
noon for the part they played in the
shooting up Of the Carroll county court
r.g-- at Hulsville. Va, one year ago
fills month.
TIL. elder Allen went to his death
frs. He was electrocuted at l:26
o'clock Claude Allen died in the cleo
r.. chair at 1:3S O'Clock.
Both mountaineers died after a hard,
long eight had been made for their lives.
Governor Mann early this morning
.awarted the move of Lieutenant Gov
crnor Ellyson to commute the sentence
a. the two TIlusville clansmen, by can
sring am engagement he had to speak
nj Trenton. n. T., tonight, and return
ing TO the state.
Governor illustrates Plan.
Last night. just after the governor
had left. Lieutenant Governor Ellysoh
asked Attorney General Williams for
All opinion as TO whether or not he had
tra right to commute the sentence Of
.a. TWO men. Following a long con-
ference. superintendent Wood agreed
'o postpone the execution until later in
-.. day so that the attorney general
uH'd prepare his opinion. The return
of tne governor frustrated this plan
.gNegsv.
Early this morning, the following
message came from the chief executive
q. Fredericksburg:
u am the governor of Virginia, and
au in Virginia"
With this new development, the at
oney general refused to render an
opinion as to the right of the lieutenant
governor To act in the Allen cases ana
declined to make any recommendation
Governor Mann returned TO his office
here about noon. He declined to make
any statement regarding the Allen
cases.
There is much excitement and bitter
nass and severe criticism Of the gov
.uar
Penalty for Massacre.
THE -xecution of the Aliens is the
.t-e| outcome Of a partial massacre
az the Hnlsviue court house on March
a. 1912. which was engineered by
Claude Allen and several Of his rela-
-E-
uH that occasion i've people were
a.Ied ana several were wounded.
The killed were Judge Thornton J..
Nassia. Commonwealth Attorney VIII
liam NJ Foster. Sheriff Lee F. Webb
juror Fowler and Miss Elizabeth Ayers.
The cause Of this tragic assault on
the officers i'm the little mountain court
house was the sentencing of Floyd Al
m. low Judge Massie, to three years
mnrisoument at hard labor for as
saIlting deputy sheriff, who had ar
Tested two of his nephews.
NO sooner had the sentence been
Esa. than the members OF the Allen
sans srCang TO their feet and pro
..asl 10 take summary vengeance by
ao..e every one who had . hand IN
..l-i " their lziusmtu.
Clan Oecreed Against Jaiis.
The Nl-ns had Gecrced shat no AL
you'd ever ba locked behind prison
and they we've going 20 make
-aou taat Cecree if il cost the life 81
"fE one IN the court room. But
"a.n they saw that the jurors Were all
aimed and were grimly answering their
a.e they backed out of the room, ran
10 their horses and fed into the noun
.a.u~
oyd Allen had oeen wounded in the
Hd was unable to escape His son,
.'r remained with him in Hillsville,
''. line following day they both were
crested and taken TO Roanoke for Inn
-ment
old leader Of tile avI,-s elan
-.."r,.y inside his cell fg9u Boz
H ,Ut u'au ..s r#rral #'r.
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continued on Pace Five. Column Five.