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The Johnson-sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style
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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 …
Date:
August 15, 2010
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coyote Wisdom
This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1912
Creator:
Hardy, J. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. THIRTY-FOUR, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 4, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. TWENTY-EIGHT, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 23, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 19, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1983
Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1983
Creator:
Moesch, John
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. THIRTY-EIGHT, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 4, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, No. SEVENTEEN, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 10, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. TWENTY-SEVEN, Ed. 1 Friday, December 17, 1920
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 17, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1983
Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date:
November 17, 1983
Creator:
Harris, Jana
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. TWENTY-EIGHT, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1920
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, No. FIFTY-ONE, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1920
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 4, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1981
Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date:
October 29, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, No. TWENTY-EIGHT, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 26, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. THREE, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. SIX, Ed. 1 Friday, July 22, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 22, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. FOUR, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1920
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 9, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 22, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR, No. TWENTY, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1920
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 29, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIRST YEAR, No. TWENTY-SEVEN, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 14, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 24, 1911
Creator:
Hardy & Jackson
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History