also testified at times the crowd's numbers would nearly fill the square of the Diamond, but that the attendees would always clear a path for approaching vehicles. At this time the court adjourned for the day. On November 19 the charges resulted in a fine and 12-month jail sentence, but Barker did not exactly display remorse, stating, "Judge Patton made a threat two weeks ago of what he would do if I was thrown into his power. Now let him touch me if he dares. I'll hang him to a lamppost if he lays a finger on me." The next mayoral election was fast approaching, and Barker's nativist supporters circulated a write-in petition during his imprisonment which resulted in his election as mayor to succeed Herron. Accounts of Barker's one-year 1850–51 term describe it as a period of religious and nativist strife. Death Barker lived for eleven years after leaving the mayoralty and despite a number of additional attempts, never again held public office. He was in his mid-fifties at the time of his decapitation in a train accident in the neighboring town of Manchester (a part of Pittsburgh since 1908). Interment was in Allegheny Cemetery. References External links Mayors of Pittsburgh Railway accident deaths in the United States Accidental deaths in Pennsylvania 1806 births 1862 deaths Place of birth unknown Date of birth unknown Burials at Allegheny Cemetery 19th-century American politicians