Hillsville Courthouse Massacre (1912)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath public outrage
manhunt for Allen family members
gptkbp:category gptkb:murder
courtroom violence
event in Carroll County, Virginia
gptkbp:date March 14, 1912
gptkbp:Floyd_Allen defendant
executed in 1913
member of Allen family
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major event in Virginia legal history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hillsville Courthouse Massacre (1912)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hillsville,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national attention in 1912
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Judge_Thornton_L._Massie
gptkb:Juror_Augustus_C._Fowler
gptkb:Sheriff_Lewis_F._Webb
Commonwealth's Attorney William M. Foster
Betty Ayers
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Carroll_County_Courthouse
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Allen_family
gptkbp:resulted_in_deaths 5
gptkbp:resulted_in_injuries 7
gptkbp:Sidna_Allen participant
sentenced to life imprisonment
member of Allen family
gptkbp:triggeredBy conviction of Floyd Allen
gptkbp:victim court officials
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carroll_County,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7