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J 1 Page Two. THE CONCORD TIMES. JIMEJKIl ID SHERIFF . 511 DEI AWFTXL TEAGEDY ENACTED IN A VIRGINIA COUST ROdiL xw Assassins 'Flee to Mountains.-When Sentence is rronouncea . on. 1 ioya Allen. Notorious Mountaineer. And a Score of Friends Open Fire. Clerk And Others Wounded. Hillsvill.-, Va., March 14. A troop of mountain outlaws roda down out of the Blue Ridge today to Carroll county court' house here and assas sinated the judge upon the bench, the prosecutor before the- bar and the sheriff at the door in loss time than it takes to tell it taketaoinshrdlu it takes to tell it, while sentence was being pronounced upon Floyd Allen, on of their number. When: the crack of the rifles died away only one member of the human fabric of the court Dexter Goad, the clerk was alive and he had been wounded. Three jurors were seriously wound ed and three bystanders were more or less seriously wounded. Floyd Al len, the. prisoner at the bar, was shot several times, probably not fatally, Sidney A "en, his. brother, who kill ed Judge Massie, was wounded, but left t-c.vn with" "his friends. Tonight .the outlaws? with a good day's start, are up in the mountain n-;!r oi7fn nosse. little . or- . ganized, making a semblance of a puisuit. Slieriii's and deputies from neighborifuf counties . cannot reach hero befre early .morning. A spe cial tram from Roanoke tonight brought twenty detectives to. Galax, the ne;iiv:.t . railroad station, nine miles away. " Governor Mann has offered a $.3, 000 reward, for the capture of the as sassins and l:lds State troops under arms for orders at Lynchburg and Roanoke. Hillsville Terrorized. . The shooting terrorized Hillsville to the point of paralysis. There was not a man to give an order or organ ize a pursuit. Citizens fled to places of safety and mothers gathered up their children while the assassins rode out of town. . Judge Thornton T. Massie had ris Vn from his chair as the bullets struck him and fell across his desk a; bleed ing corpse. Commonwealth's Attor ney William Foster with half a doz en bullets in his.. brain crumpled down to the iloor. Sheriff Lowis Webb was shot and killed as he reached for his revolver and sprang forward. Iul- lets grazed Clerk Uoad and in the confusion he was reported- killed. Jurors who had been slightly wound ed were reported dead and by that indefinable method of communication which prevails in the woodlawn coun ter, reports of a wholesale slaughter shot out to-the countryside. Allen's Crime. ; . Fhvd Allen was before the bar this morning, convicted of taking a prisoner from a deputy sheriff. Allen had j-trurk the sheriff over the head " with the butt of a ride and the -prisoner escaped.' Sheriff' Webb had gone up in t lie . mountains and taken-all four ilc.-t,ite -warningr, or what such a vendue mivht mean. Attorney Fos ter h.M )iosc vuted l:i;n.; fearlessly and a mountain jury gathered from the inland section tV.r no man in Carroll county c:ircd to sit on the trial o an Allen had convicted him. Just as Allen was about to be call ed uj for sentence, his two brothers, Sidney and Jack, at the head of a troop of about twenty mountaineers, rode up to the court house.. . Setting of Tragedy. The. brothers and their companions, some carrying rifles and others arm ed with revolvers, crowded into the small court room ,and stood behind the rail and about the door. Floyd Allen, aged 50, tail and gaunt, was in the dock. Judge Massie mounted the bench and Prosecutor Foster moved sent ence upon Allen, who stood up. There was a shufiling of feet and a general movement among the mountaineers in the back of the room but no sign to foretell the terrible tragedy in the minds of every one of them. The usual legal formalities over, Judge Massie began pronouncing sentence. The last words that fell from his lips precipitated the trag edy. Before the last vordwas cold, the fusillade began. Allen with an oath .that he would never go to prison, sprang out of the prisoner's dock as Judge Massie collapsed upon the bench. Another roar of shots and Prosecutor Foster was on the floor of a heap. Sheriff Webb was spring ing forward for his prisoner when the lead found him. ..' "Assassins Gallop Avray. Then holding the panic-stricken jurors and onlookers at bay, although that probably was not necessary, the assassins slowly backed out of the court room and across the green to their troop of ponies. In a second they were galloping like madmen through the aroused village and off to the hills. Judge Massie Game. Richmond, Va., March 14. " Rath er than indicate a fear of law-breakers by sitting on the bench with a weapon in my pocket,! prefer to be killed in the administration of just- ice. v -was the statement maae Dy - Judge Massie only last night to a friend who urged hira to take steps for His own protection against the lawless element ho had determined to brim; to justice. Got. Kitchin Takes a- Hand. Raleigh, March 14. Responding to a snerial anneal from Governor Wil- ! liam Hodsres Mann of Virginia. Gov. I Kitchin of Jff nf iternoon telegraphed the sheriffs of Stoker Surry and Alleghany coon- . h b'order on Carroll county, Virginia, to take every step possible for the apprehension of the seventeen desperados who killed the Judge. Commonwealth's attorney and sheriff of the Carroll county court this mop ing just as the judge was sentencing Floyd Allen to one year at hard la bor. Governor Kitchin informed the sheriffs of the reward the Governor of Virginia had offered. Hillsville, Va.. March 15. Shortly after his arrival here today Judge Staples, who had been designated by Governor Mann to take charge of the court situation, summoned a special grand jury to indict the murderers of Judge Thornton L. Massie, Com monwealth's Attorney W. M. Foster and Sheriff I S. Webb, who were killed by the Allen outlaws yester day. This act had a wonderful effect in restoring public confidence Death of Miss Ayres. The sui prise -of 'the day in Hills ville, was the death of Miss Nancy Klizabetii Ayres. a 19-year-old girl. No one in the town seemed to know that she was wounded until her death was announced this morning at 9 o'clock. When she left Hillsville for her home yesterday, she did not know she had been shot, but complained of bruises which she thought she had received in the mad rush from the court room. Without a doubt. Miss Ayres, who was a witness in the Allen case, was shot accidentally, After escaping from the court room vesterdav Flovd Allen was removed to the one hotel in the village, where he was guarded by his son. Imme diately upon their arrival this morn ing at 7 o'clock, detectives went to the hotel and arrested him without trouble, but once he had been placed in the county jail Allen tried to cut his throat with a small pen knife. He was quickly seized by the guards who took the weapon. The wound is not serious. Victor Allen, Floyd Allen's son, Cabell Strickland and Byrd Ma rion were also arrested. It is the general belief that they are being held merely as witnesses. Juror Fowler, who was wounded in the court house yesterday, is in a des perate condition and is not expected to live through . the night. Juror Wor rell was only slightly injured, while Juror Kane is improving and will probably recover. The wound receiv ed by Dexter Goad, clerk of court, is only in the flesh of the neck. Tonight the man hunt is in abey ance waiting for daylight. No na tive, let alone a stranger, will' travel these mountain roads at dark with the Allen gang loose. At daybreak one set of detectives which had reached Hillville, joined a party -of deputy sheriffs from the neighborhood and set up the mountainside. The traveling was slow and tedious. The other party which went up the north side of the ridge stormed the Allen nouse. ne -reorganization or the court .which was all-but' wiped out yester miy oy n;e woric oi assassins Had a "great influence Early in the' day a report came from Mount Airy that the Allen gang had raided a hardware store there and stocked up with guns and bullets. That probably is partially true. Sidna Allen was part owner of .the store and the gang probably found sup plies ready. Reports have been coming down the mountain all day that the out laws have recruited a big band to their defense. Officers thing this not unlikely. A lawless element in which the Aliens were ringleaders has ruled the mountain fastness for years. There is a saying among the revenue officers that every pine tree shelters a whiskey still. A battle between law and crime is sure to draw recruits here. First White Victim for Kentucky Death Chair. Frankfort, Ky., March 16.' Unless an act of executive clemency inter venes, the electric chair in the State prison at Eddyville will receive its first white victim next week. The man who is awaiting execution is Cal Miracle, the Breathitt county murder er. On. August 26 last, Miraele'shot and killed latthew Jones at his home near Pineville. The screams of the wife and children of the victim at tracted Mrs. Delsie Gibson a neigh bor, to the scene. On her way she met Miracle, who shot and killed her. The double murderer fled to the mountains and for several months all efforts to capture him were with out avail. Several months later he was found in Birmingham, Ala., where he was arrested and returned to Pineville, for trial. N. C. Christian Advocate: Rev. J. C. Rowe, D. D., is serving his fourth year on the . Salisbury District. It is indeed gratifying to note the de votion of the people of the dis trict to him as their leader. The Stanly Enterprise, referring to a re cent visit to Albemarle, says: "Our people always enjoy hearing this gift ed man of God they love him and look for his visits." GEACE SAYS HIS WHU DIT IT. Dying, He Tells Pitiable Story of Her Cruelty. . j Atlanta, Ga-, March 14. With the! lower part of 'his body pronounced j already dead, Eugene 11. Grace whce spinal cord is several by a bullet al-l leged by Grace to have ben" fired' the next twenty-fear hours, accord-'tickets to Jaa" Uf .f"? ing to his physicians tonight. Grace 6th. 7th, ".1912. w,,h1J !"? 1 i said to L facing death with stoi-! until June 5th by personally deposit -cal-nerve. He continue- to insist j ing ticket with special agent aT Mat that his wife shot him. con not later than May 15th and I up- Altboagh Grace last night made an on payment of 50 cents per "Wet M ante-mortem statement fb his attor-jtime of depositing Stop cvers wil Chief, of Detective Lanford stated be permitted at : Atlanta and several tonight that the dving man will bejother points within limit of ticker, asked to make another to the officers either going or returning tnp, or of the law. In his storv to his law-'both by depositing ticket with acrent yers Grace is declared to have told (of stop over. Arrangements have in detail how his wife shot him; that J been made to sell side tnp tickets she remained with him several hours 'from Macon to a large number ot after he was" shot; that he pleaded ' points within a .radius of five hundred for a doctor and then begged for miles at greatly reduced rates. . The water. The attornevs decline to give following round trip rales will ap out the statement for publication. i ply from stations named :; Mrs. Daisv Opi Grace spent a sor-! Greensboro, $&.4a; High 1 omt. rowful dav "in her cell in the count v ! -JS.15; Thomasville, $S 00; Reidsville, jail a result of the news of her mrs- bands condition. "Oh, why don't they operate on him?" she is sair to have exclaimed when informed of the doctors decis ion that an operation would be use less. A Delightful Party. A delightful party was given at j of ial trains to take care of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hope Alex-the movement from North Carolina; ander Thursday evening in honor ofore aTth at Raleisrh and one at Miss Fannie Hartsell who is to leave cl,ariotte, feaving Charlotte about for Canada Friday. Those present j7.45 a m fOIUiav. Mav 6th, arriv were: Misses Jennie Mims, Fronie j at Ma(.on eariv Tues day morning, and Onnie Gritfin, Fannie Query and ; Mv 7th These trains will consist Margaret, " Myrtle and Lula Lipe, j ff first cias5 coaches and Pullman Mary Query, Jane Thompson, Martha j pi, ears, exact schedule to be Barringer, Lucy Perkins, Jessie Pratt j announced later. Passengers from Suther, Rebecca Alexander, Ida Hen- i branch line points can use regular field, Jack Freeze; . Messrs. Millard j trains to junction points, connecting Alexander, Zeb lhornburg, June rapp, jonnie ltooks, jiean rooKs; Ince and Frank Barringer, Robert Suther, Joe Cope, Marcus Chaney Will Yates. After several games re freshments were served. ONE PRESENT. Memorial to Cleveland. New York, March 16. The life of the late Grover Cleveland and its influence upon the national progress and material welfare of the United States will be the themes of specehes by .Chief Justice White of the Su preme Court of the United States, Mayor Gaynor, Judge Alton B. Par ker and other well known public men at the memorial exercises to be held tomorrow afternoon in the assembly hall of the College of the city of New York. The affair has been arranged by the Cleveland Administration Asso ciation in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary ofMr. Cleveland's birth. G. O. P. Split in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., March 16. The 2.- rrn- . A1 , anti-Taft movement in Alabama came to a head today, when a conference of progressive , Republicans met in j th sen cau es t mnvnmpnt ii .Tfi-;Ai-li O Tlinmn ternal revenue collector for the Ala- j bama district, who is" said to be at i out wnn rue I'resiuenc uecause tne latter disregarded some of his recom mendations in the matter of federal patronage. Mill Watchman Disappears. A. N. Lawson, night watchman at the Bibb Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ga., disappeared in a most mysterious manner last Sunday night and since that time no trace of - the missing man ha3 Ibeen found. He was known to have had a sum of money on his person and it is thought that he was robbed. Investigations by the po lice have revealed practically noth ing. Two unknown men were seen about the mill on Sunday night and suspicion, points to them, as they also have disappeared. Lawson is sixty years old and as there is no ap parent reason for his leaving home, it is believed that he met with foul Play. $l5o REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh hincr a constitutional dlsease.requlres a con stitutional treatment. Hall's. Catarrh Cure is ;taken Internally, acting di rectly upon the blood and raucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and Riv ing the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na ture in doing its work. The proprie tors have so much faith in Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Send for Its 1st of testimonials. Address: ?. J. CHENEY A Co.. Tole, do. Ohio. ' Sold by dmgfsts, 75c Take Halls Family Pills for consti pation. " It's difficult for a doctor t O Piira a diseased imagination. A woman may be known bv the company she isn't at home to Lives of some men oft remind to ask: "What's the usa?" Chamberlain's Cousrh Remed v -won its great reputation nn ave tele by ts remarkable cor J cougns,- cows-and crocp;' vl deeded iipoayr it.v6bld.by: all dealers i .r . J "rt is citv to take steps looking to the ! ct Z- 0 "i "" --uuiu u me oau com mon oi Salisbury says a srr.al! , , . . . I -Mate is based on the conviction that ! ( Hire h stive . t hn. rm v aim dmot TT.f0 tt. t;j . i amg ot Koosevelt delegates to Lin-:;p n 5tmnff r.on.inin o , c h t 7ii ; hwi, Muimcub .' o to contest with the Taft deleft-i lw 7 lllJV0 . ."' . ,,e . il d attack of rhc,.:, ,:.. , for seals in the national eonven- h., "? " i.:""'":1" i ' 'Vn ".""I P 1 ' Ht as an internal r,,,, ,!;. : : ti i i p n r, i, 7 . . " 4C iu .uii,ic9Muiiai.uis- or wiiicn uie neavy iraillC WOllld rnmnliint thorA it r n f.-. ion. Ihe leaders of the Roosevelt tnVf in loin u .. .... . J . . corapiaini, mere is noi.e u BATES TO REUNION. The Southern Railway Offers Ex- Uenxcly Low Round Trip Rates to Macon, Ga on Account of Annual Reunion United Confederate Vet erans, May 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1912. On account of this "occasion thr t Southern Railway will sell round trip $$.90; Siler City, .-io; ivexingion. j7.S0; Asheboro, S.iO; Albemarle. 7.45; Charlotte, $6.60; Concord, $7; Salisbury. $7.45; China Grove, $7.45; Norwood. $7.45; Gastonia. $6.60; Blaeksbunr, $6.00; Rock Hill, $6.10. Reduced round trip rates on same basis from all other stations on ; Southern Railway. Arrangements dp for the operation !at such points with special trains, For detailed information in Con nection Avith rates, ""reservations. schedules'.1 etc., apply to any agent, or. R. II. DEBUTTS, Division Passenger Agent, Charlotte, N. C.J Taft Will Not Get One Tar Heel Vote Special to News and Observer. Washington, D. C, March 13. The National Roosevelt headquarters, of which Senator Dixon is the director, today gave out the statement that Taft will not get a single district in North Carolina. Dixon claims North Carolina for the Colonel and declares that the claim is substantiated by the information that has come to him from persons elosely in touch with conditions in the State. "In Eastern North Carolina," says the statement, (the author evidently having confused the Western part of the State with the Eastern part) " there are many counties in which the white Republican vote far out- numbers tne white Democratic vote I aiVj th?fe ar'8 Hnin" uuf for RPT j-velt with an approach to unanimitv that is giving deep conern to the Taft people." Nineteen Miles a Second Without a jar, sliock or disturbance. i is ine awiul sped of thp piT-tli through space. We wonder at such ease of nature's movement, and so do tnose who take Dr. lying's New Life rills, o griping, no distress, just thorough work ttu-.t brings good health and fine feelings. 2oc at all druggists. Teacher Now boys, here is a little example in mental arithmetic. How ould would a person be who was born in 18of Pupil Please, teacher, was it a man or a woman? R. G. Coll ins, Postmaster, Barne gar, in. j., was troubled with a severe la grippe cough. .He says: "I would be completely exhausted after each fit of violen'c coughing. I bought a bottle of Foley's Honev and Tar Com. pound and hefore I had taken it all me cougning spells had entirely ceu. xi can De Deat. or sale bv n:u t J vjiu&uu j-rug otore. i i What dirty hands you have John nie! said the teacher. "What would you say if I came to school that way?" .."I wouldn't say nothin'." replied Johnnie. "I'd be too noli to ? . The "Child's Welfare" movemen't has challenged the attention of thoughtful people everywhere. Mo thers are natural supporters, and will find m Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound a most valuable aid. Coughs and colds that unchecked lead to croup bronchitis and pneumonia yield quickly to the heaUng and soothing qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Sold by Gibson Dm eist. i S,.t. Said tbe y5un wife Proud ly, father always gives something expensive when he gives presents." So T discovered when he , gave you ay, rejoined the young husband. ACUTE -UCCESSPO,. for acute tad&ASJtS 2"2 have been reported whr ti.. cases lief resulted from ItTuVe! - TJsm Is the successful trfAmi -"'srestlt" stomacn disorders. It r?iui 4,1 tlon Instantlr 'i JLS"?TefJ Indlges- tm, r 1. ii ... i Sold on nosltlv arspepsla. R. X. Black Ladies' Original Specialty Store Snow and winter arc still with us Only a fe-.v AND COAT SUITS left going almost at your c Best Quality OUTING GOWNS at cost. While in looking at the bargains see the NEW STYLES IN DRESSES just in from New York IIS. K. ft 4U WE HAVE JUST RECEIVXD A LARGS INVOICE OF NE'.V GENUDTil LAKE WHITE FISH Largest Size anu 1 RZSH The 1911 Catch. Wo will sell by the Full Package o:.!y v; we an accommodate you in the Size and Price LARGE BATJtELS, PRICE HALF SIZE, PRICE...... LARGE KITS.. T. SMALL KITS These Prices are very close for Cash or Barter for Country Produce. Cline Matter of Finishing the Street Line. At the metein.g of the board of al dermen last niu'ht the matter of com pleting the link between Depot and Corbin streets through the business section came up. The city expects to lay this distance with bitulithie. car company is to lay its track the same time the city -lavs the vw jov xihj Micci I coin hv llrn-netc n, r , , . ' new - street, and will be given sixty days to complete it alter they aro notified to bejrin work. . Mr. Ritchie Doing Well. Salisbury Post, 14th. Mr. Mumford Ritchie, of Concord. wno was, shot by a Mr. Hamilton i ... ' frbm whom he was collecting a about a week ago is doiner well bill at the Whiteliead-Stokes sanatorium Some one or more of his brothers have visited Mr. Ritchie daily since 1 m . " nis Deing brought to Salisbury and V his physician and his pastor have! . each paid him several visits. Th many friends of Mr. Ritchie will Mori f l-,T. mo way. to recoverv. A nH1 J M a. vum. jja uriDDC men Frenmnn j.s too oiien une iaiai seauencA nnd i. .LI. . i.l 1 - - wm COU!?hs that hflTlff nn voatron V, t ' j T" il. J A , C iii oiiu luwer iue viiai resistance. Foley's Honev anil Tar Prt,d A,8 at said time ar.d " mi WU-I VJJ LA cough promptly by healinj? ".divine fctiv oivlrj miiu ovtc U 3 v,, iiic.iuuttuiea air pass - ages and checks the cold. KeeD al - ways on nand. rtetuse substitutes. t or sale by Gibson Drug Store Both Neglected. Culver (Ind.) Citizen. There is a saying that a man who squeezes a dollar never squeezes his wife. After glancing over his sub scription books a country editor i iea to remark that there are a num- ber of good married women in his county wno are not getting the at- tention they deserve. ir i i . nave Deen surprised and dP.lii With TliA n-r-vTv4- .a! ii et ja i I plying Chamberlain 's Liniment. Not one case or rheumatism in ten ra. quires any internal treatment ir.t. ever. - This liniment U tot sale by all ucaiera. ' - George Browns, of W.U.-. hMfMV99 t!1 of hail that fell on the roof of M- 1,1, "uca as.SiX Ounces, anfl BLACK. H . $1.5 . $1.25 90 C:s & ..Moose Car HORNETS' XEST LINIMENT but W. C. Maupin, a jiro::.i , ,1 at trad marks nd enpy.tM ,i:'"i fee. Sod mortal. cki-V Vr or j h ' ' ncrlpUoa for FREE 8EARCH -'r.-i on jtnUblllty. Bnk nterrn-. PATENT8 BUILD FORTUNES you. Oar freo booklets Ml how. and Bare yem money. Write u!r D. SIVIFT &C0. n si w svs m Mt w s" r ts 303 Seventh St., Washington. D.t e SALE .OF, PERSONAL ??J0?T21 h The undersign 1 a V a. of the tst.itc I ir casn. on Ai.r ' 'lie resiaencf T ft I . . . . I T - x ... a .. 1 w snarts or faharn, -I I wi xnree snares of th I ton Mill. a lot of houh I furniture. L1A i - . ,. the it.Hant teionm to ineivu - a. ail me lanos ar. V" B:ia iois contain j or rour acres, l iIarcn 1st. 1912. ALONZO nUCKV.' J. If. W. EUDV, Admlnlstr.i For Sa A two story, ten to with. all moderen conver: tnc lights, bath room, :. waterr on a good street Qess portion of citv I Ihirty acres of land i i ivou. iLf.:i l rxi ljij U, , . - ,.i E. F. WHITE . - nrtTTn.. xktiAii ESTATE AHV rtf- You can say good-bye t o cf A , n. .'if. Lr? if ? nsA HnftTnwy!ft?n' Tah ct -r . Fs be.' -i;v tnat one Dieee fJV. 77 l. ' " " a hr& M :-il?t . j su-ry' U, 1 1 1?'" 'IW sale by all dealers.
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