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Submitted: 10/30/17 • Approved: 11/3/17 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R137241-G0-S3
18 May 1852 - 25 Apr 1907
Son of Matthew Owens
and Sarah M Fancher Kendall Owens
Husband of Fayetta Ophelia Mangum Chase
SON AVENGES DEATH
Double Tragedy In Small Town In The Texas Panhandle
Tucumcari, New Mexico May 8
Matthew Owens, Owner Of A Large Alfalfa Farm Near Roswell, Was Killed At Alan Redd, Texas, Last Week, By B S Turbyfield Over A Commision On A Big Land Deal. Owens' 18 Year Old Son Then Killed Turbyfield.
Details Of The Killing Reached Here Late In The Afternoon. Owens Was Killed By B S Turbyfield, Who Was In Turn Killed By Solon Owens, The Son Of The Murdered Man. Turbyfield, was A Real Estate Dealer And Formerly Resided Here But Later Made His Home in Vernal, Utah.
Turbyfield And Tom P Lomans Of Clarendon, Texas, Left Alan Reed For Clarendon Via Jericho. Ownes, And His Son, Solon Owens, Left Alan Reed In A Short Time Later For Their Ranch West Of Town. At Rock Ledge, Owens And His Son Overtook Turbyfield And Lamous. Owens Sought A Conversation With Turbyfield, They Both Jumped Out Of Their Buggies, And They met In The Road, A Few Words Were Spoken And The Shooting Commenced. Owens Was Instantly Killed, Being Shot Through The Right Arm And The Upper Portions OF The Bowels. Turbyfield, After Shooting At The Younger Owens, Broke And Ran. The Boy, Seeing That His Father Was Slain, Secured His Winchester And Fired Twice At The Fleeing Man, Who By This Time Was Almost 100 Yards Away. Both OF The Boy's Shots Took Effect, One Ball passing Through Turbyfield's Body And The Other Through The Right Thigh. Turbyfield Fell, Dying two hours later. The Conductor Of A Work Train, Which Had Stopped At Rock Ledge, At Once Ran His Train To Alan Reed, Returning With Deputy Sheriff Reaves And Rector And A Physician. When They Arrived Turbyfield Had Brokered His Lust.
Photo Courtesy of David M Habben
Contributed on 10/30/17
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Record #: 137241