Despite having over fifty gunmen, the Shelton Brothers were unable to defeat Birger.

Marion and the surrounding area were then overrun by the warring bootleg factions of the Shelton Brothers and Charlie Birger.

The Shelton Brothers, Bob, Joe and Merle, were pioneer country musicians and renowned recording artists based out of Texas from the mid-1930s through the 1960s.

The Shelton Brothers would become one of the most successful country acts of the era.

Based on testimony of Charlie Birger himself, the Shelton Brothers were convicted for a 1925 unsolved mail carrier robbery of $15,000 and were sentenced to 25 years.

The distributor, Shelton Brothers, filed a federal lawsuit against the state, which reversed its decision Dec. 20, said the owner, Will Shelton.

Lawfully elected officials returned to their offices, and Birger and the Shelton Brothers went back into business.

Fox played with the Shelton Brothers on recordings they made for Decca Records between 1934 and 1936, in addition to recording a few of his own singles.

With the Klan gone by late 1926, Birger returned to his fight with the Shelton Brothers.

The following year, he left to join the "Shelton Brothers" in Shreveport, Louisiana.