The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-19
COPYING RECORDS
FOR ALLEN APPEAL
Transcript From Supreme Court
Will Be Ready for Lawyers
To-Day, Says Clerk.
QUICK ACTION NECESSARY
May Go to Federal Court This
Week-Claudc Remains
Cheerful.
QUICK ACTION NECESSARY

Clerk H. Stewart Jones OF the Su-
preme Court OF Appeals. had a force
at work until very late hour last
night copying such parts of the record
in the Claude swanson Allen case as
are needed by the attorneys to make
up the history Of the trial In connec-
ton with the appeal to tho Supreme
Court of the United States on con-
stitutional point. Mr.. Jones announced
that he VIII deliver the Transcript.
which will make about 200 pages. to
Attorney d. c. O'Flaherty to-day.
y conference will be held this morn
ing between Mr. O'Fiahcrty, Senator
/. Q. WendcnburE and Il. III. Willis,
the latter of Roanoke, who was one of
the Allen attorneys in the trials at
Wythevillc and who is due in tho city
early to-day. 1t Is supposed the pre-
paration OF the petition to the Fed
era court will be discussed at this
time with tho record delivered to-
day, the material is ready for the con
tcmplatcd action and it is supposed
the attorneys wilR proceed 10 Wash
ihSton Tomorrow, or Friday at the
latest. Chief Justice White. to whom
the appeal must be presented. has the
reputation of rendering prompt deci-
sious, and will be heard from. 1T is
cNpcCl'N, Wltnln all nOur or two.
Appeal Is Only Chance.
lnasmuch as no further respite will
be granted either Of the condemned
men. the only chance for Claude Allen
Is to present his appeal within ample
time to secure stay OF execution
from tho. Federal court. ir that tri-
bunal will consent to grant one
Fortunately. there is plenty of time
10 do this. since the execution will not
q fain
Calling at the office of Governor
Mann yesterday. Hiram NJ. Smith re-
lated the history of the Allen records
as FAR IS he knows It. The papers IT
seems. were first borrowed from tho
Governors office by Richard Evelyn
Byrd and by him turned over to MIR
Smith. That attorney examined them
In his office and also had them in his
nome. They were also for time In
the office of L. l.. Schercr. leader in
behalf or the Aliens, and have been
In the possession of r. II. Willis
1t now seems probable that the miss
Ing volume will not be recovered. It's
absence Is of no moment, since it has
been replaced, and no damaging delay
to any cause has resulted.
DcmeRnor Is Different.
Floyd Allen, whose execution next
week Is a practical certainty, spent "A
quiet day yesterday. He spends much
tlTne prooding In his cell, although he
talks a good deal, sometimes with
animation. to his son, Claude. who Is
located opposite him. The death
watch Is In the corridor between them
The younger prisoner continues to
be the more composed and cheerful of
the two. He seems to censure no one.
and utters no word of bitterness re-
garding anybody. Claude believes the
Governor acted honestly and con-
scientiously. He has not yet begun
70 write the final letter he has con
templated. and is doubtful as to
whether or not 1t is best to do so.
Friends continue to send flowers to
the death cells, and they are kept In
water on table in the wide corridor
that divides the two rows Of CON
demned prisoners.