Obit: R. B. Barfield - New Boston, Texas, Nov. 23, 1885 - Bowie Co Texas 

R. B. Barfield - New Boston, Texas, Nov. 23, 1885 - R. B. Barfield and his son,
 D. A. Barfield, were killed outright. Both parties had come to New Boston to do 
some trading, and left for home, some seven miles from here, about 5 o’clock
 p.m. in a two-horse wagon, both riding on a spring seat. About 12 o’clock at 
night their bodies were discovered in the road by some negroes returning from
 church. Both bodies were lying in the road, the father partially on top of his son, 
with the bed of the wagon turned top side down over both. The negroes immediately 
notified the family who lived about a mile further on. They proceeded at once 
to the scene of the tragedy, and found the bodies. The coroner returned a 
verdict that their deaths were from gun shot wounds inflicted at the hands
 of parties unknown. The opinion prevails here that the deed was committed
 by one Tobe Barfield, a cousin to the old man, who several years since was 
sent to the penitentiary from this county for assault with intent to murder. 
To be swore vengeance against these two Barfields, and threatened when his
 term expired to return and kill both of them, and also R. D. Harrell, an attorney 
at Texarkana. He claimed that theses three were instrumental in sending him
 to the penitentiary. The body of R. B. Barfield was penetrated with eighteen 
buckshot that took effect in the right breast; that of his son showed that three 
bullets had entered, two in the breast that seemed to be buckshot, and one
 rifle ball just above his collar bone that broke his neck. The father, when found, 
had both hands outstretched as if imploring mercy. On his body was found 
seventeen hundred dollars in money, besides valuable papers, showing that
 the deed was not committed for robbery. After the fatal shots had been fired 
the horses, hitched to the wagon in which the Barfields were riding, took fright 
and ran a hundred yards down the road where the wagon was upset and its 
ghastly occupants buried in the road beneath the bed. Both were men of 
families, D. A. Barfield leaves a wife and child. There is no doubt that Tobe 
Barfield did the work, as he has been seen in this county several times since
 his term in the penitentiary expired, armed to the teeth, and sending word
 to the old man Barfield every time he was seen that he had returned to kill 
him and Dock (D.A.)




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