James Alexander "Coot" Byrd, Constable

City of Kingston

About sundown on Friday, August 26, 1927, Constable Alexander, 42, was standing on a sidewalk in Kingston when “young” General Kizziar walked up to him, pulled Byrd’s gun from its scabbard and hit the Constable on the right side of his head with the gun without saying a word, causing a fractured skull. Byrd was able to drive himself to the doctor’s office then home later. Byrd lost consciousness during the night and was rushed to the Sherman Hospital in Sherman, Texas where he died Monday morning, August 29th. Kizziar was charged with the Constable’s murder. Byrd leaves behind a wife and three children.