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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 the previous year that left a judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and three others dead, although the validity of the conviction has been a source of debate within Carroll County for ...
The Carroll County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia. It was built between 1870 and 1875, and is a two-story brick building with a gable roof. It features a two-story, pedimented portico in the Doric order. The building is topped by an octagonal cupola.
The Sidna Allen House is a historic house located near the town of Fancy Gap, in Carroll County, Virginia.The house was built in 1911 for Sidna Allen, brother of Floyd Allen; however, he was arrested soon thereafter for complicity in the courthouse shooting of which his brother was accused, and never again lived there.
The agency rose to national prominence with the pursuit and capture of the fugitive Floyd Allen and members of his family who were involved in a courtroom shootout in Carroll County, Hillsville, Virginia. Five people died and seven were wounded, including Commonwealth Attorney William Foster, Sheriff Lewis F. Webb, and Judge Thornton Lemmon Massie.
Hillsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the core commercial district of Hillsville. Notable properties include the Carter Building (1857), Carroll County Bank (1907), and the Hillsville Diner (1936).
Extradited to Virginia in 2008, Prieto was convicted of these additional murders and received multiple death sentences. He was executed by lethal injection on October 1, 2015. Public Domain ...
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