Monroe County AlArchives News.....Horrible Tragedy in Monroeville August 16, 1928
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The Monroe Journal August 16, 1928
JOE FAULKENBERRY, NIGHT WATCHMAN, SHOT AND KILLED BY HARRY HELTON.

As the culmination of bad feelings known to exist between the parties one man 
is dead and the other is in jail suffering from injuries received in a bloody 
encounter Tuesday evening. 
Mr. Joe Faulkenberry, who had served as night watchman in Monroeville for 
several months, met Harry Helton, blacksmith, in the Lathram Hardware store 
late Tuesday evening and a few moments thereafter occupants of adjacent 
buildings were startled by several pistol shots fired in rapid succession.  
Rushing to the scene of the unusual disturbance, Mr. Faulkenberry was found 
lying on the floor weltering in his lifeblood.  Mr. Helton stood by with a 
smoking pistol in his hand and blood flowing from a wound in his shoulder.
While it is known that bad feelings had existed between the parties for a 
fortnight or longer, no one seems to know just the true circumstances under 
which the fatal encounter occurred.  
Mr. Faulkenberry was regarded as a quiet, peaceable citizen and everyone was 
shocked by the tragedy.  He is survived by his wife and several children. The 
funeral took place at Scotland cemetery Wednesday afternoon. 

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