Floyd Allen Criminal
Floyd Allen (July 5, 1856 – March 28, 1913) was an American landowner and patriarch of the Allen clan of Carroll County, Virginia. He was convicted and executed for murder in 1913 after a sensational courthouse shootout that left a judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and two others dead, although the validity of the conviction has been source of debate within Carroll County for decades. He was accused of triggering the shooting at the Carroll County Courthouse in Hillsville, Virginia on March 14, 1912, in which five people were killed and seven wounded. The affair represents one of the rare incidents in American history when a criminal defendant attempted to avoid justice by assassinating the trial judge.
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- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1912-03-17/ed-1/seq-1
- http://law.jrank.org/pages/2775/Floyd-Allen-Trial-1912.html#ixzz0xHod5WaVFloyd
- http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/allensnews.html
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=13072063&PIpi=56676008
- http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print
- http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2012/03/14/100-years-ago-law-and-disorder
- http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box
- http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2012/03/14/mug-shot-monday-special-edition-floyd-and-claude-allen