Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-01-10
SHOT IN BACK BY
TEXAS FEUD|ST
LATEST TRAGEDY IN A SERIES
OF VIOLENT DEATHS BE.
TWEEN TEXAS FAMILIES
sHO0TIMGS were IN SALOONS
In Several Cases at Texarkana Men
Have Met Death When About
~ to Take Drink.

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Texarkana. Tex.-Another chapter
in the sanguinary 20-year Perry Hays
Barkman feud is being written into
the Bowie County criminal records.
This feud has been similar in its Bit
Ter and relentless fghting-it-out spirit
to those in the Kentucky mountains.
On one side have been the Hays and
Perrys and on the other the Bark.
mans, and there have been violent
deaths on each side.
The history OF this feud. which re-
suited in the shooting by Ed Hays Of
Clifford Barkman, 23 years old, u
farmers son. had its beginning in the
early COS. when Frank Barkman,
pioneer of this section. shot and kill
ed o. d. Perry. Il policeman. following
Parkman's trial Eere for the death OK
a young man from Fort Worth who
had been killed in saloon as he
was taking drink.
In the trial of the Frank Barkman
case Perry had given testimony
which Barkman considered damaging
to him. One morning some time
later Perry. standing at saloon bar,
was raising glass of whisky to his
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, La. Not long afterward news
was received here that Rarkman 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, a 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. 1t was said THAI
Policeman Barkman had started for
Perry to arrest him in a charge OF
violating the prohibition laws.
For the death of Joe Barkman, Hall
hays and Jim Perry were arrested
and jointly indicted. 1t was stated
that Hall Hays confessed later that
Le 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 in.
yited up a stairway into a Justices
courtroom to take drink" He had
just filled a cup with water for a
CHASER" when he was shot to death.
Clifford Barkman was arrested, and,
following a preliminary hearing, was
held on bond, to await the action Of
tie grand jury on the charge of hav.
ing killed Hall Hays.
A few days ago the grand jury took
IN the Hall Hays killing and Clifford
Barkman was summoned. He APP
peareG in the morning and was told
he would not be wanted before the
afternoon. He then walked from the
courthouse at Boston to New Boston,
about a mile, when Ed Hays, half
brother Of Hall Hays, who was on
his way squirrel hunting, saw him
and began firing at him with shot
N. Barkman Ias shot in the back,
the forehead and the legs, and fifth
shot was fred at the soles of his
feet as he lay on the ground.
Clifford Barkman was taken to a
sanitarium, and Ed Hays was put in
the county Jail at Boston, pending
the out come of Barkman's wounds.
Jim Perry, who was indicted with
Vail Hays for the killing of Joe Bark
man three years ago. was running a
taxicab service here in September,
when he received call out of town.
On the way lie slowed his car to let
some boys get in for a ride. In
opening a door, he lost control of the
car ard it tumbled down an embank-
ment, killing him.