Barber County Index, March 25, 1908.

ALL BARBER COUNTY MOURNS
Sheriff Bud McCracken Cut Down
in the Zenith of his Usefulness
by a Cowardly Assassin at Kiowa.

JAMES CLARK, THE SLAYER
Shot at 9:45 Thursday Night
and Dies at 12:10 P. M. Saturday.
Murderer taken to Wellington to avoid Lynching.

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The entire article, courtesy of Shirley Brier, is online here...

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksbarber/mccracken_el.html