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Move Over, Hatfields and McCoys: Texas’ Sutton–Taylor Feud Claimed Nearly Three Times as Many Lives

One night in the summer of 1872, someone rang a cowbell in Pitkin Taylor’s cornfield. When the elderly man came outside, he was shot and severely wounded by supporters of William Sutton, a DeWitt County lawman whose faction opposed the Taylor family. Taylor died from his wounds about six months later. At his funeral, his son Jim and other relatives vowed to avenge his death. Nineteen Murders and No Trial, An archival St. Louis newspaper clipping…
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Katy Christian Magazine broke the news on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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