-ts—the-Gheriffwas—eadjusting thehood-over-his-neck,;_Barber-began
singing "Somebody's Going to Miss Me When I&m Gone!' and continued
until the trap fell,
GONZALES DAILY INQUIRER, Gonzales, Texas, Oct, 7, 1898
6 SOUTHWESTERN 233
the-Sheriffwas—adjusting the hoed-over-his—neck, Barber—began
ging "Somebody's Going to Miss
until the trap fell,
When I&m Gone! and continued
GO)
RER, Gonzales, T
be_75.1898
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BARBER, Jim
Barber, a black native of Virginia, arrived in Gonzales, Tex., in
1886, and obtained employment in a meat market with his wife, Patsy,
being employed by his employer as a domestic servant in his house,
The Barbers lived in a small cabin in the yard of the employer and
quarreled constantly because of Patsy's attentions to other men,
Mate on the afternoon of March 20, 1897, they got into an argument
as they were preparing to go to a dance and Barber shot her twice,
struck her in the head with a hatchet and cut her throat with a
knife, Children playing near the house heard the fight and heard
her pleading for her life and summoned some men, When Barber emerged
from the house, he was covered with blood and said that he had killed
his wife but only after she had cut him, No evidence of any wound
was apparent but he continued to maintain that he had killed her in
self-defense after she had cut him first and his defense was one of
having been driven temporarily insane by her unfaithfulness, His con=
viction was appealed to and affired by the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals and when the Governor declined to commute the sentence , he
was hanged in the Gonzales County Jail on Oct. 7, 1898, Barber was
very popular with his jailors and his plight elie ene mach sympathy.
BARBER, Jim
Barber, a black native of Virginia, arrived in Gonzales, Tex., in
1886, and obtained employment in a meat market with his wife, Patsy,
being employed by his employer as a domestic servant in his house,
The Barbers lived in a small cabin in the yard of the employer and
quarreled constantly because of Patsy's attentions to other men,
Mate on the afternoon of March 29, 1897, they got into an argument
as they were preparing to go to a dance and Barber shot her twice,
struck her in the head with a hatchet and cut her throat with a
knife. Children playing near the house heard the fight and heard
her pleading for her life and summoned some men, When Barber emerged
from the house, he was covered with blood and said that he had killed
his wife but only after she had cut him, No evidence of any wound
was apparent but he continued to maintain that he had killed her in
self-defense after she had cut him first and his defense was one of
having been driven temporarily insane by her unfaithfulness, His con-|
viction was appealed to and affired by the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals and when the Governor declined to commute the sentence » he
was hanged in the Gonzales County Jail on Oct. 7, 1898, Barber was
very popular with his jailors and his plight elicited mich sympathy»
BARBER, Jim
ive of Virginia, arrived in Gonzales, Tex., in
his
ber, a black na
1886, and obtained employment in a meat market with Patsy,
being employed by his employer as a domestic servant in his hous
The Barbers lived in a small cabin in the yard of the emloyer and
quarreled constantly because of Patsy's attentions to other men,
te on the afternoon of March 20, 1897, they got into an argument
as they were preparing to go to a dance and Barber shot her twice,
struck her in the head with a hatchet and cut her throat with a
Ghildren playing near the house heard the fight and heard
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his wife but only after she had ae him,
but he continued to maintain he had kil
ad cut him first and his defense was
ane by her unfaithfulness,
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n the Governor declined fife rant ol Ye aetivence), ic
Ss ged in tae Gonzales County Jail on Oct. 7, 1898, Barber was
ery popular with his jailors and his aan elicited mch sympathy.
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