The Resource The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style, Bill O'Neal
The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style, Bill O'Neal
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- Summary
- In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father's luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas visit in 1916, Gladys and her brother Sid shot him dead on the Snyder square teeming with shoppers. One of the best lawyers in West Texas, Judge Cullen Higgins (son of the old feudist Pink Higgins) managed to win acquittal for both Gladys and Sid. In the tradition of Texas feudists since the 1840s, the Sims family sought revenge. Sims' son-in-law, Gee McMeans, led an attack in Sweetwater and shot Billy Johnson's bodyguard, Frank Hamer, twice, while Gladys--by now Mrs. Hamer--fired at another assassin. Hamer shot back, killed McMeans, and was no-billed on the spot by a grand jury watching the shootout through a window. An attempt against Billy Johnson failed, but a three-man team shotgunned the widely respected Cullen Higgins. Texas Rangers and other lawmen caught one of the assassins, extracted a confession, and then prompted his "suicide" in a Sweetwater jail cell
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction to a blood feud
- Billy Johnson, cattle baron
- Dave Sims, cattle baron
- Gladys and Ed
- E.C. Sims vs. Gladys Sims
- Storm clouds
- Tragedy in Snyder
- The search for revenge
- Assassination and retribution
- Aftermath and redemption
- Rest in peace
- Isbn
- 9781574413489
- Label
- The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style
- Title
- The Johnson-Sims feud
- Title remainder
- Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill O'Neal
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Family violence
- Family violence -- Texas -- History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas | Scurry County
- HISTORY -- State & Local | General
- History
- Ranchers
- Ranchers -- Texas | Scurry County -- Biography
- Scurry County (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century
- Texas
- Texas -- Scurry County
- Vendetta
- Vendetta -- Texas | Scurry County -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father's luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas visit in 1916, Gladys and her brother Sid shot him dead on the Snyder square teeming with shoppers. One of the best lawyers in West Texas, Judge Cullen Higgins (son of the old feudist Pink Higgins) managed to win acquittal for both Gladys and Sid. In the tradition of Texas feudists since the 1840s, the Sims family sought revenge. Sims' son-in-law, Gee McMeans, led an attack in Sweetwater and shot Billy Johnson's bodyguard, Frank Hamer, twice, while Gladys--by now Mrs. Hamer--fired at another assassin. Hamer shot back, killed McMeans, and was no-billed on the spot by a grand jury watching the shootout through a window. An attempt against Billy Johnson failed, but a three-man team shotgunned the widely respected Cullen Higgins. Texas Rangers and other lawmen caught one of the assassins, extracted a confession, and then prompted his "suicide" in a Sweetwater jail cell
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Neal, Bill
- Dewey number
- 976.4/731
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F392.S4
- LC item number
- O54 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- A.C. Greene Series
- Series volume
- no. 9
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Vendetta
- Ranchers
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Family violence
- Scurry County (Tex.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Family violence
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Ranchers
- Vendetta
- Texas
- Texas
- Label
- The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style, Bill O'Neal
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction to a blood feud -- Billy Johnson, cattle baron -- Dave Sims, cattle baron -- Gladys and Ed -- E.C. Sims vs. Gladys Sims -- Storm clouds -- Tragedy in Snyder -- The search for revenge -- Assassination and retribution -- Aftermath and redemption -- Rest in peace
- Control code
- 727944819
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781574413489
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727944819
- Label
- The Johnson-Sims feud : Romeo and Juliet, West Texas style, Bill O'Neal
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction to a blood feud -- Billy Johnson, cattle baron -- Dave Sims, cattle baron -- Gladys and Ed -- E.C. Sims vs. Gladys Sims -- Storm clouds -- Tragedy in Snyder -- The search for revenge -- Assassination and retribution -- Aftermath and redemption -- Rest in peace
- Control code
- 727944819
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781574413489
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727944819
Subject
- 1900-1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Family violence
- Family violence -- Texas -- History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas | Scurry County
- HISTORY -- State & Local | General
- History
- Ranchers
- Ranchers -- Texas | Scurry County -- Biography
- Scurry County (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century
- Texas
- Texas -- Scurry County
- Vendetta
- Vendetta -- Texas | Scurry County -- History -- 20th century
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