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. It is amazing how nothing changes Today, a story gets retold till its stale, unless something big happens to push it off the headlines. There was a massive effort for the governor to commute the sentences of Claude and Floyd, including a petition with over 100,000 signatures. Easter ran to an acquaintance's home, and he telephoned the sheriff at Hillsville. He never carried a gun as a matter of course, but on his way to court, the first day of Floyd Allens trial, his cousin, Allan Webb, advised him to borrow a pistol. Upon conviction of interfering with an officer of the law, Judge Thornton Massie oversaw the jurys imposed sentence of one year imprisonment. A local tradition maintained that if a boy discovered a red ear of corn, he had the choice to kiss any girl at the party. Or the Clerk of Court Dexter Goad, who seems to have first pulled a gun? "Floyd Allen Defense Gets Well Into Case", Bluefield, West Virginia: "Defense Continues Efforts To Disprove Conspiracy". Sadler pored over available documents from the murder trials, but he lamented that many original 1912 exhibits were lost. It is the county seat of Carroll County and the only incorporated community in the county. A jury foremans handwritten verdict in blotchy ink condemns Claude Allen to death. The trouble started with a kiss. Those documents include indictments, judges instructions, grand jury indictments, trial transcripts, letters and other courtroom exhibits all words left by ghosts. He was the patriarch of the county's most prominent family, which, in addition to owning large tracts of farmland and a prosperous general store, were also active in local politics as proud Southern Democrats. If the Blacksburg-Roanoke-Lynchburg area wants a regional tech hub, here's a chance to help write the rules, Beware the Ides of March; bloom-busting cold likely lurks. A nation-wide manhunt was called for by the Governor of Virginia which lasted six months. A fight ensued and Floyd beat Samuels with his own pistol. Floyd Allen was the first to be brought to trial on a charge of murdering Judge Massie, Sheriff Webb, and Commonwealth's Attorney Foster. Those documents can be found at www.ccva.digital/1912-historical-courthouse-tragedy.html. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, IHeart Radio or on your favorite podcast app. Otherwise, he would not have been armed. [35] In July 1912, after three separate trials, Claud Allen was convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster, and for second-degree murder for the killing of Judge Massie. The spotlight returned to the story of the shootout when the centennial of the tragedy was marked in 2012. Not knowing all the details, I wasnt sure what to do with this information. The Hillsville Massacre By Seth Williamson Nobody knows who fired the first shot that cold, gray day, but before it was over, four lay dead, one was dying, and Carroll County would never be the same again. Perhaps the hardest thing for an outsider to understand is the frequently heard claim that the subject is dead. [1], Governor Mann immediately called on the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency to find those responsible for the shootings and arrest them. He had them handcuffed and tied up with a rope. Entdecke 1960er Jahre ORLANDO FLORIDA MCCOY FLUGHAFEN ~ Delta Air Lines Flugzeug Start- und Landebahn ~ Postkarte ~ A5 in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! In a fusillade of shots, Allen hit Jack in the head, which struck a glancing blow on Jack's scalp, while one of Jack's bullets hit Allen in the chest. One of these days I would like to sit down and write a book about it but just havent made the time yet. His grandfather had taken the round from the courthouse the day of the killings. In March 1912, there was a shooting at the Carroll County, Courthouse in Hillsville, Virginia. Generations of Carroll Countians would grow up and grow old hearing about the shootout, arguing over who the true perpetrators were, creating and dismissing wild theories and resolving nothing. In 1912 a Carroll County, Virginia, man was sentenced to serve a one year sentence in the state penitentiary. [13], The rumor that the Allens were intimidating witnesses was called to the attention of the court. Maybe the county leaders didnt want to find errant bullets from their own guns in the bodies of the dead, some county residents whispered. [34] They returned to their homes by traveling cross-country through the farm fields rather than public roads. People who have researched the shootout long knew that Judge Massie had instructed Foster to re-write the jury verdict in proper legal language just minutes after it had been handed down, but no one knew precisely what Foster had actually written until the discovery of the Allen documents. Friel Allen gave himself up to detectives in the company of his father, Jack Allen, who worried his son might be killed while being apprehended. The house back in 1911 was worth 13,000.00 and was said to be the most beautiful house in South-West Virginia. Gilmer accompanied the body on a short train ride from Sylvatus to Pulaski, where a throng of mourners awaited, Sadler said. In the case of J. Sidna Allen, one of Massies relatives complained that the raw bacon that was seized needed to be sold before it spoiled. As the smoke cleared the sheriff, judge, and the common wealth attorney all lay dead. [27] Years later, an allegation surfaced that Deputy Clerk H.C. Quesinberry had confessed on his deathbed to starting the shooting; two men swore an affidavit to that effect in 1967 (for which each man was reportedly paid $25). Charges eventually were dropped against Sidna and Barnett before the trial.). Then a cacophony of gunfire. . On March 14, 1912, Floyd stood in the Hillsville, Va. courthouse, convicted of interfering with police business and assaulting a deputy sheriff. Those involved on the Allen side ran away. [8], In 1910, Sidna Allen was tried in the United States court at Greensboro, North Carolina for making twenty-dollar counterfeit coins. The grand posse, as Sidna Allen would mockingly call them in his memoirs, rode horses, carried shotguns and rifles and posed for pictures even though they spent a lot of time flailing through the woods in search of the Allens. He was shot dead in the courtroom.. One bullet entered the back and ranged upward, lodging directly under the collarbone. [3] He had a history of violent altercations, including shooting a black man in North Carolina, beating a police officer in Mount Airy and later shooting his own cousin. Ive already read four books and have another four lined up to read!. [20], Within a month, all suspected shooters were in custody, except Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. [2] Both Allen and his brother Sidna held legal licenses for the production of alcohol. - Carroll law officers did not cross into North Carolina to arrest the Edwards brothers as has long been claimed. A second shot entered the back about four inches lower, while a third shot cut the sheriff across the chin. Gerald Goad said the documents needed to be back in Carroll County. Allen had been convicted of a serious offense interfering with a deputy (beating up a deputy was closer to the truth) to release his nephews from custody but nothing so serious that rose to the level of instigating a deadly shootout. During the initial manhunt, several posses of detectives and local deputies searched the surrounding countryside. When all the smoke cleared, there were five dead, seven wounded. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284, 28 Aussens@iten by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. As Foster followed the judges instructions to re-write the verdict on the indictment, Allens lawyer, W.D. B. Earle, 1866-1867. [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. - Arresting officer Oscar Monday was the step-brother of the Edwards brothers. Sidna Edwards pleaded guilty in August 1912 to second-degree murder, and was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. Sidna was released from prison, but he never set foot in his fine house again. ")[1] Floyd Allen stated that only then did he draw his own revolver and begin shooting. On the cold Spring morning of March 14th, 1912 shots rang out inside the tiny mountain courtroom. [2] Floyd Allen later stated that he never intended to have the boys set completely free, he just wanted them to be released from their manacles. shot up the Carroll county court at Hillsville last March, resulting in the death of five persons, was found guilty of murder in the Second degree for the killing of Judge Thornton L. Mas sie. A jury found Allen guilty, and on March 14, 1912, Allen went to his sentencing hearing before Judge Thornton L. Massie in the Hillsville courthouse. "[1] Not long afterward, Allen shot and wounded Combs, and was indicted and tried on charges of assault. The Carroll County Historical Society will host a special presentation of "The Last Witness - A story of Friendship and Trust," an examination of the Courthouse Tragedy in Hillsville on March 14 1912.". How can you have seven murder trials in Wythe County and not have any exhibits whatsoever? Sadler often asked. As the late Roanoke writer and broadcaster Seth Williamson wrote in The Roanoker magazine in 1982, the Allen men were not a race of mild country squires.. The historical society has raised thousands of dollars and conducted much-needed remodeling work in order to resume free tours, with the next public opening happening June 4-5. About; Contact; Links; Search for: Tags. Floyd spent the night at his brother Sidnas splendid new home in Fancy Gap, about 7 miles away. 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. Allen once accused Goad of running liquor, which forced the clerk to resign from a prestigious post as federal commissioner. Sadler knew that tragic story, and he understood his familys connection to it. - 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. Join in supporting in-depth journalism for Southwest and Southside Virginia. They, too, were captured by Felts and his men, as Sidna Allen came to believe that Wesleys girlfriend back home had betrayed them. Educational video on the history of Western medicine presented by the University of South Carolina's College of Library and Information Science as part of a workshop created by th Allen and Goad had butted heads before. There are many questions as to what led up to this event, but it seems to have begun with Wesley Edwards getting a red ear of corn at a corn shucking. Virginia law held that when a sheriff died his deputies lost all legal powers, so the shooting left Carroll County without law enforcement. Massie sentenced Allen to one year in prison. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court at Amazon.com. The documents found their way to Wytheville because that was the site of the ensuing trials that followed the shootout, the venue having been moved from Hillsville where anger against the defendants boiled. Most of the Allens and their cohorts escaped initially, but an emergency call to Virginia Gov. "[16] The judge immediately sentenced Floyd Allen to one year's imprisonment.[16]. - William Sidna Edwards, the nephew of Floyd Allen, was sentenced to 18 years in prison as a result of the Courthouse Tragedy, although he never fired a shot. Carroll County Clerk of Circuit Court Gerald Goad opened the formal transfer of the papers from Wythe County in the very room where the shootout occurred - a circle completed some 100 years, nine months and six days since traveling to Wythe County. After all, he agreed hed have the boys in court? After close to a year of delays, Floyd was finally brought to trial on March 13, 1912. 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. He died there in 1953. Is Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court (2011) streaming on Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, or 50+ other streaming services? [22], The prosecution attempted to show that Floyd and Claud Allen prompted the gun battle by standing and pulling their pistols and opening fire. [23], Another prosecution witness was Floyd Allen's other attorney, Walter S. Tipton. The next witness was Sidney Towe, who largely corroborated the testimony of Sheriff Edwards. On the cold spring morning of March 14th, 1912, shots rang out in the tiny rural mountain town of Hillsville, Virginia. They were arrested by Caleb Haynes and Oscar Monday of the Mount Airy police department and brought to the state line. In 2015 or so, Sadler also found a .38 caliber bullet among the keepsakes. The historical societys museum resides on the first floor of the old courthouse, which no longer is a government building but still majestically commands the high ground of Main Street like it did in 1912. The town's name was changed to Hillsville in the late 1820s to honor a local family. More than fifty bullets were later recovered from the shooting scene. The goals of the program include a greater shared knowledge about the nation's past, strengthened regional identities and local pride, increased local participation in preserving the country's cultural and natural heritage assets, and support for the economic vitality of our communities. He pointed toward what appeared to Sadler to be a metal file. They didnt find Andrew because the cell was dark and he had climbed up between the chimney and wall near the ceiling. Judge Thornton L. Massie called Constable Jack Allen (and Floyd Allen, who had been deputized by Massie about six months earlier) to the bar and proceeded to question them about the alleged intimidation. Sadler, a real estate broker in Blacksburg who lives on a family farm in Pulaski County, had taken an interest in the shootout story after looking at old scrapbooks kept by his grandmother, Howard Gilmers daughter. Yep, I think we do have similar tendencies. Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #truckspottinginthe717 . Friel Allen was tried in August 1912 and after confessing to shooting prosecutor Foster, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. - In 1912, the Carroll County courtroom was some 20 feet shorter than it is today. [26] He also testified that he saw the crowd come out of the court house, and recognized Floyd and Sidna Allen as the last to leave, both of them following and firing as they backed out, apparently in response to fire coming from within the courthouse. Sidna Allen and Claud Allen stood on benches in the courtroom's northeast corner to see over the crowd. [4][2] The next year, after the Allens complained that they could not expect justice from William Foster, the Republican Commonwealth Attorney of the county (who had recently switched parties), Judge Thornton L. Massie appointed both Floyd and H.C. as police officers for the New River section of the county. (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. October 2, 2022. Friel settled in Inglewood, CA where he married twice, but never had any children. [34] He also said he went to Blankenship's Livery Stable after the incident, where he met other family members and left Hillsville with Claud Allen, Wesley Edwards, and Sidna Edwards. Barry Lopezs book (above) sounds good. However, Goad denied firing the first shot in the fusillade. 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 new system appointed a full-time judge to hold court at scheduled intervals in a circuit of several counties. HILLSVILLE Howard Sadler held the last words of a dead man in his hands. Sadler knew the family lore that Judge Massie had died in his grandfathers arms, and that Gilmer had helped transport the judges remains back to Pulaski, and he even helped a mortician examine the corpse. Such an interesting, but tragic, history, Jeff! [29] Marshall then related that Sidna Allen's bullet buried itself in the window about six inches above his head. Ninety seconds later, 57 bullets had been fired. Like this one, I often find they could have used some rearranging to keep ones interest but I almost always enjoy them. Floyd Allen was born in 1856 and spent much of his life living in Cana, Virginia, located below Fancy Gap Mountain in Carroll County. Floyd stood up, his hands fidgeting with the bottom of his sweater, and he spoke his defiant words. He wrote a memoir, made beautiful furniture from delicately inlaid wooden pieces and spent the rest of his life telling people that the Allens did not shoot first. In some ways, the county never recovered from that day. Floyd said that Commonwealth's Attorney Foster would not give him a show;[clarification needed] but that if he did not there would be a "big hole put in the court house." He began his sentence in August 1913, and died of pneumonia in prison on November 25, 1913.[A]. This is the actual foundation of all of the story, said Goad, whose own great-great-uncle, Dexter Goad, was a Carroll clerk of court who traded bullets with the Allens on that tragic day. The was never a barber shop in this Mayberry, however. Mann asking either that the Allens be given clemency or be executed swiftly. William Hodges Mann from Hillsvilles one outside line brought the famed Baldwin-Felts detectives to town the next day. Two were executed and a number went to prison for their part in the tragedy. Hillsville 1912: A Shooting in the Court, is a documentary feature concerning the Carroll County Courthouse shootings that occurred in Hillsville, Virginia. He died at his daughters home in Hillsville in 1941. He worked for the Edison Lighting Company. 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. Mr. Alderman said Friel and Dexter met privately for about half an hour and shook hands at the end of their meeting. Wesley and Sidna were charged with disorderly conduct, assault with a deadly weapon, disturbing a public worship service, and other violations. [4] At the next term of court, Allen produced an order of clemency from Governor Andrew J. Montague suspending the jail sentence. On 13 March 1912, in the Carroll County Circuit Court, . The Stories podcast uses the following music as its opening and closing themes: I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Again, no thorough investigation of the courtroom happened, and the scene was almost immediately compromised by people who dug bullets out of the walls with pocketknives to keep as souvenirs. Most of the documents from the subsequent murder trials that followed the shootout had been lost or were thought to have been lost or stolen. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. He was not in the courthouse during the shootings, but immediately ran to his dying friend and mentor. The exciting story of the Allen family and the officials who tried to bring them to justice. 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