Dr. Reuben Barnes with sons, Herbert and Rhett, and brother, Lee, during his trial at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama.
Reuben Barnes was accused of hiring his former employee, Brad Byars, to kill his wife in March 1938. While Byars was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, Barnes, who had been bedridden for ten years, was ultimately acquitted.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/130306 |