Barry County Missouri   Lloyd Holman Killed
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Submitted to Barry County by Penny Bailey  (Grandaughter of Joel Whisman)

Source The Cassville Democrat July 1914 (wording was blurry exact date unreadable)

Lloyd Holman-Killed

Tragedy Occurred at Shell Knob Saturday Night.

JOEL WHISMAN ACCUSED.

At the picnic grounds one mile of Shell Knob, Saturday night about  8:30
O'clock, Lloyd Holman of Rock Creek was shot and killed.  Joel  Whisman,
who resides near Shell Knob, is charged of the crime.

Reports are to the effect that Holman had been  very  disorderly  during
the two days picnic. On Friday he and Arthur Henbest had some words  and
an altercation followed. This seemed to widen the stream of  enmity  and
he became ver quarrelsome, keeping the local officers on their  post  of
duty  at  all  hours.  It  is  claimed  he  tried  to  start  number  of
disturbances with different parties up to the time of his death.

Joel Whisman, who is charged with taking his like, was a peace  officer.
From reliable reports it  seems  late  Saturday  evening  Holman  called
Whisman out from a  crowd  and  challenged  him  for  a  fight.  Whisman
undertook to talk Holman out of the notion and insisted that he be  more
orderly. Holman was not pacified and within a few  moments  he  charged,
with a knife towards Wiley Whisman, a brother of Joel, who was  standing
near, Wiley received the blow, the knife cutting  his  clothing  on  his
right breast but making  no  wound.  Holman  then  started  the  Officer
Whisman at which incident a shot was fired, taking its effect  near  the
heart. Holman died instantly.

'Squire Wills held an inquest and the jury reported Holman to  have  met
death by a shot from a revolver by an unknown party. Sheriff Brixey  was
notified and Whisman was placed under arrest. We understand he  in  non-
committal about the affair. He gave bond  for  him  preliminary  hearing
which will be held Thursday, July 9, before Justice Wills. Whisman  came
to Cassville Monday evening and employed Attorneys J.S. Davis and  James
Talbert to defend him.

Holman was a young man about 25 years of age, unmarried. He was a son of
the late Ap Holman and was born and reared  in  Rock  Creek.  He  was  a
brother to Jim and Will Holman who reside in that vicinity. He  is  also
survived by another brother, four sisters  and  a  number  of  immediate
relatives. Interment of his body was made at the Mano cemetery Tuesday.

Whisman is a man of a family and, is a prominent farmer. He is about  46
years of age. He has lived in the vicinity of Shell Knob for a number of
years and is known to be a quiet and highly respected citizen.

The families are well known and the affair is indeed a sad one.
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