Merritt Horrell

Merritt Horrell

The Horrell Brothers, sometimes referred to as the Lawless Horrell Boys (ca. 1873 - 1878) were five brothers from the Horrell family of Lampasas County, Texas, who were outlaws of the Old West, and who committed numerous murders over a five year period before four of the brothers were killed in different incidents. Although itself resulting in relatively few deaths compared to other Feuds, the brothers are probably best known for the Horrell-Higgins Feud. However, starting in 1873, the brothers went on an ethnically motivated killing spree during which time they killed one Hispanic lawman and another Caucasian lawman in New Mexico, and eleven other Hispanic men, along with wounding one Hispanic woman. The brothers had killed five lawmen prior to that spree, in Texas.