Arizona republican., 1911-08-03
MESA
FUNERAL TODAY
OF FRANK BARKlEY
The Victim of Tuesday Afternoons
Tragedy.

The notice of the accidental killing
of ID. F. Barkley which appeared in
The Republican yesterday morning
was the first account of the sad af-
FAIR. The particulars there given,
telephOned from Mesa, were in the
main correct. Immediately on re-
ceipt of the news Of the shooting DR..
j. L. Drane secured the coroner and
within a very short time was at the
ranch where the corpse lay as it
had fallen. 1t was not over three
quarters of an hour after the tragedy
before the coroner had empaneled a
jury composed of Arthur A. Jones,
foreman; G. w. Kaze, V. f. Allison.
Ed l.. Pomeroy, J. 3. Wallace and
w. Il. Allison. The body was taken
to the ranch home of Allison Bros.
where the inquest was held After
examining the nephew, a mere boy,
who was present and heard the last
words of the unfortunate man: the
l2-year-old boy. Akeman Mccullough.
who unwittingly caused the death.
and f II. Hawkins. who was raking
hay about 100 yards away and who
reached Mr.. Barkley's side before
death came. the jury arrived at
verdict as follows:
Verdict of Jury.
we. the jurors empaneled and
sworn at an inquest held this first
day of August. 1911, at the Allison
Bros. ranch. Mesa precinct. Mari
cOpa county, Arizona territory. hav-
ing viewed the dead body then and
there lying, taken the testimony Of
witnesses and inquired into the cir
cumstances attendant upon the death
thereof. do find that the body is that
of ID. Frank Barley, a white male,
aged about 81 years, married, and
further find that death was caused
by a bullet fired from a % caIiber
Stevens rifle. the rifle being dis
charged by one Akeman Mccullough,
d boy u years old
we further find that death was
due to accident. and that Akeman
was innocent of any at
tempt to commit a crime.
THE jury recommends that laws
be enacted prohibiting the firing Of
guns Of any caliber on or in the
vicinity of occupied lands
Mrs. Barley had been notified and
came as quickly as possible to the
Allison residence, where her husband
was lying. Both she and the chill
dren appeared daZed At the awful
tragedy, seeming hardly able to real
iZe that the husband and father was
gone from them in so brief a time.
Friends gathered from all directions
to offer sympathy and help. Under
taker W. A Burton took charge Of
the body and removed it to the Bar
kley home.
The funeral will be held at 9 O'Clock
this morning from the Baptist church,
Mesa, Rev. :. w Gage officiating.
Mr. Barley was the popular super
of the Baptist Sunday
school and was the leader of the
choir The Sunday school pupils and
church members have decorated the
altar with natural flowers and ever
greens in his honor, and as token
Of the. high esteem in which he was
held by them. Mr.. Barkley was 4 |
member of the Woodmen of the |
World. being affiliated with the Mesa |
camp. The members of that order |
will be out in force TO attend the |
funeral accompanied by the ladies of
the Woodman circle. The body will |
be laid to rest i'm the Double Buttes |
Tempe, beside that Of His |
first wife.
Mr.. Barley left a wife, five chill |
lren. Mary (Mrs. Sigel Davis, Err |
nest, Kenneth, Howard and Luella; |
4 father. John A. Barlley, who Is
nearly so years Of age and resides |
At Buckeye with another son, Charles, |
and has four brothers living. All are |
expected to be at the funeral. He |
was born in middle Tennessee, near |
Nashville. and has resided in Mesa i
many years. The present Mrs. Bark !
ey he married here twenty-one years |
ago.
The bereaved relatives have the |
of the entire community. |