ALLENS ELECTROCUTED.
Strenuous Effort To save Them
Failed—Old Man Floyd and his son
Claude Want to tiheir Death Brave
|y—Plan to Beat Governor Mann
Angered the Chief Executive.
Richmond, Va., March 28.—Mum
hling a prayer and crying half au
dibly that, he was ready to go,
Floyd Allen, whose refusal to ac
cept a short prison term for a mi
nor offense led to the wholesale
court murder in Hillsville one year
ago, limped to the death chair in
the State penitentiary today, 11
minutes ahead of Claude Swanson
Allen, his son.
The sentence of the court, held up
for six hours while desperate and
dramatic efforts were being made to
eave the condemned men by eleventh
hour appeals to the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, was speedily ordered to pro
ceed when Governor Mann hastened
back to Virginia soil to take charge
of a situation which was sensational
and exciting to a degree. The prison
superintendent, acting entirely -with
in the law, agreed at 2 o'clock to
postpone the execution, giving the
Atty. General an opportunity to pass
upon the constitutional right, of Lieu
tenant Governor Elly son to Interfere.
Dnt the young son of Governor
Mann reached his father In Philadel
phia by telephone less than sui hour
after the delay had been ordered and
by 8 o’clock today the Governor was
again on Virginia soil. Incensed, as
it afterwards developed, by the un
expected effort to take advantage of
his temporary absence when he had
repeatedly refused clemency, the Gov
ernor boarded an early morning train
arriving in Richmond art. 11:30
o’clock. On the way he telegraph- (
ed the Secretary of the Common
wealth that lie would be in Virginia
by eight o'clock, this information
suddenly checked the plan of^ Allen
sympathizers in further urging the
Lieutenant Governor to interfere.
While every proceeding had halted
pending the Governor’s arrival, word
reached police he idquartors J hat a
crowd had assembled at the station,
patrolmen, detectives and plain
clothes mm being hurried there to
prevent any demonstration. When
the Governor stepped on the plat
form he was quickly surrounded by
officers who escorted him to ft t#xi'
cab which took him quickly to the
Capitol.
In his office at the State prisyn,
Superintendent Wood was pacing the
floor nervously as lie awaited devel- ^
opments. The situation there had
become more intense. Precisely art ,
noon the superintendent was called
to the telephone.
“The Governor of Virginia is at
his desk,” was the message lie re
ceived from the Capitol and instant
ly preparations were made to obey
the mandate of the court, ’i ho wit
nessess who hud assembled at t
o’clock, the hour announced for the
execution, had left the prison with
instructions to return at 1 o’clock.
Just after sunrise the Allens prac
tically collapsed when informed that
a half-day respite had been granted
by a combination of legal and tech
nical circumstances as strange as any
that had ever been presented to a
court of justice. Claude Allen, who
had retained his nerve throughout
the trying ordeal in his behalf, gasp
ed and trembled, but he regained his
composure as he noted the hopeless
and dejected appearance of his aged
father in the cell across the corridor.
As the morning hours passed they
eat with their spiritual advisers, tint
they nerved themselves again for
the end when they heard that Gover
nor Mann had returned to Virginia.
Men prominent in official circles of
the State, who waited In th© Oap
tol for a final plea to the Governor,
■were turned away, as his secretary
handed out this statement from the
Executive:
“Hearing at five minutes to 3
o'clock this morning of the action
taken in the Allen case after 1 left
ibv, city, I considered it my duly to
hurry back. 1 simply desire to re
peat that after the most careful ex
amination of the evidence in this
case, 1 have not the slightest doubt
pf. the guilt of Floyd and Claude A1
and 1 will not interfere. The
must take its course.”
■The jury which under the law js
juired to witness all executions,
3embled outside the penitentiary
ortly before I o'clock, mingling
|ere with the crowd. The program
I originally announced was carried
t without change. While two min
ers, who have been unfaltering in
eir loyalty to the condemned men,
re tell nig them good-by, the pri
n superintendent stepped into the
rridor which separated the celts of
her and son, and read the death
rant.
yd Allen, still limping from the
he received in the Hillsville
ttie, said the last tearful
ewell to his boy and went with
the prison guards to the death cham
ber. A groan escaped him as he sat
in the chair while the straps and
electrodes were being fastened about
him. The current was turned on at
11:22 o’clock and In four minutes the
surgeon motioned to the superintend
ent that he was dead. The body was
speedily removed.
Again the chair was tested while
Claude Swanson Allen, namesake of
a United States Senator, was being
led through the corridor to the
chamber door. Though a trifle pale
he marched with measured stride,
his head held high, his wonderful
nerve with him to the end. As he
took his seat he moved his arms to
assist the guards who were adjust
ing the straps and like his father
he went silently and unafraid. When
the autopsy had been performed
the bodies were given over to Vic
tor Allen, Floyd's son, by whom they
were taken to the mountains of
southwest Virginia for burial.
The execution of Floyd and Claude
Allen, who had been the principal
actors in the “shooting up’’ of the
Carroll County Court at HUlsvllle,
March 14, 1912, is the closing chapter
of one fo the most sensational murder
tragedies ever enacted in this coun
try.
SAVED VIRGINIA DISGRACE.
Governor Mann did a service to the
cause of law and order throughout
the country by his prompt return to j
Virginia on being apprised of the I
possibility that bis absence might be
made use of to secure a commutation
of sentence for the two Allens, sen
tenced to death for the Carroll court
house murders. That sentence was
put into execution last Mriday, after
a stay given under orders of the at
torney-general of the State pending
determination of the question wheth
er the lieutenant-governor had a
right, in the absence of the governor,
to act upon a petition for commuta
tion. If a case ever existed in which
the idea of leniency should hi; utter
ly repugnant to the instincts of every
sound-minded citizen, it is that of the
deliberate murder of a judge in open
court, by friends or relatives of a
criminal upon whom he had just pass- |
ed sentence, and who were in court
for that very purpose. A communi
ty which can tolerate that, or which
can regard it as presenting any ele
ment calling for the exercise of cle
mency, is deficient In one of the first
requirements of cvilized society. 15y
Governor Mann’s act Virginia has
been saved from disgrace, and the
country from the addition of another
to a long series of recent exhibition
of weakness in the enforcement of
the criminal law.—New York Evening
Post.
JAMES M. BAKER.
New Secretary of the United
States Senate, $6,500 a Year.
@ 1913. by American Press Association.
NOTICE.
Tlie undersigned having qualified
as administrator on the estate of
Jno. 1). Richardson deceased, hereby
notifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to mo duly verified on or be
fore the 4th day of April 1914 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery; and all persons In
debted to said estate will make im
mediate payment.
litis 29 day of March, 1913,
W. B. RICHARDSON. Admit
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application for the pardon ;
OF MIKE INGRAM. V
Application will be made on Mon
day, April 14th, 1913, to the Gover
nor of North Carolina for the par
don of Mike Ingram, convicted at
the September Term of the Superior
court of Johnston County for the
crime of abusing a female child un
der 14 years of age, and sentenced to
the Penitentiary for a term of eight
years. All persons who oppose the
granting of said pardon are invited
to forward their protests to the Gov
ernor without delay.
This April 3rd, 1913.
(Signed) MRS. SUSAN INGRAM.
QUEEN SOPHIA.
Consort of King Constan
tine, New Ruler of Greece.
KING CONSTANTINE.
New Sovereign of Greece, Pro
claimed After Father’s Murder.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Annie Holland
vs
Charles Holland.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action has been
commenced, entitled as above in the
Superior Court of Johnston County,
to declare the marriage between the
plaintiff and defendant void; and
that said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
at the term of Superior court of said
county to be held on the 2nd Mon
day in May, at tho court house of
said county in Smithfield, N. C., and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief de
manded in the summons.
Tliis the 1 day of A<pril, 1913.
\V. S. STEVENS,
Clerk of Superior Court.
R. L. Ray, Attorney.
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AUSTIN-STEPHENSON CO.
HOOD BROS.
W. M. SANDERS.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order made and adopt
ed by the board of commissioners of
Johnston county, at its session held
on the 3rd day of March, 1913, an
election is hereby called to be held
in Kenly graded school district, on
Tuesday the 29th day of April, 1913,
upon the question of whether there
shall be issued not more than fifteen
thousand dollars, 30 years, 5 per
cent coupon bonds, in denomination
to be fixed by the board of trustees
of Kenly graded school district, and
also the question of levying and col
lection of a special tax of not more
than sixteen and two-third cents on
the hundred dollars valuation of
property, and not exceeding 50 cents
Ion the poll, to pay interest on said
bonds, and take up, redeem and pay
off the same at maturity. Each and
every elector entitled to ovte in said
election who favors the issue of said
! bonds and levying and collecting said
! tax shall vote a ballot or ticket up
1 on which shall be written or printed
the words “For Bonds,” and those
opposed to issuing said bonds and
levying and collection said tax, who
are entitled to vote thereat, shall
vote a ballot or ticket upon which shall
be written or printed the words
“Against Bonds." The polls shall be
open from sunrise till sunset, and a
careful record of the votes cast
thereat shall be made out by the
registrar and judges of election and
returned to the board of county com
missioners at their first meeting there
after, to be canvassed, tabulated, and
the results declared by it. An entire
new registration shall be had and R.
T. Renfrew is hereby apponted reg
istrar, and H. Watson and Joseph
CJolyer are hereby appointed judges
of election. The registration books
shall be opened in said district be
tween the hours of 9 A. M. and sun
set on each day (Sundays excepted)
from the 31st day of l.Iarch till the
19th day of April, 1913, and only those
who register in accordance with law
and the provisions of the act auth
oriznig this election shall be enti
tled to vote in said graded school bond
election.
ALONZO BARBOUR, Clerk to the
board of commissioners of Johnston
county.
This March 3, 1913.
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.
By virtue of the authority con
tained in a certain judgment of the
superior court of Johnston County, N.
C. rendered in an action wherein D.
V. Sanders et als. are plaintiffs and
Miley Smith et als, are defendants,
appointing me commissioner and
licening me thereunto I shall, on
Monday the 14th day of April, 1913,
at 12 o’clock, M. at the -court house
door in the town of Smitlifield, in
said county, sell to the highest bid
der the following described real
estate: viz:
A tract of land situate in Smith
field township, Johnston County, N.
C., adjoining the lands of W. B. John
son, Mrs. Dora Parker, and others.
Beginning on a stake, the Lightfoot
Sanders’ Corner in John A. Ford’s
line, and runs South 185 poles to a
stake, Graham’s line; thence West
33 1-3 poles to a stake; thence N
185 poles to a stake; thence East
33 1-3 poles to the beginning, con
taining 38 2-3 acres more or less and
being the Jackson Sanders, Deceased,
lands.
Terms of sale are, one third cash
and the balance on January the 1st,
1914, title reserved until all the pur
chase price is paid.
This March he 12, 1913.
JAMES D. PARKER, Commissioner.
NOTICE.
North Casplina, Johnston County.
In the Superior Court.
Luther F. Pierce, Nicey E. Pierce,
Bethaney Pierce, Luby Pierce, Lonie
Pierce, Earll Pierce, and Wm. D.
Pierce* by their next friend, John
H. Riley,
vs.
Julia Stallings and her husband John
R. Stallings.
The defendants above-named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Johnston County
to set aside certain deeds executed
to said Julia Pierce (now Jula Stall
ings) and to recover title and pos
session to certain lands situate in
Johnston County heretofore held and
possessed by the said Julia Stallings;
and the said defendants will further
take notice that they are required to
appear at the term of the Superior
Court of said County to be held on
the 10th Monday aftter the first Mon
day in March, 1913, it being the 13
day of May, 1913, at the Court-house
of said County in Smithfield, North
Carolina, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said acton, or the plain
tiffs will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
W. S. STEVENS, Clerk Superior
Court of Johnston County.
This 17th day of February, 1913.
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