The Dallas Daily Herald

Ernest Allen and others warned not to cross a certain piece of land belonging to the school district. Not heeding the warning an attempt was made to stop, which did not succeed, and they passed on; when returning later in the day, the O'Connors found a wire stretched across the school district road to prevent their passage, and five men, two named Allen and three named Breen, stationed there, with shot guns and revolvers. Mike O'Connor cut the wire, when Ernest Allen shot and killed Tim O'Connor. Mike then rushed at one of the Breens with an axe and chopped his head, inflicting mortal wounds. The party then closed in on Mike and broke a shotgun over his head, disabling him. All parties were arrested and jailed. The affair grew out of an old feud between the Breens and the O'Connors.