Nonetheless, the grand jury indicted Floyd Allen, Sidna Allen and Barnett Allen for interfering with the deputies, and Floyd Allen was also indicted for assault and battery upon Samuels. He has a wonderful essay in there titled The American Geographies. He speaks of the need to understand the stories, the voices of memory over the land. I think that is why I always insist on exploring my neighborhoods by walking (or on bicycle) and reading about them. [24], Yet another lawyer who witnessed the shooting, W. A. Daugherty of Pikeville, stated that several young men were standing on court benches at the back of the room firing their pistols "like Custer's cavalrymen at the Little Big Horn". Floyd had been seriously wounded. Now, the manner by which he freed them depended on who was telling the story. Being from below the mountain, as Carroll Countians described the community, the Allens and neighbors were cut off from the county seat in Hillsville, which in the late 1800s and early 1900s was a two-day horse ride over the peak through Fancy Gap. ")[1] Floyd Allen stated that only then did he draw his own revolver and begin shooting. Those old papers were lost or stolen, Horney replied. Sadler pored over available documents from the murder trials, but he lamented that many original 1912 exhibits were lost. Family loyalty also played a role as the Allen/Edwards family stuck together to protect the Edward boys and later Floyd. In response, the judge told the two men that if the law could not be faithfully enforced in Carroll County by the county's deputized officers he would bring in state troops if necessary to maintain order. His brother, Sidna? View Map and Driving Directions Phone: (276) 728-2594 WYTHEVILLE, Va., Nov. 22. Most of the Allens and their cohorts escaped initially, but an emergency call to Virginia Gov. Governor Mann, who had received death threats in the same handwriting as the threats previously delivered to the trial judge, had to cut short a trip to Pennsylvania after learning his Lieutenant Governor, James Taylor Ellyson (18471919), had attempted to commute the Allens' sentences in his absence, instigating a brief constitutional power struggle between the two men. He borrowed a .38 automatic from another cousin, Church Alderman. In some ways, the county never recovered from that day. William Hodges Mann from Hillsvilles one outside line brought the famed Baldwin-Felts detectives to town the next day. He found the murder indictment against Sidna Allen, Floyds brother who would be convicted and serve more than 13 years in prison. Floyd Allen's son, Victor, bought his father's house so his mother would not have to move. A Journey to and Beyond the Blackboard - Kim Johnson 2021-07-25 Kim Johnson, or 'Sir', has spent his life striving to achieve outstanding The property is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The animosity derived from a feud between Thomas father, George W. Thomas, and Floyd Allen. - William Fosters daughter, Aline, married George Ellison Bud Edwards in 1917. For example, Betty Ayers, who was killed in the courthouse tragedy, was a 4th cousin to Dexter Goad (clerk of court), 4th cousin, twice removed, from Woodson Quesenberry (deputy clerk), 2nd cousin, twice removed, from Floyd Allens wife and a 3rd cousin to the Edwards brothers, Wesley and Sidna. He was convicted and executed for murder in 1913 after a sensational courthouse shootout the previous year that left a judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and two others dead, although the validity of the conviction has been a source of debate within Carroll County for decades. Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court; Videos; The Holstein Dilemma. After close to a year of delays, Floyd was finally brought to trial on March 13, 1912. Blacksburg-based autonomous vehicle firm Torc to acquire Canadian company; more . Its small enough for that to be possible I suspect. Allen was noted for his generosity, but also his quick temper and easily injured pride. Seems like everybody from Carroll County has some connection to this story. Sidna Allen received a 35-year prison sentence, his nephews Wesley and Sidna Edwards and Friel Allen got lesser sentences. There were, however, nearly 20 Allen men among the spectators in the courtroom. Sidna Allen was never tried for his part in the altercation, while Barnett Allen was acquitted at trial. A nation-wide manhunt was called for by the Governor of Virginia which lasted six months. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/56171 Ft: Aussens@iter (tobias_weber), Gerd Kohlmeier, Audio Podcast WordPress Theme By VWThemes, Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers Killed August 1, 1921, World War I Anti-Conscription Movement 1917, https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/49746687/download.mp3, The Hatfields and the McCoys: After the Feud, http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284. "The Courthouse Massacre? That said, I am glad to have read the book and Ive learned more about this area. Jack Allen denied all responsibility for the allegations of intimidation, which he stated were untrue and insisted neither he nor his brother was guilty of wrongdoing. The Commonwealth of Virginia posted rewards ($1000 for Sidna Allen, $1000 for Sidna Edwards, $800 for Claud Allen, $500 for Friel Allen, and $500 for Wesley Edwards) - dead or alive. The new system appointed a full-time judge to hold court at scheduled intervals in a circuit of several counties. (Interesting Southwest Virginia side note: Initially, Floyds nephew Barnett Allen, the grandfather of legendary Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, was charged along with his uncles Floyd and Sidna for taking the Edwards boys from the deputies. [1], In his testimony at his murder trial, Floyd Allen admitted he had fired at Deputy Clerk Quesinberry and again twice more at other unknown persons once he had left the courthouse.[28]. The trouble started with a kiss. 12 talking about this. Howard Gilmer had traveled to Hillsville with Massie because he had a case pending in court. Fearful of the Allens' reaction, and having received death threats, many officials of the court armed themselves. Now, thanks to Gerald Goads interest in this, the return of these documents can be part of a healing process. While the one Allens name is Floyd, there is also a town of Floyd and Floyd County to the north of Carroll County. Movies. "[4], Judge Jackson recalled a trial in 1904 in which Allen was convicted of assaulting a neighbor, Noah Combs. Many accounts claim that Allen initiated the confrontation by pulling a gun in court. On March 28, 1913, barely a year after the bloodshed in Hillsville, Floyd and Claude Allen were executed in the same electric chair. Virginia law held that when a sheriff died his deputies lost all legal powers, so the shooting left Carroll County without law enforcement. Located in the Fancy Gap community near I-77 Exit 14. [citation needed], On the following Monday, Wesley and Sidna Edwards were turned over to the court by Floyd Allen, and the two Edwards brothers were soon tried and convicted of their crimes. The exciting story of the Allen family and the officials who tried to bring them to justice. [37] Allen's death sentence was deeply unpopular with Allen supporters in the county, but many other residents were unsympathetic, surprised by the deaths of so many people over Floyd Allen's refusal to serve a year in prison. The historical society held a symposium that featured several speakers, and a play about the tragedy called Thunder in the Hills, written by Carroll County author/playwright/orchardist Frank Levering, was performed before sold-out audiences in the courtroom of the old courthouse where the shootout happened. Careful who you kiss, huh? Was Clerk of Carroll County Circuit Court During the Famous Allen Trial. Soon afterwards, folks dug bullets buried in the walls as souvenirs. One day in the fall of 2016, when Sadler was in Wytheville doing more research on a Friday afternoon, Horney called him into his office. Maybe so, but people just keep coming back to this story. The words, the handwriting and the language remind us that these people long dead and seemingly characters set in stone like the Confederate statue that still stands in front of the old courthouse were human beings caught up in a cataclysmic tragedy. Atop a shelf, he saw what looked like a drawer among the boxes. As the smoke cleared the sheriff, judge, and the common wealth attorney all lay dead. The exciting story of the Allen family and the officials who tried to bring them to justice. [citation needed], Floyd Allen was tried for the first-degree murder of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster. An Appalachian Feud Blows Up in 1912 Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime In Carroll . Sadler knew that tragic story, and he understood his familys connection to it. Howard Gilmer testified during the subsequent murder trials about the judges fatal bullet wound. Contents 1 Early life and activities 2 Arrest of the Edwards brothers 3 Indictment 4 Trial and shooting 5 Manhunt People were struck, some were wounded, some killed instantly. Contact us: By Mail PO Box 937 - Hillsville, VA 24343 | By Phone (276) 728 4113 | By Email carrollmuseum@yahoo.com | On Facebook https://facebook.com/CarrollMuseum | Or come visit us in the Historic Courthouse at: 515 North Main Street - Hillsville, VA 24343. [23], Another prosecution witness was Floyd Allen's other attorney, Walter S. Tipton. Democratic Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle pardoned Friel Allen and Sidna Edwards in 1922. On the cold spring morning of March 14, 1912, shots rang out in the tiny, rural, mountain town of Hillsville, Virginia. [2], Deputy Samuels was left lying unconscious in a ditch, and his horses were run off. Carroll County Clerk of the Circuit Court Gerald Goad sits behind the drawer that holds long-lost documents from the murder trials that followed the infamous "Courthouse Massacre" in 1912. In March 1912, there was a shooting at the Carroll County, Courthouse in Hillsville, Virginia. For a while, Hillsville was at the top of the nation's newspaper. See details- ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - HILLSVILLE 1912: A SHOOTING IN THE COURT: A FAMILY BECAME Buy It Now Add to cart Watch Sold bymoviemars (2843836)97.1% Positive feedbackContact seller About this product Product Identifiers Record Label CD Baby UPC 0884501678674 eBay Product ID (ePID) 28046038825 Product Key Features Artist Conner & Miller Format The identification label on the drawer bore a large A and an X. Horney pulled the label out from its slot, flipped it over and read the typed words on the other side: (Claudes name was frequently spelled with and without an E.). Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, some jurors and others shot on the conviction of Floyd Allen for a felony. B. Marshall testified that when the shooting started he turned to escape the courthouse. - After the shootout ended, people in Hillsville were afraid the Allen family would come back into town and kill everyone in sight. The courtroom buzzed. Sidna Allen maintained until the end of his life that this informant was Maude Iroller, Wesley's fiancee, who provided information on the fugitives' location in exchange for $500 from the detective agency. 23 school districts remove challenged books from library shelves; more . He began his sentence in August 1913, and died of pneumonia in prison on November 25, 1913.[A]. Elizabeth Ayers, a 19-year-old subpoenaed witness who had testified against Floyd Allen, was shot in the back while trying to leave the courtroom, and died at home the next day. There it was, the script of a doomed man, written in the final minutes of his life. [21] After three wrongful death lawsuits by the victims' estates and survivors, that property was confiscated and sold at auction, forcing Sidna Allen's wife and two small daughters to live in rented quarters and work at menial jobs until Sidna's eventual pardon. [30], At Claud Allen's trial for the murder of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster, Judge David W. Bolen was again the prosecution's star witness. Late in the day March 13, the jury had not reached a verdict, so Judge Massie sent them to the nearby Thornton Hotel for the night. Again it is . Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court at Amazon.com. Deputy Clerk Dexter Goad admitted firing the second shot at Floyd, striking him in the pelvis. The judge hopes that since the normal court opening time is 9 a.m. the Allen case can be dispensed with rapidly and the normal caseload handled in due time. Most likely, someone had intentionally hidden the drawer to keep people from pawing through and perhaps removing the papers. Wesley, the story goes, shucked a red ear of corn and proceeded to kiss the girlfriend of a Thomas boy who he did not like. Photo courtesy Carroll County Historical Society and Museum Howard Gilmer was a young attorney and protege of Judge Thornton Massie, who cradled the dying judge during his last moments in the courtroom. HILLSVILLE Howard Sadler held the last words of a dead man in his hands. [2] Sentenced to a $100 fine and one hour in jail for wounding Jack, Floyd refused to go, saying that he "would never spend a minute in jail as long as the blood flowed through his veins". Hall himself had asked Horney, who died in 2020, about the whereabouts of the trial exhibits while doing his own research. Mr. Allen stood and declared, "Gentlemen, I ain't a goin'." Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. In his defense testimony, Floyd Allen stated that Sheriff Lew F. Webb fired first, but that the shot missed Allen, at which point Deputy Clerk Goad, the Clerk of Court, fired and hit Allen, causing him to fall. [citation needed], Cousins Claud Allen and Sidna Edwards were soon arrested after a brief search. [11] There was only one set of handcuffs, and because Sidna Edwards had tried to escape a couple of times, Wesley was handcuffed in the front seat of the buggy and Sidna was tied in the back seat. Did Floyd force their release or were they released into his custody? An Allen or a member of the court? There is a story of where I live now that has never been written about that I have found very fascinating and have extensive notes on it. He had them handcuffed and tied up with a rope. I bet there are lots of tales about Rochester, NY and the surrounding area that would make good reads as well. Later, the Thomas boy and others scrapped with the Edwards boys outside a church service, with the Edwards brothers getting the best of their rivals. [6] Governor Mann refused a request to commute the death sentences to life imprisonment, and Floyd Allen was electrocuted on March 28, 1913, at 1:20PM. Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court (2011) Plot Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries On the cold Spring morning of March 14th, 1912 shots rang out inside the tiny mountain courtroom. When the men were buried, it was beneath one final statement of defiance. The jury could not agree on a verdict immediately as the trial ended, and were sequestered in a local hotel overnight. At the 2020 census the population was 186247.5 Located in the [32], Victor Allen, whose pistol was used in the courthouse shooting, said he saw Wesley Edwards from outside the courtroom firing a revolver through the courthouse window and over spectators' heads just after the shooting began, and later saw Edwards run from the courthouse together with Sidna Allen. Their trials took place in Wytheville. Two of the participants were executed and the others received lengthy prison sentences. [2] Deputy Samuels pulled a gun (later determined to be inoperative) and ordered Floyd to move away, and Floyd rode back past the buggy to Sidna's store where he then blocked the narrow road with his mare. The pop of a single revolver. Elian Gonzalez is a more recent example. [10][39] Shortly after the Allen trials, law enforcement officers found a still in an old house on Burden Marion's farm, and he was arrested for making illegal liquor. You do have some interesting local history. - Andrew Howlett, one of the spectators who was wounded during the Courthouse Tragedy, was a brother to Mack Howlett, who shot and killed Carr Allen in 1898. Petty also witnessed a pistol duel between Sidna Allen and Deputy Clerk Dexter Goad. Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court, is a documentary feature concerning the Carroll County Courthouse shootings that occurred in Hillsville, Virginia. A recent documentary film "Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court" won an independent film award last year and will be shown this week in Hillsville. [36], For their roles in the shooting, Floyd and Claud were sentenced to death by electrocution. When all the smoke cleared, there were five dead, seven wounded. In the space of 90 seconds, 57 bullets were fired into the Hillsville courthouse, killing five men and wounding three more. PARROW'S TRIAL POSTPONED Chicago Lawyer Will Not Appear Be fore Jan. 6. His grandfather had taken the round from the courthouse the day of the killings. [11][10][40][41] A dispute arose between McGraw and Jack Allen about the Hillsville tragedy; during the confrontation McGraw drew a gun and shot Allen twice, killing him on the spot. We depend entirely on donations. Floyd Allen was the first to be brought to trial on a charge of murdering Judge Massie, Sheriff Webb, and Commonwealth's Attorney Foster. - Almost everyone in Carroll County is related to everyone else. [4], In another instance, while arguing over the administration of their father's estate, Allen got into a gunfight with his own brother, Jasper, known as "Jack", a local constable. Yep, I think we do have similar tendencies. Wesley and Sidna would be charged with assault, but before they could be arrested, they dashed across the state line, where Carroll County lawmen could not apprehend them. - Lewis Franklin Webb, the County Sheriff killed in the Courthouse Tragedy, had just taken office in January of 1912, but had been a deputy numerous times. Also, there were places where the author seemed to go out onto a tangent, such as explaining how electrocution became a means of capital punishment used on Floyd and Claude. With the entry of the United States into World. In the second, a husband, Spread the loveOne hundred five years ago this month opposition against the draft was coming to a boil, including in Appalachia. Hall thinks that Sheriff Webb, who was carrying a borrowed gun, might have fired accidentally. [10] Rather than face arrest, the two men fled over the state line to North Carolina, where they found jobs in a granite quarry. The author is honest and at many times in the book admits we wont know for sure what happened. Please visit their website for more information. [29] Marshall then related that Sidna Allen's bullet buried itself in the window about six inches above his head. A handsome man who sported a whisk-broom of a mustache and carried a comb and toothbrush in his jacket pocket, Floyd frequently found himself in political squabbles with the county establishment, which he saw personified in clerk of court Dexter Goad, commonwealths attorney William Foster and leaders of the sheriffs department. I like that youre reading up on your new home. He asked her if she was hurt or mashed and her sister-in-law responded that she was just scared. The last and fifth shot went into the calf of the leg and when his trousers were removed, a .32 caliber bullet was discovered. The following two tabs change content below. I recently learned that our town had a number of hiding spots on the Underground Railroad. The town's name was changed to Hillsville in the late 1820s to honor a local family. - Sidna Edwards presence at Floyd Allens trial was requested by Floyds lawyers. [1] Allen, who was before the bar for sentencing after being convicted of taking a prisoner from a deputy sheriff, allegedly triggered the shooting at the Carroll County Courthouse in Hillsville on March 14, 1912. Eventually, Carroll County deputies Thomas Pink Samuels and Peter Easter nabbed the brothers in North Carolina, shackled them and loaded them on a wagon for the long ride up the mountain, passing by Sidna Allens home and store in Fancy Gap where they were met by none other than a hot-tempered Floyd Allen, who was angered that his kinfolk were hog-tied in a wagon like livestock being carted to market. Preserve America is a federal initiative that encourages and supports community efforts to preserve and enjoy our priceless cultural and natural heritage. To be honest, nothing in the more than 180 pages of court papers adds any new information to the well-researched story of the shootout and its equally tragic aftermath. [34] Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards then left Virginia, eventually reaching Des Moines, Iowa. Judge Bolen confirmed his prior testimony that he saw Claud Allen fire the first shot at Judge Massie from the courtroom's northeast corner, whereupon Claud advanced toward the court officers to where Commonwealth's Attorney Foster was standing. In March 1912, there was a shooting at the Carroll County, Courthouse in Hillsville, Virginia. Just a Presbyterian Church and a store. On March 14, 1912, the Floyd Allen Clan carried out one of the most brutal attacks in Appalachian history. I just can't bear to see anyone drug around."[13]. [34] He stated that he fired back at Goad on the courthouse steps, but denied shooting at Treasurer J. Floyd Allen grew up in a large family in southern Carroll County, raised on a farm wedged between the North Carolina border and the front wall of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ronald W. Hall,The Carroll County Courthouse Tragedy(2013 printing, Hillsville VA: Carroll County Historical Society,1998). As historian Ron Hall wrote in his book: And for a moment, the world stopped.. [11] On the way to the courthouse, the buggy passed by several properties owned by the Allens. - In 1912, the Carroll County courtroom was some 20 feet shorter than it is today. After the Edwards were charged with assault, they fled across the North Carolina border to Mt. Despite taking his nephews to jail himself, Floyd was accused that he did feloniously and forcably [sic] rescue his nephews, according to a grand jury indictment. Run off Allen trial intentionally hidden the drawer to keep people from through. 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