Newspapers: Barber Gunfight, March 9, 1933,Franklin Parish, LA,
Submitted May 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    March 9, 1933

 
S. T. Barber Is Dead After Gunfight
H. B. Barfield Is Being Held In Local Jail
 
Bad feelings which had existed for some time between H. B. Barfield
and S. T. Barber of Ward 8, came to a head yesterday as the two 
men met, both armed, and shot it out, Barber receiving fatal buckshot
wounds.
Immediately after the shooting, Barfield came to Winnsboro and 
surrendered to Sheriff Allen Price. He was lodged in jail here to await
action on his case by the grand jury.
Barber died last night, several hours after the shooting.
Little information regarding the trouble existing between the men 
was available when the Sun went to press. Barfield will probably enter 
a plea of self defense when arranged. He used a shotgun and it is 
said Barber fired at him several times with a pistol.
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