The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-26
SHOT IN BACK BY TEXAS FEUD-
IST
Latest Tragedy in Series OF Violent
Deaths Between Texas Families
ShOOtings We're in $aIOOnS-In Sew
eral Cases at Te1arkana Men Have
Met Death When About To Take
Drink.

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Texarkana, Another chapter
in The sanguinary 20-year Perry
Hays-Barkman feud il being written
into tn Bowie County criminal rec
ords- This feud has been similar in
it, bitter and relentless fghting-it-
out spirit To those inJ the Kentucky
mountains. On one side have been the
Hays and Perrys and On the other the
Barkmans, and there have been VIC
lent deaths o. each side.
The history Of this feud, which re
suited in the shooting by ia Hays of
Clifford Barkman, 23 years old, a
farmers son, had it, beginning in the
early 90s, when Frank Barkman, a
pioneer Of this section, shot and kill
ed O- D. Perry, policeman, following
Barkman's trial here for the death of
q young man from Fort Worth who
had been killed in saloon Ill h.
was taking drink.
IT, the trial of the Frank BarkmaR
case Perry had given testimony
which Barkman considered damaging
to him. One morning some time
later Perry, standing at a saloon bar,
was raising glass Of whiskey To- hi
lips when Frank Barkman entered
and shot and killed him.
For this Barkman was sentenced
to the Texas penitentiary but Later
was pardOned and he returned to
Texarkana, afterward going To Min
den, T. Not long afterwaEd news
was received here that Barkman had
been killed in Minden by man with
whom he was said To have Quarreled
over a woman
On Christmas Eve, three years ago,
Joe Barkman, = policeman, brother
Of Frank, was shot and killed in the
saloon Of Jim Perry, son of Police
man Perry, who had been killed by
Frank Barkman. Til was said that
Policeman Barkman had started for
Perry To arrest him ca a charge of
violating the prohibition laws.
For the death of Joe Barkman, Hall
Hays and Jim Perry were arrested
and jointly indicted It was stated
that Hall Hays confessed later that
he killed Barkman, though the fact
that Perry did not kill Barkman was
due to poor aim and not because he
didn't shoot
About year ago Hall Hays was
invited up- a stairway into Justices
courtroom To take "A drink He had
just filled cup with water for q
chaser" when H. was shot to- death
Clifford Barkman was arrested, and,
following preliminary hearing, was
held Ga bond, to await the action of
the grand jury Oh the charge OF hav-
ing killed Hall Hays.
"a few days ago the grand jury took
up the Hall Hays killing and Clifford
Barkman was summoned. He ap-
peared in the morning and was told
Tx would not be wanted before the
afternoon Tie then walked from the
courthouse at Boston to New Boston,
about a mile, when I'd Hays, half
brother of Hall Hays, who was Oh hi
way squirrel hunting, saw him and
began firing ait him with shotgun.
Barkman was shot in the back, the
forehead and the legs, and a fifth shot
was fired lit the sOles OF his feet A. IT,
lay Gn the gr+End
Clifford Barkman was taken tO "a
sanitaiium, and Ed Hays was nuT All
the county jail at Boston, pending
the outcome of Barkman's wounds.
Jim Perry, who was indicted with
Hall Hays for the killing of Joe Bark
man three years ago, was running a
taTicab service here i'm September,
when he received a call out of town.
On tn way he slowed hi car to let
some boys get in for a ride In
opening a door, TX lost control Of the
car and it tlmbled down an embank-
ment, killing him