Obituaries:  Joseph Steve Ebarb, Sabine Parish       E-161
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 26, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Joseph Steve Ebarb

  Bryne Sepulvado, 16, is in Sabine Parish Jail, charged with the
murder of Joseph Steve Ebarb, 23. Vernon Ebarb, a witness to the
fatal shotgun shooting, has also been charged with murder.

  He was released from jail Monday, under $1000 bond. All live in
the Ebarb community.

  Warrants for their arrest were sworn out by Raymond Ebarb, the
dead man's brother.

  The shooting took place Thursday, Nov. 18, at about 3 p.m.,
about one and one half miles from the Ebarb School on the Noble
Road. Ebarb died at about 3:45 p.m., at the Sabine Clinic in
Zwolle.

  Sheriff T. M. (Pappy) Phillips told the INDEX that Sepulvado and
Steve Ebarb had engaged in an argument in front of Steve's house.
Later on, they met up the road, at the site of the fatal
shooting.

  Sepulvado claimed that Steve had a pistol. He shot Steve with a
shotgun. A pistol was found at the murder scene by investigating
officials.

  After the shooting, Sepulvado came to Zwolle, and reported the
incident to Marshall Quinton Brandon. Brandon and Deputies Harold
Sandel, and Truitt Walden of the Sheriff's Department
investigated.

  A Coroner's Jury made no recommendation concerning charges to be
filed.

  The attorney for Sepulvado has made an application for a
preliminary hearing in the matter, in an attempt to have
Sepulvado released on bond.