Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes.
Barnes was accused of hiring Byars, his former employee, 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. A similar photograph was published in the Birmingham News on November 15, 1938,...
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| Summary: | Barnes was accused of hiring Byars, his former employee, 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. A similar photograph was published in the Birmingham News on November 15, 1938, with the following caption: "Brad Byars, who is serving a life sentence in the slaying and who accuses Dr. Barnes of having hired him to kill Mrs. Barnes, is shown as he awaited his call to the witness stand." |
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