Barney was married to Vada Chrisman.
Their children were Agnes, Paul, Barney, and John as well as Margie Leonard Brandon and Jean Elder.
ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
THURSDAY
July 20, 1933
PAGE 8
LAST HONORS FOR SERGEANT LEONARD
Sergeant Barney Leonard was laid to rest at South Park this morning with military honors while a great crowd stood with bowed heads to do honor to a man who lived and died fighting for the protection of his fellowmen against the greatest public enemy, crime.
Requiem High Mass was celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church at nine-thirty o'clock this morning with Father Raymond in charge. He delivered a splendid address of tribute to Sgt. Leonard in which he laments the fact that the of a man of the calibre of the Sergeant had to be given in equal exchange for the life of a bandit. Every seat in the large church was taken.
Following the service, the open casket was placed in the vestibule and a long procession followed the caison bearing the body of Sgt. Leonard from the church to the cemetery. The military ceremony at the grave was in charge of Battery "A' of the 158th Field Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard. Three salutes were fired from a canon. Tommie Adas blew taps.
The active pallbearers were Sheriff John C. Peck, deputy sheriffs Sam McCue and Homer Dunagan, Sgt J. E. Canaldy of New Mexico Military Institute, Cadet Charles Fuller of Picacho, and Captain Russell Charlton of the Albuquerque police force.
The honorary pallbearers were the Roswell Police force, namely: Chief Frank Young, E. J. House, Sr., Pat O'Neill, Will Denning and Houston Coffey. Police officer E. J. House, Jr. and Jack House acted as motorcycle escort.
The Ballard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
From End of Watch Call - Chaves County Sheriff's Dept.
Deputy Bernard Leonard was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping another officer and for robbery in Oklahoma and Colorado. The posse surrounded a home the suspect was in and ordered everyone out. Several women and children came out but the suspect refused. As Deputy Leonard rushed towards the door the suspect opened fire with two .38 caliber revolvers, fatally wounding Deputy Leonard. The rest of the posse opened fire, shooting the suspect seven times. Both the suspect and Deputy Leonard succumbed to their wounds later that evening. Deputy Leonard was a Spanish American War veteran. He had served in several law enforcement capacities in New Mexico for 24 years.
The suspect was Henry C. Wallace
Their children were Agnes, Paul, Barney, and John as well as Margie Leonard Brandon and Jean Elder.
ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
THURSDAY
July 20, 1933
PAGE 8
LAST HONORS FOR SERGEANT LEONARD
Sergeant Barney Leonard was laid to rest at South Park this morning with military honors while a great crowd stood with bowed heads to do honor to a man who lived and died fighting for the protection of his fellowmen against the greatest public enemy, crime.
Requiem High Mass was celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church at nine-thirty o'clock this morning with Father Raymond in charge. He delivered a splendid address of tribute to Sgt. Leonard in which he laments the fact that the of a man of the calibre of the Sergeant had to be given in equal exchange for the life of a bandit. Every seat in the large church was taken.
Following the service, the open casket was placed in the vestibule and a long procession followed the caison bearing the body of Sgt. Leonard from the church to the cemetery. The military ceremony at the grave was in charge of Battery "A' of the 158th Field Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard. Three salutes were fired from a canon. Tommie Adas blew taps.
The active pallbearers were Sheriff John C. Peck, deputy sheriffs Sam McCue and Homer Dunagan, Sgt J. E. Canaldy of New Mexico Military Institute, Cadet Charles Fuller of Picacho, and Captain Russell Charlton of the Albuquerque police force.
The honorary pallbearers were the Roswell Police force, namely: Chief Frank Young, E. J. House, Sr., Pat O'Neill, Will Denning and Houston Coffey. Police officer E. J. House, Jr. and Jack House acted as motorcycle escort.
The Ballard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
From End of Watch Call - Chaves County Sheriff's Dept.
Deputy Bernard Leonard was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping another officer and for robbery in Oklahoma and Colorado. The posse surrounded a home the suspect was in and ordered everyone out. Several women and children came out but the suspect refused. As Deputy Leonard rushed towards the door the suspect opened fire with two .38 caliber revolvers, fatally wounding Deputy Leonard. The rest of the posse opened fire, shooting the suspect seven times. Both the suspect and Deputy Leonard succumbed to their wounds later that evening. Deputy Leonard was a Spanish American War veteran. He had served in several law enforcement capacities in New Mexico for 24 years.
The suspect was Henry C. Wallace
Barney was married to Vada Chrisman.
Their children were Agnes, Paul, Barney, and John as well as Margie Leonard Brandon and Jean Elder.
ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
THURSDAY
July 20, 1933
PAGE 8
LAST HONORS FOR SERGEANT LEONARD
Sergeant Barney Leonard was laid to rest at South Park this morning with military honors while a great crowd stood with bowed heads to do honor to a man who lived and died fighting for the protection of his fellowmen against the greatest public enemy, crime.
Requiem High Mass was celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church at nine-thirty o'clock this morning with Father Raymond in charge. He delivered a splendid address of tribute to Sgt. Leonard in which he laments the fact that the of a man of the calibre of the Sergeant had to be given in equal exchange for the life of a bandit. Every seat in the large church was taken.
Following the service, the open casket was placed in the vestibule and a long procession followed the caison bearing the body of Sgt. Leonard from the church to the cemetery. The military ceremony at the grave was in charge of Battery "A' of the 158th Field Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard. Three salutes were fired from a canon. Tommie Adas blew taps.
The active pallbearers were Sheriff John C. Peck, deputy sheriffs Sam McCue and Homer Dunagan, Sgt J. E. Canaldy of New Mexico Military Institute, Cadet Charles Fuller of Picacho, and Captain Russell Charlton of the Albuquerque police force.
The honorary pallbearers were the Roswell Police force, namely: Chief Frank Young, E. J. House, Sr., Pat O'Neill, Will Denning and Houston Coffey. Police officer E. J. House, Jr. and Jack House acted as motorcycle escort.
The Ballard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
From End of Watch Call - Chaves County Sheriff's Dept.
Deputy Bernard Leonard was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping another officer and for robbery in Oklahoma and Colorado. The posse surrounded a home the suspect was in and ordered everyone out. Several women and children came out but the suspect refused. As Deputy Leonard rushed towards the door the suspect opened fire with two .38 caliber revolvers, fatally wounding Deputy Leonard. The rest of the posse opened fire, shooting the suspect seven times. Both the suspect and Deputy Leonard succumbed to their wounds later that evening. Deputy Leonard was a Spanish American War veteran. He had served in several law enforcement capacities in New Mexico for 24 years.
The suspect was Henry C. Wallace
Their children were Agnes, Paul, Barney, and John as well as Margie Leonard Brandon and Jean Elder.
ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
THURSDAY
July 20, 1933
PAGE 8
LAST HONORS FOR SERGEANT LEONARD
Sergeant Barney Leonard was laid to rest at South Park this morning with military honors while a great crowd stood with bowed heads to do honor to a man who lived and died fighting for the protection of his fellowmen against the greatest public enemy, crime.
Requiem High Mass was celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church at nine-thirty o'clock this morning with Father Raymond in charge. He delivered a splendid address of tribute to Sgt. Leonard in which he laments the fact that the of a man of the calibre of the Sergeant had to be given in equal exchange for the life of a bandit. Every seat in the large church was taken.
Following the service, the open casket was placed in the vestibule and a long procession followed the caison bearing the body of Sgt. Leonard from the church to the cemetery. The military ceremony at the grave was in charge of Battery "A' of the 158th Field Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard. Three salutes were fired from a canon. Tommie Adas blew taps.
The active pallbearers were Sheriff John C. Peck, deputy sheriffs Sam McCue and Homer Dunagan, Sgt J. E. Canaldy of New Mexico Military Institute, Cadet Charles Fuller of Picacho, and Captain Russell Charlton of the Albuquerque police force.
The honorary pallbearers were the Roswell Police force, namely: Chief Frank Young, E. J. House, Sr., Pat O'Neill, Will Denning and Houston Coffey. Police officer E. J. House, Jr. and Jack House acted as motorcycle escort.
The Ballard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
From End of Watch Call - Chaves County Sheriff's Dept.
Deputy Bernard Leonard was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping another officer and for robbery in Oklahoma and Colorado. The posse surrounded a home the suspect was in and ordered everyone out. Several women and children came out but the suspect refused. As Deputy Leonard rushed towards the door the suspect opened fire with two .38 caliber revolvers, fatally wounding Deputy Leonard. The rest of the posse opened fire, shooting the suspect seven times. Both the suspect and Deputy Leonard succumbed to their wounds later that evening. Deputy Leonard was a Spanish American War veteran. He had served in several law enforcement capacities in New Mexico for 24 years.
The suspect was Henry C. Wallace
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