This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burks, Graham Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5755 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald – Thur., 19 June 1902 Death - City Marshall Sam Burks of McKinney was shot and killed one night last week by Mrs. T. E. Graham, who mistook the officer for a burglar. Burks was following a negro and happened to pass out of an alley into the Graham backyard. He had been serving as marshal for more than 10-years.