The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-18

pastor\pf a church at ?Sewbern. In that
State. 2r. Carter. in letter to the
Governor published in The Timos-Dis-
patch saturday, told how sidna Allen.
just after AIS acquitted in the Federal
Court on a\charsc of counterfeiting,
said that IL Ne had been convicted he
and his broN,ers. who wero there
armed. would Nave shot Judge Boyd
and District Attorney Holton.
Threats of thu Aliens against the
courts have been testified to many
times. An attorneA who has been ac-
tive In trying 20 sEure communication
said in Richmond u &w days ago that
he was convinced F&yd Allen made
the many threats atAibuteu to him
against Judge Massio t6the effect that
he would mako hole w tho court"
and that il he were chpvicted and
Judge Massie refused to At the YER
dict aside. ..by the time get done
shooting this bowl full Of caNridgos, it
will be set aside"
Judge Jaclsson's LcttcrA
Perhaps the most striking leNer re-
ceived by the Governor by meN who
knew the previous lives of thu AL
lens and the affairs of Carroll CoSnty
is that from Judge Robert c. Jacllapn
which has been frequently referred 70
and was mentioned by the Governor "
his decision. Judge Jackson was JudgA
Masses predecessor on the bench or
the circuit, and now practices in Roa-
noke. He tells of tho occurrence IN
1904, when it seemed likely Floyd AL
len would shoot up the court. and
would probably have done so had not
the. jail sentence given him then been
remtted He knows of no reud be-
tween the Aliens and court officers, he
SAYS except feud between law anu
lawIessness. AS matter OF fact, at
n &
not an officer of the court, the clerk
Of that day being n Democrat. Politics
he is sure, had nothing to do with it,
since the Aliens cared nothing for poll
tics and. indeed, were on both sides OF
the political fence
Officers Praised.
Judge Jackson says that Goad, Eos
ter and Webb were good citizens.
faithful officers and law abiding men,
Judge Jackson is Democrat His let
ter lis as follows:
Dear Governor.--In reply to your
letter OF recent date, requesting me to
give you the facts as to conditions In
Carroll County during the time that L
was Judge OF the Carroll court. SO FAR
as relevant to the application pending
before you for Communication of the SEN
fences of Floyd and Claude Allen, per-
init me to say that | was elected judge
of the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit,
which included the County of Carroll.
after the new Constitution went into
effect and entered upon the discharge
OF the duties of the office in February,
1904.
William Sutherland was at that time
clerk of the court; William Foster.
commemorative attorney, and Joseph
Blankenship, sheriff The last two of
ficers mentioned had been elected Il
short while before I became Judge of
the new circuit. Lewis Webb. who was
among the slain in the March tragedy.
and who was sheriff AT that time. was
one Of Blankenship's deputies in 1904.
In 1905, perhaps. Dexter Goad was
elected clerk. defeating William Suther-
land These men were officers when
resigned as Judge of the circuit III
January, 1908, and came to Roanoke TO
practice law.
No Respect for Inv.
st was not long after l commenced
to hold the courts in Carroll in 1904
that l learned something OF the AL
lens. Several of them at that time
were rated as very bad. dangerous men
Floyd Allen was perhaps the worst
man of the clan-overbearing, vindic-
tive, high tempered brutal, with no
for human life. During my term of of
fee. Floyd Allen was several times
charged with violations of law. In
several Instances he escaped indict-
ment. am satisfied, because the wit
nesses were afraid to testify to the
! facts before the grand jury.
K In one instance he was indicted
and tried. In the spring of 1904 fol
/ some slight offense he assaulted an in
/ offensive man BY the name Of Combs
and attempted to kill him. Before Floyc
! Allen was put upon trial for this at.
tack upon Combs, Sheriff Blankenshiy
and commemorative Attorney Foster
! came to me and stated that if Aller
was convicted and given either a pen.
itentiary or jail sentence, he would no