Clint Barkley, alias Bill Bowen, was an in-law of Texas feudists the Horrells. He was arrested in Lampasas, TX in March 1873 for illegally carrying a gun. The law officers ran into the Horrells en route to the jail. When the gunsmoke cleared, four of the lawmen were dead. Barkley returned the favor two months later when he and others broke Mart Horrell and three men from jail. Barkley and the cl


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