Lucian Barnett, brother of the former sheriff of Donley county, M.O. Barnett, who died last summer, shot and killed himself at Hedley Tuesday afternoon.
Lucian, it is recalled, was the man who shot the telegraph operator, M.H. Young, at Hedley, more than a year ago for an alleged assault on his sister, and who later was acquitted in the Donley county courts. Barnett was thought to have been a victim of insanity.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume XX, Number 31, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday, January 26, 1928, Page 1)
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Name: Lucian Morris Barnett
Death Date: 24 Jan 1928
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas
Death Age: 39 years 3 months 28 days
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1888
Birthplace: Miss.
Father's Name: J.A. Barnett
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Susie Childs
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Farming
Place of Residence:
Lucian Barnett, brother of the former sheriff of Donley county, M.O. Barnett, who died last summer, shot and killed himself at Hedley Tuesday afternoon.
Lucian, it is recalled, was the man who shot the telegraph operator, M.H. Young, at Hedley, more than a year ago for an alleged assault on his sister, and who later was acquitted in the Donley county courts. Barnett was thought to have been a victim of insanity.
(Published in The Memphis Democrat, Volume XX, Number 31, Memphis, Hall County, Texas, Thursday, January 26, 1928, Page 1)
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Name: Lucian Morris Barnett
Death Date: 24 Jan 1928
Death Place: Hedley, Donley, Texas
Death Age: 39 years 3 months 28 days
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1888
Birthplace: Miss.
Father's Name: J.A. Barnett
Father's Birthplace: Ala.
Mother's Name: Susie Childs
Mother's Birthplace: Ala.
Occupation: Farming
Place of Residence:
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