MOUm AIRY, MORTIl CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1912
JVO. 47
NET DRAWS TIGHT AROUND
CLAUD ALLEN.
State Presenting' Damaging1 Evi
dence Against Young' Allen
Massie'i Chair Shown in the
Court Room to Jury.
Wytheville ,Va., May 24. The
Bullet Hcarred chair m which
Judge Ma.ssie twit at Ilillsville the
day he was killed in the court
room and for whose murder yoiui
Claud Allen one of the meiiubcrs
of the Allen clan, in being tried,
was exhibited to the jury to
show from which direct ton the
hhota had come.
Clerk Dexter Goad took the
stand against Allen. He testifi
ed! ho heard shots from the north
east corner of the court room
where, other witnesses testified
Claud Allen stood during the
hhooti.ng'.
mat Wesley ratwarda, still a
fugitive from justice, distributed
cartridges to members of the Al
len elan shortly before the shoot
in. g up of the Court, .-was tin
testimony yesterday of John Dal
ton, a younir farmer, in the cane
of Claud Allen, charged with the
murder of .Judge Massie. Dalton
also said he saw Byrd Marion
shoot several times on the court
house green and this caused the
prostitution to order the re-arrest
of Marion, who had the day he
fore been) released on bail.
Evidence strong enough, in the
Commonwealth's estimation, al
ready has been nddueed by its
testimony to semi (laud Allen to
the death chair at Richmond for
the murder of Judge Massie at
llLllsville last. March, says the
, eorreKjxmdent of the Richmond
Dinpa,teh. In his report of last
Thursday's session of the court
he says:
Two mountains of -evidence,
which, the defnese may never be
went down town in a body. Thin
was the first testimony adduced
at cither trial to show how the
Aliens had entered the court rooir
The Commonwealth always had
been able to place them in the
court room after the Aliens were
proven to be inside, but never
had it been shown they had en
tered. Gruesome reminders of the
tragedy were produced in court
to day, when Jude Massie 's
clothes; worn the day of his death,
were presented by the prosecution
an admitted as evidence. Fred
Keagle, who had helped embalm
Judge Massie 's hodv, identified
the clothes and pointed out the
bullet holes. The fatal wound
was indicated by a hole near the
seiwn of the right shoulder of the
coat, arul around the hole was a
blood spot several inches wide. A
second bullet hole was shown in
the left leaf of the trousers, and
below tlwit hole was a long streak
of blood. The bullet hole in the
right sleeve of the coat was also
surrounded by blood. Inside the
coat's right shoulder wus a
Hplotch of blood under the arm
pit. W. C. Quesinherry, former de
puty clerk of Carroll county cour
under Dexter Goad, and of whom
FIo.nl Allen said, when he testi
fiod against Floyd in his trial for
killing Foster, "he has told the
truth and nothing but the truth
and I would like to shake him by
the hand," was a witness.
Mr. Qursinberr.v told what he
saw during' the firing. He relat
ed the facts as evidenced by) other
witnesses to the tune when FLovd
rose up and said, I ain't going.
The first fire caine from the
north east corner of the court
room and many shots were fired
when I pulled out my pistol and
fired two shots at Floyd Allen,
who was stand big up he fell. My
attention was attracted bv a shot
IiA case; tsrst, uie testimony Afjwas standing near the door of
Judge. Ilolllen yesterday, when he j the jury room with 'blood stream
said: he sav Claud fire the first , bur down his face, and was verv
whot bi the Jcourt room that fate- pale and looked like he. was dvhij.
ful day, ami that he saw the bill- I raised my pistol and fired' at
l;t take effel't ui JiMdge Massie 's Friel. My pistol hunjr and I
right should.Vr; second, the tasti- could not do anv more shooting."
juony today iof John Dalton. who He said he ' saw Sidna and
said he saw UVesley Kd wards pass i ('laud Allen standing in th.i north
Kround loadcjl cartridges to the I east corner near Judjfe Massie's
rest of the nijeii now indicted for; private office. Victor Allen and
tilts llillsvillel murder iilst after V..J,.v J-M-..r.l ct.i;.,..
court had coil veiled the morning j on a bench, tn the north west side
of the tragedl. ,ut limn, ;n n.iir aiul Fimj
Just, how te defense ciui re-j Alien in the bar.
pudiate Mieh t Ytlmo,1.v is a sub-j On enws examination the wit
jfvt of conjecture. The ability j nets said many shots were fired
Cif til. lltM'VHHU flil fll.l .l.'.f..... i- ' 1. . C V - ' I T.
- l y - vnnnsc iif,ieiurt ne nrcti. i;nn not see
Flo.nt with a pistol. Saul he re
loaded Clerk (Joad'ti pistol soon
first sliot was fired at Judge
Massie ami took effect bi the
right shoulder, causing what af
terwards proved to be the fatal
wound, ha been testified to bv
Judlge I). W. liolen, the Common
wealth a first wittwsH, who haxl
been Floyd Allen's counsel at the
trial when the shooting1 took
place.
ThirdJohn Dalton ha testifi
etl t having seen Wesley Kd-
warili distribute loaded eartridgtf
to some or all of the Allem and
their clansmen) now under indict
ment for the Ilillsville murdei-H.
This formed the newest evidence
that the commonwealth has pre
sented in regard to a conspiracy
alleged against the Allen.
Fourth Claude Allen's partici
pation iii the shootbig in gen
eral and his flight.
Other damaging facts have
been brought out by" the state
piece by piece, adding to the
completeness of its case until now.
on the eve of the defense testi
mony, th'e youing defendant would
seean to have but a bare, forlorn
hope of escaping the fate of his
father, who is now under sus
pended, sentence of death for the
murder of Commonwealth Attor
ney Foster in the same tragedy.
Almost a Serious Mistake.
ivocKy iwouni jiay z.t. A mis
take which came near eliding
with serious rctfulta happejied
last night when Officers Bartho
lomew and I'arrisJi and Hennan
LivLs, a Coast Line engineer, en
tered the Church Street Grocery
company which is located on
Church street just below the de
pot, their mission being to cap
ture burgulars which were re
orted! to le in the building. The
matter was first reported to Of
ficer Bartholomew by a call boy,
who asked the officer if anyone
slept in the buildbig. The of
ficer eplie4 that , he.''.V -".
t ii iiis. ho, ine cali boy said he
had just passed there and that
some one was on the inside. The
officer immediately set out for
the scene ami at the depot he
met Mr. Lewis and asked him to
go with him. At the corner of
Church and Hammond thev
HOT CONVENTION PIOHT.
Underwafod and Wilson Suppor
ters Will Fight it Out on Flodr
Kaleigh, May 26th. That the
Democrats in convention ossein
oieu win nave a warm time is
made evident from an analysis o
(. tne returns' irom the various
count' conventions. The sena
torial issue did not figure to
large extent in many of the
counties, though the adherents of
Simmons, Clark and Kitchui test
ed their Htrength in a few eonven
t ions. The. action of these con
ventions was by no means indi
cative of what the voters will do
November 5.
The aciton of the Onslow coun
ty conveiiiton in indorsing K. M.
Kootie for speaker of the house
caused interest here. The re-en-'
trance of K. J. Justice, of Guil
ford, in the legislature has 'ed
many to believe that he might be
an aspirant for the siwakership,
and a lively fight mav result.
ror long and short terms on tl
corporation commission Geo. I
Pell, of Winston-Salem, ami
L. Travis, of Halifax, are in the
lead, and unless returns from the
other counties are more favorable
to their opponents their nomina
tion will likely be made on the
first bid lot. 8o many of the coun
ties failed to instruct, howen-er.
and any prediction as to who will
win at the final showdown is
sheer guess work. The situation
as regards the candidaten for lieu
tenant governor is much the same
and the probable action of the
state convention cannot be fore
told until the returns from all
the instructed comities are at
haiwl.
In view of the fact that Wilson
supporters were urged to have
the coji vent ion go on record for
their choice for President the re
turns cannot be yery pleasing to
them. , This $taU,rfp nrjttiea'hr
U. S. May Check Big Uprising- tn
Cuba.
Washington, May 2o. Insurree
tion and disorders in Cuba,
threatening the life and property
of Americans and believed by the
L'niteil States to be Hpreadbig
beyond the control of the Cuban
government, caused the American
government today to take active
steps in preparation to cope with
any situation which may arise in
the island republic. The third
and fourth divisions of the At
lantic battleship fleet were or
dered to take on their full quota
of marines, making a total of
L!(K). in addition to the 700 now
on the way to Guaritananio on
the irairie, and rendezvous Ht
Key h t. reiwl.v to move to
Cuba at the instant their pres
ence is needed.
In all, a dozen war ahips will
be in the immediate viebiitv of
Cuba, within a few days. The
army is prepared with an ex
peditionary force of lo.WK) men
if it is needed and general staff
plans for a campaign to stamp
out the rebellion are ready to be
put in execution at the 'call of
the president.
The insurrection and the ser
ious labor troubles, as a result of
the renewal of the, longshoremen's
MAY OFFER $5,000 REWARD
FOR SIDNA ALLEN
Effort will be Made by Court Of
ficials at Greens be ro to Have
Forfeited Bond Money Applied
as a Reward.
Greensboro, May 27. With a
view to making the price on
Sidna Allen's head a sufficient
incentive to cause a renewal of
the activities of regular officers
and powiMy entice special detec
tives into the eha-e, an effort, will
be made by officials of the l'nit
eil Sfates District Court here to
have the government offer a sup
plemental reward of $.,()) for
the catpture of the lender of the
band of Virginia outlaws who
I shot up the Carroll county court
and tor which crime Floyd Allen
is now under sentence of dcth.
Sidna Allen is under a $T,t)00
bond to appear at the regular
term of United .States District
court, which convenes hen' next
Monday. Allen had been convict
ed in this court for perjury in
connection with evidence in a
rase in which he was charged wit
counterfeiting. He was convict
ed on the jM-rjury charge a year
ago and sentenced by Judge
hoyd to serve a term in the fsi-
strike. are believed to warrant era PrifM- Pending appeal his
American preparedness. Of the J' )on' wa' f'x,'l a tiro .000. A month
two, the disturbances which nrob-1 f" nr' Sidna Allen led his band
ably will arise at the Cufban I Ult( Hdlsville the Circuit court,
ports, through the strikers' opera- slttuiK .at hielinnond. granted a
jury is doubted gefty rally by
biased followers of Uie trial.
combat it successVullv before the
uu
Dalton s testimony Vasily fur
nished the surprise ajil feature
of the court priK-eediiiVrs. He
had not testified hi FloyXl Allen's
trial, his knowledge of liny cir
cumstance in connection twith the
case nut being known at tlhe tune.
On the witness stand he Vsaid he
had been, standbig outside the
court house about 8 o'cloell on th
morning of March 14th. Ale was
a raw feet away form a circle of
' men, in the center of whicli wa
Wesley Kdwards. Surrounding
the xlwards loy, who is iitill a
fugitive, were Sidna,Claude,Floyd
Allen, Byrd Marion, Sidna Ed
ward and two others not kAown
to Dalton at the time but wliose
debcriptitxn.1 fitted Victor land
Freil Allen.
"I saw Wesley Edwards
hand into his jnickct and pull1. out
some loaded cartridges. H i g
friends .gathered close toward
him, and he passed his Handful
of cartridges to each one in turn.
i oouia not see wnieh ones took
after the shooting1
f. G. A .vers, an undertaker living-
at Ilillsville, tcsitfied that
Foster was shot twice in the ab
domen, once under arm,- once in
the head, near the ear, and once
in the left arm.
He also said he saw Claud
Allen, and Wesley Edmards i n
the street after the shooting and
. 'i i . i . ,
v iiwui resi nus pistol on a
gate post aud fire toward the
court house.
He said that Claud came
through his store, with pistol in
hand, going for his horse.
State Finishes Its Case.
Wytheville, Va., May 27. The
ComraoiKwealth rested its t&se
against Claude. Allen charged
with the murder of Judge Mas
sie this morning.
The defense legan introducing
evidence this afternoon.
While much of the evidence
introduced by the- State was
similar to that, bi the Floyd Allen
case, at the same time the hn-
ew Jersey gov
ernor a few months ago, but thete
must have been a wonderful
change in sentiment to .bring
about the present condition.
While the Princeton man may
n;ie a majority oi the people
with him. as us suimorters cmi.
........ .
toumt Otticer Parrish, who also j tend, very few people believe tin
.v. . .,,.,,., (4 imm. i jmhi reaenuii i "ne comeiiuon win go on re-,
the store they foiuid a hole in ; 'inl for hun. It is believed that
tli f 1 1 4i i .... it . i i i i l. . i . . mi
.... i.-.Mi uial iooKe(I!'"e i'iuocrais Will selitl ail nil-1 .,; l- f
liL-ii ... !,,... i - i -i ' . iii . ... ... ! "'in tiLsi.ru t.
....v ii niiiiu uu.t- iicch matin will '"-.ii in itti uciegituou to uie lial
a eiulgel. Mr. Lewis was station-1 timore couA eiiiton.
ed at the front dcor ami Mr.!
Parisli was sent around tol.
watch the back door, while Mr ' ImPcant Labor Decision, by the
ltarthelomew entered the stori Supreme Court.
oy trie Jiole m the glass. M
Bartholomew states that on
tions, are believed to be the more
immediate and clangerou element
in the situation.
It is believed that the mere
presence in such ports of one or
more of the American war ships
by its moral effect would prevent
violent demonstration by the dis
orderly element.
Should this not be sufficient,
i . irse will be had to the marine
fo. on each oi the battle ships.
Th Sore- .Atiivici'A-f W..vup "
pie tpd by hundreds of blue
jackeio if necessary.
new trial and this was to have
been given at the term of court
beginning next Monday. The
bond is signed by Siilna ami
Floyd Allen and three other Car
roll county men. When it is de
clared forfeited it is said District
Attorney llolton will recommend
that it be offered by the govern
ment s a reward. This recom
mendation, it is said, will also
have.the approval of Judge Boyd.
I' A very unusual case was dec id-
en- : Oil
r " di.j.l ,n- Mn iiie.itnii
. .i .. . . v
iu a man lyiag behind the
coun
ter with a shotgim aimed at
I'n. I he officer immediately
covered the man with Jiis revol
ver anl ordered him to come out
This, the man did with liw gun
still covering the officer. When
the man s-aw that it was the offi
cers, Jie lowered bus gun and
wlm Mr. Beartholomew went for
ward to arrest him, he found that
the suppostd burgular was a clerl
m the store. Mr. Hinnnat, who
was the clerk stated that he
heard the burglars at work in
the store earlier in the nigh? and
that he had scared thtm off and
that he had then returned to his
room ami gotten his gun and
came back and waited in the
store for the return of the bur
glars and when the officer en
tered he thought it was the bur
glar and came near firing
o f
II.
d Ls
Air em-
jlvorth Carolina Monday. K
Seward, an engineer, was
charged by the Seaboard
Lbie IUilroad and sought
ployment with other railroads.
These ailroads requested his
record from the Seaboard and
having secured his record, they
refused to eiugage his services.:
He brings suit for damages
agabist the Seaboard Air Line
llailroad. The trial judge whe
was presiding at the Wake comi
ty bupenor court granted a mo
i.uuo underwood Boosters To
Baltimore Firm Georgia.
At hunt a. (in Mm- 9i; n.-
Champ Clark Candidate for Re- gu's delegation to' the' Demo-
turn to CongTess. jeratic. national convention at
Washington, Mav LM-Champ ' Hali!I0''c will be escortctl by a
Clark has decided" to file his : s,,wlal art' nf 1-,,0,) l!n,1''r-iM-titiou
as a ciuididate forJ wod "dhiKiitsts, Avho will take
membership in the house of rep-! Wlt,h. t,u'm ,nri'e brtls ,,a,uis a,ld
resentatives in the Ninth Mis-iil flt, a"l llnuu corl il WM
He will jnmear a!t ! J"eed to.Jay. Iwo ptvi.,1
a contestant for the congressional n'iU"-s 01 I,liU''', coaches will W
nomination ninteen days before ' c,,arten''1 the trip and ar
the Democratic convention meeU ! r.a,,ir,?n,',lts ,na,le ,,or
bi Haltimore. r'ie "rooters to occuy the
Mr. Clark's decision has spread ' r during their stay in Hal
dismay among his friends and
has overcome his opponents ,vith
bewildennent and joy. He is in
the lead in the race for the nomi
nation. Nobody else is in gun
shot of hbu, except Governor Wil
son. who has only 15o.
1'nder the Missouri law, candi
dates for congress must file de
clarations of their andidaciea six
day before the primaries. The
last day of filbig will be June 8,
ami before that date Speaker
Clark's declaration will be on file!
Inere is no doubt about it
It was made public last night bv
the Missouri delegates, who ask-
tion of nonsuit and he appealed. him to become a candidate
him
on
Poker Game Interrupted While
Hold-Up Men Do The
Robbing-.
Winning, Man., May 2."ith.
While
cartrulircs. wni tliA liii..m ..pi
Dalton "s testimony. He said j ressiou smus to bt' lfener.il that
later
a whil
4 i o 1
ii m . 1 una iiirii iiti tup ic . w
to the court room, and he turn-' T . P;lTU0Uiar. B very
cd and calhsl back to the others: , tlaf afirf . ,
"I'll let von all know." ' U lonks mnv lf ,h1 y""R
Attorney Willw fni. A!tHtUl W1U iouow rioyti to tlie
.... tin .i. i
fense. lnborrvl miTifnlli- ! cnaxr. (
im Dalton on eross-er.-iminan:.,. . 1 he remaining mewbrs ot th.
Utt the witness refusal to l , , Ian ,,ow Ul jail u )H M
ct..l. :..n.. m r . until ,Iidy tcrni of court.
Wi va, develo,,l der en Volts' of State ' Case l-V!'; Mm tHl every
to tlie Supreme court, and thev
granted him a new trial. Justice
Allen writes tlie opinion for the
Supreme court and Justice Brown
writes a dissenting opinion.
The statute xuider which this
action was brought is chapter
8f8, Laws 1009. which is. as fol
1 All M
lows: jt any person; agent,
company or corporation, after
having discharged any employe
from his or its service, shall pre
vent or attempt to prevent, by
word or writing of any kind, such
discharged employe from obtain
ing employment with any other
person, company or corporation,
lor congress.
"I've got a maj.rity of the
delegates so far elected to Balti
more," tlie speaker said today,
"but I haven't got a majority of
the convention, and I haven't' got
the two-thirds . It takes two
thirds to nominate. In case I
am not nominated for president.
tho people of my district want
me to nui for congress again.
Why shouldn't I become, a candi
date for congress. Can you tell
ft- .w stronger ease has been made! "bile a number of wealthy
ale about witnesses in FlovdV 0ut.arau,lst Jounr man than I "nuupeg residents were engag-j shall le guilt y of a misdemeanor,
. Floyd started up the st'e.vs i ,ajl1!it. F1 d'. Jm'e t vi- j T1 m, a Pa'1,p f V'r lt night jnd shaU be punUhcd by a fine
i jiou-i, me room was in- j not exceeding five hundred dol
viuled by a couple of "hold-up" j Lire, and such person, agent, com
pany or corjoration shall be ,li-
1 nave a fJU outfit of tobacco
nianuoaeturing Wifmery that is: and ,vhew.. he-. frt sHw it the
commonly used iSJ bU mnu-1 snake.' warfoili: with its mouth.'
fctunnr . estaUluW -haf I open, lookup liiin Straight iu- the
At the iHiint of revolvers th, in
Notice.
tm lore.
The delegates to the national
convention will be 'named at the
State convention to be held Wed
nesday and will be instructed for
Underwood in accordance with
the results of the presidential pre
ference primary held May 1.
While Georgia Is entitled to 28
votes, the delegation will probabl
number about forty, because of
the great demand for credentials
to the convention.
District delegations with the
exception of those from the
fifth, which were named Satur
day at causes to be held prior to
l)ie convention.
The feature of the State gath-"
ering is expected to be the fight
to be wagtd by Thomas E. Wat
son, one time Populist candidate
for the presidency, for a seat
on the Georgia delegation. Wat
son has announced his intention
of going to Baltimore for the
purpose of continuing his fight
against William Jennings Bryan.
Alleghany Man "Charmed"
a Snake.
By
Sparta Star.
Sam Brown, while out in the
field gruMibig Monday, waa
"charmed" by a pilot aiake. He
thing In sight,' ineludiin
elimination that the Aliens Ul; First-The fact that Chude 1 f ' "unS "'l""
tratcd at the corner acros, th.- Vlmwn bv a number of witnesses T ,n It ? n J'
.trcerfro the court houand j-Seco, l ly
rostniater
Carters Milk. Vi
of any 'poTnjsint- or,, eprporntion
frrrm inforrning.' in'1 Writing, ufnui
request, any othc-r pon.- eoni-l
p:Uiy, hr corporation to whom! Now is the Urae to get rid of your
RUch di hargrd person or era-! rehumatlsin. Ton can do it by ap
plore lias annltr-d for' .mmlftvJfJ111 OhamtHain' Liniment n.i
ment, a truthful Statement of ' 2 ! J
tne reason of such discharge. ert.
It wetr. him and the snake and at
tractetl the snake's attention
Then he. van able to getaway..
IIo. was strajigcly" affected , atid
could hardly get home, a dis
tance of only, a few hundred
yards, without staggerir-tf and
falling, and since h h
1
right sick.