Dink was born Barney Dink Lucas 22 Apr 1887 in Illinois to J. C Lucas & Bytha Hale.
Inmate #28795 Missouri State Prison
Rec: 27 Jul 1927
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
He escaped from prison, this is his wanted poster which I found on the Washington Digital website. This is how & why I started his search.
I made him a tree on Ancestry and my first hit was his prison record in New Mexico. I was thinking what?
Inmate #2482 New Mexico State Prison
Rec: 11 Apr 1935
Crime: Safe Keeping
On 20 Apr 1925 Dink was with John Burgess in an automobile and drove by Charles Miller's house and fired his gun towards the house, Mrs. Miller and her daughter we sitting on the front porch, her daughter Pauline had her head in her mother's lap when the bullet struck her and killed her, she was about 6 years old. Dink blames John on the shooting and visa versa, they both get sentenced for it.
Pauline Miller's death certificate
Here are some newspaper articles on the crime.
He changes his name to C. D. Thomas, his wife moves to New Mexico to be with him and all the children's names were changed to Thomas, as the 1930 census proves this, he is a farmer while living there.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38181690/dink_lucas/
The 1940 census shows him in Missouri State Prison. When he gets out eh forgets to check in with his parole officer for two years and is picked up again.
He and his family go back to their real names and are all living in Missouri again.
He married: Myrtle Blackman (1892-1958) on 10 Aug 1910 in Bloomfield, MO.
Here are their children:
Chester Lucas
1909–1994
Olita Lucas
1915–1997
Marie O Lucas
1918–1989
Sylvester Henry Lucas
1921–2011
Lester Lucas
1925–2005
Vernon L Lucas
1931–2005
Notice the dates, 1925 was when the murder took place, so she had either given birth to Lester or was pregnant during, Vernon was born while they were in hiding.
Dink died 10 Feb 1958 in Dexter, MO
His wife Myrtle died 7 July 1958 in New Mexico.
One of the newspaper articles mentions Dink had a moonshine still and Charles Miller narked on him to the sheriff's office and this is where the feud started.
Whatever the reason and whomever shot those fatal bullets doesn't matter, what does matter is who shots in the dark at a target you can not see? A little girl lost her life and a mother her child. No excuses.
Inmate #28795 Missouri State Prison
Rec: 27 Jul 1927
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
I made him a tree on Ancestry and my first hit was his prison record in New Mexico. I was thinking what?
Rec: 11 Apr 1935
Crime: Safe Keeping
On 20 Apr 1925 Dink was with John Burgess in an automobile and drove by Charles Miller's house and fired his gun towards the house, Mrs. Miller and her daughter we sitting on the front porch, her daughter Pauline had her head in her mother's lap when the bullet struck her and killed her, she was about 6 years old. Dink blames John on the shooting and visa versa, they both get sentenced for it.
Pauline Miller's death certificate
Here are some newspaper articles on the crime.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38181690/dink_lucas/
The 1940 census shows him in Missouri State Prison. When he gets out eh forgets to check in with his parole officer for two years and is picked up again.
He and his family go back to their real names and are all living in Missouri again.
He married: Myrtle Blackman (1892-1958) on 10 Aug 1910 in Bloomfield, MO.
Here are their children:
Chester Lucas
1909–1994
Olita Lucas
1915–1997
Marie O Lucas
1918–1989
Sylvester Henry Lucas
1921–2011
Lester Lucas
1925–2005
Vernon L Lucas
1931–2005
Notice the dates, 1925 was when the murder took place, so she had either given birth to Lester or was pregnant during, Vernon was born while they were in hiding.
Dink died 10 Feb 1958 in Dexter, MO
His wife Myrtle died 7 July 1958 in New Mexico.
One of the newspaper articles mentions Dink had a moonshine still and Charles Miller narked on him to the sheriff's office and this is where the feud started.
Whatever the reason and whomever shot those fatal bullets doesn't matter, what does matter is who shots in the dark at a target you can not see? A little girl lost her life and a mother her child. No excuses.
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