Marshal Guy B. Tucker, Constable Harrison Dearing, and other supporters faced the four Parnell brothers, Jim, Mat, Tom, and Walter, in a shootout that killed Constable Harrison Dearing, Walter Parnell, and Tom Parnell, and wounded Dr. Robert A. Hilton, Marshal Guy B. Tucker, and Mat Parnell. The fight began the Tucker-Parnell feud, which resulted in scores of deaths in Union County.