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Show pll pniEO 1EN J TRIAL BEGINS Hjnia Outlaw Faces Jury-'Mn Jury-'Mn With Expression of avity and Displays Nervousness. TE'S ATTORN FY Scorches feudist fcses for the Prosecution the Story 0!' the Mur-f Mur-f of Judge Massie and bther Court Officers. fenaiion-il Now- Set ' " KllKVII-!-K V:i M-ty -' Fh -..' Alien, t ri -i 1 njTie of Vir- riniV-'1 ' ' : hills, to'lav, L prnWibly for ti'p Hrst time 111 .his Hfe. rti-ivf'l " a ro,ili?a(ion Hfl(eri)il.niiii"ii r ii.f l,iw when i! 6h the man -'io has taken human Reto ks". v ' ''' n'-'l; Of i minor ..fTeno. .Mho and III.-" L ,i . linn : ..oi- o n haml:-fa) haml:-fa) tlielr simi until four of their pre Hii'l an speetal t ch,1 Today, pumped up In an jjglr to alleviate I Ik- puin of his KnmlF. AHii heard h new prosec-is- Ktytroiial:. !' mm 0 him as the nspirator nf the most atrocious In (lie l'iF('i; of (ho t. .old ; heard f his own reclon and kind twr-Ltl twr-Ltl uf the prisoner's cun-nhiy n pslvn of his la.-t appearance in Ed of his th'" Is l" l-:dl. hot I l.e-Inri l.e-Inri after (ho Hlil.-vlllo tuigedy. Bts no detianre in Allen's eounte-K eounte-K ho heard t h r- re It. .Is He KrCflglon 1 1 1 giavltv :iinl wax KFrequi'iith- !..- in .eo1 Kent Is Read. Rmi Ohm 1 i 1 -1 1 : V" Rtl'H'. 1 ';)! t 1 iu : : II o clt'ii'i hi,., ven. T ,. n 11011 1 '-ftp? '-ftp? Staphs look i is Mace ii I !n In I'M eJcrk p: oi -tJciJ to read lh Kt Upon svl-,;, 1. Allen . ill I,., l ri' .1 JU .Allen with thr' murder C'otn-.-.MU' I". Foster lUtfce'.'-iv.: 11 i i iiii: - Jtop'n 'i 1 "M1 WAS tjjf gKphlrtx nihio , ,;fclrL: t !. M'l-''n- ) hi i lOSS,BSef''n',n"t ",iKhl '"' iBgdegrep rii.ir.ir-i. tflfjBfoii.-.. .. i f , I J '-'fclmpi im, i , Kyears. voi,,,,t;,n miislaughl". . 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Guii(J "nm 1 l,"'lr'M r";" ,illlf;d h"r' h" i, tTu' :,a;l h"cn ;i1'0' noS((4Kt I, " f Ml1111- a Pillar 'V !-n S'JJK k"" f".3E( c,-""'"ov. at to,, time t'P. 5B. ?' "" 11,1,1 h,rn Fl.n-.l A). ,fl0t ftKlVi xhat Claud.. ''BtfE rii:'1 "IB 1oyd Allrri at "'''rirB,"' V,"f"r l,,fl H.'V.l Mlr.n ''SK I iPI'f,lr-'1 imr..rilt,.v Allen Gang Leader Who I Is On Trial FLOYD ALLEN. FLOYD ALLEN IS ON p FOB HIS LIFE (Continued from Page One.) - you I ain't ajroln' to go. The shooting st-nrted Immediately I saw Floyd Allen unhutton his sweater and take his pistol from his vest pocket." Alleged Threat. .Tudee Bolen was severely cross-examined by the defense, hut his story could 1 not he shaken. 8. B weddell was the principal witness at the afternoon session. Weddell Is a I former resident of HUlsvlIle and he saw Floyd Allen there the day before the I tragedy. Allen told him that day, the I witness declaredi "J will kill Bill Foster hefore the sun goes down tomorrow night ; if l am convicted." Weddell said he had always been a close friend of the prisoner. Developing the conspiracy angle of their 'H.se. the prosecution then called io the stand T S Pouhon. a mountain youth i and neighbor of Floyd Allen. Couhon j-ald he was in HHlaville ai the December term of court when he overheard a conversation con-versation between one Sanders McMlllcn i and Floyd Allen. Pointing toward the court house, ;i.ecordlng to the witness. Allen said: "If I don't get a fair trial up there, I will make the blgtrcst hole In that I courthouse of any that has ever been i there." McMlllcn replied. "Floyd, let that he the Ihs1. thing you e er do. " Allen re-pll'd "1 will do It." Coubon stoutly adhered to his statement, state-ment, despite a grilling cross-examination. Juror on Stand. James N. Barly, one of the jurors who found Allen gui't. was next called to the ct,T..i and he described the shooting as follows : "When the verdlol was pronounced i saw the prisoner gel up from his chair He said. I won't stand for it.' or something some-thing like that. He then begnn to unhutton un-hutton his sweater. He was slow in Ker-tint: Ker-tint: his gun out The firing hud already al-ready commenced. I got out of the 1 eourtroom Just as fast as I COUld, On I the court lawn I encountered Floyd Allen Al-len He said to me: "'There is ne of the damned rascals. 1 I'll get you, too," whereupon he fired I two shots at me. Neither hit me. I dodged and tan." Barly added that he saw Allen shoot In the direction of the witness box. Early's testimony was eorroborated in detail by W. F. Nestor, another mem -I ber of the Jury. He said Allen fired at 1 'cast one shH . w, f Cooley upsrlntendent of the Carroll counts schools, testified that I Alien had complained to him some j months ;i--o that Commonwealth Attor-ney Attor-ney Poster had written a letter to a .friend referring to him in uncomplimentary uncomplimen-tary terms and Allen had threatened to tret even. Whether the two men bad e er had an Interview on the subject Cooley did not know. |