Beckham County, OK - Obits: Carl Barnett, 1929
14 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BARNETT, CARL
(19 Sep 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MEETS DEATH ON FIRST TRIP OUT.
Carl Barnett was born in Texas April 22, 1908.  Died at Elk City, Sept.
12, 1929, age 20 years, 4 months and 20 days.  He was prepared for burial
at the Gentry-Killough funeral home and sent to Littlefield, Texas, where
interment was made.
Carl Barnett's first trip out into the world proved to be his last. 
Injured as he attempted to "hop" a freight train on the Rock Island line
near the county fair grounds, he died at the Musick hospital here Thursday
afternoon at about 4:30 o'clock.  Funeral services were held at his home
at Littlefield, Tex., Sunday afternoon.
W. E. Barnett, father of the 22 (sic) year old boy, who came here for the
youth's body, pieced out the tragic tale which Carl was unable to relate
following the accident.  The son, taken to the hospital, gave his mane and
told how to locate his parents and then lapsed into unconsciousness and
never rallied.
The father said that Carl was on his first trip away from home.  He had
left his parents and seven brothers and sisters on the farm home near
Littlefield and had started out to hunt for work.  Carl had helped his
father on the farm during the summer. When the parent and his son
completed their work, both took jobs on a highway construction project. 
This completed, Mr. Barnett went back to the family home, being summoned
there by the illness of two younger children.  Carl started out to find
work.  The next thing his parents heard about him was the message of his
fatal accident.
With Carl at the time he was hurt, were two other men who gave their names
as Shannon C. Duvall, 30, of Atkins, Ark., and Glenn Howard, 20, of Enid. 
They remained with Barnett until he was cared for in the hospital and then
disappeared.  When adjusters and investigators of the Rock Island appeared
here the following day to question the men they were nowhere to be found. 
Mr. Barnett gave it as his opinion that Carl had met up with the other men
somewhere along the way, as he did not start from home with them, the
parent declared.