Show ASSAS ASSASSINATE A TE THE JUDGE 1 u t I SHERIFF SHER SH THE PROSECUTOR THE I. I CLERK A AND ND ONE E JUROR I l 2 IN N IN VIRGINIA VIRGiNI A. A t COURTROOM I Mountaineer Outlaws Outlaws Outlaws' Use Revolvers When v Friend Is Sentenced Va ira March farch 14 In In a flame of unprecedented outlawry the outlawry the entire human fabric of the Carroll county circuit co court courtin rt in session in-session session h here re today oday was wiped out by by- assassination Just Just- Justas as Judge Thornton Massie Massic had sentenced Floyd Allen t to ono year in prison for aiding in th the escape of a county prisoner two oi i r Allens Allen's 5 br brothers and several of th friends opened fire with wit re Judge Jude Massip l Jell fell dead in his place on the bench on on the fil first firt t volley Then the weapons were turned on Commonwealths Commonwealth's Att Attorney r- r ney fey William Foster and h he sank to the floor with several bullets in his hi brain death being instantaneous Sheriff Lewis W who iho made a r f-r frantic effort to reach the ringleaders was shot dead dead before re he hc had taken ten steps Several r of the jurors who had tried the case ease were wounded wo n seriously J. 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H Blankenship p probably fatally Dexter Goad clerk of the court ras was cas soot shot shot shot-in in t the e nock and Juror Douglass also was wounded during the fighting in the courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room and both died late t today clar This makes a total of five dead up to tc this time tinie The Thc Aliens including the prisoner onor and ad their friends after aftel the I II I lulling of df f the sheriff backed ed slowly out ut of f the room holding all pursuers in check at the point o of revolvers Once outside they made a 3 dash for the mountains on horseback I A p posse of f citizens was Vas soon oo m in pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit wit and fl reports here zere that thai one of ot the mountaineers h has been wounded Jn i a 2 hattle H l passe I Special of O officers arc arc arc being b ig rashed in ito into tb the county to help in runn funning Dg down the tb murderers murderer G Governor v Mann Mannis is h t two o c companies of militia in inre re readiness in ut c case se the Aliens and their friends frient rather gather recruits recruit in the mountain moun tain fastness esS- esS I Hillsville is in R H. remote quarter fifteen fifteen hf- hf teen n miles les from Barren Springs the nearest ra railroad station tation and outside help belp will be he late lato in arriving Brothers Arrive Early The scene e of the tile wholesale murder was wae the quiet little old fashioned red redbrick redbrick redbrick brick count county courthouse Hillsville beIn be be- In inc ina the seat of Carroll country There Thore had been reports that an nn attempt might be ma made e to rescue Allen Alien U n who himself had bad aided a pr prisoner friend recently re to escape from the county eel cers Th The trial has s boon been in progress for several se days however without t any indication of any riny car carefully prepared pro plan of the Allen brothers and their as as- sedates Floyd Allen had bad been found guilty and bad had been called for sentence today today today to to- day Tho The stuffy little courtroom with its coal oal crude crudo furniture was crowd crowded d. d Sidney and Jack Allen were among amons the first arrivals and were seen seem to take their places near the rail Tail marking mark mark- int jn ing the tho uro for t and ana counsel eD engaged aged in in the case cass Standing near bv by were ere their associates and friends friend from irom the tue Blue Ridge moun talus about the son sen Jud Judge o Massie Nassie went of the r in the usual manner but the Words one year athard athard at athard hard labor had scarcely v hi hiHI hii u the crack of ot a n there came lip HI when revolver ro In ui an instant this WitS followed fol fol- fol owed lowed by a n volley of shots bote lb and the theU U crp lP who vho had bad partly ripen D at aLte the fir first firt t shot fell feU dead dealt and ble bleeding ait on OD the bench Commonwealths Commonwealth's a Att Attorney rne Foster wa WU wax Bitting m directly in ii front of tl the b ch and tie ie Wa was t leade I f bail lail of tHe tJi outlaws Tile The Aliens ns and their friends must have been well wen armed f for r it seemed se med to spectators who Tho cs escaped ap d from the bloody courtroom that fully one hundred shots were fired Bred The jurors wounded were struck during dur duro ing first t fusillade but Sheriff Webb whipping out M his own gun gini made for Floyd Fiord d. d who had haJ joined in the tile shooting hootin with an oath and a declaration that he be would n never ner er go o to jail The officer was stopped by bya bJ a storm torm of bullets and ana crumpled Crum crum pled pIed d dad in a heap bean on the tho floor By this time the shooting in the courtroom had become general and thoro was a wild rush of the unarmed w t for windows and doors I Judge e l Massie lusie usie was was one of oh the most prominent jurists of the state state- and recently re reo was considered for promotion to the Vir Virginia inin supreme court He was as appointed appoint d to tho bench by Governor Swanson in iDOL 1008 OS W was wasS S 18 y years year u old and is survived hed by a a. widow two eons Bons and a daughter au ht T. T Commonwealth eath Attorney Foster ha had bad held hi his office for ei eight bt y years ars Ho He was 40 10 years of a ago ace o and known as a prosecutor He was a a. Republican loader leader load lead er in the county Sheriff Webb bad had been a a. deputy for fifteen n or twenty years before being elected sheriff l last st t November |