 Judge Robert C. Jackson, an attorney in Roanoke and Judge Thornton Massie's predecessor in the Carroll County courtroom, stated that, "Floyd Allen was perhaps the worst man of the clan overbearing, vindictive, high tempered, brutal, with no respect for law and little or no regard for human life.During my term of office Floyd Allen was several times charged with violations of law.In several instances he escaped indictment, I am satisfied, because the witnesses were afraid to testify to the facts before the grand jury."