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Submitted: 9/10/10 • Approved: 3/21/15 • Last Updated: 3/24/15 • R374972-G0-S3
March 29, 1888 - July 19, 1906
Gone in her young years, Ere sorrow could slains
Afar from life's cares, Its grief and its pains.
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, August 3, 1906
WEST, Minnie - Prairie Grove, July 23.— Miss Minnie West of Wedington, almost twelve miles west of Prairie Grove, committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart with a 32-caliber pistol. She was the daughter of Will West who died and was buried here about one year ago. She was a young lady of accomplishments and had a good home and seemed to enjoy good health. She borrowed a 32 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver from some member of the Harris family, near neighbors, and reported that another neighbor, Dr. Wilson, wanted it. Some suspicion was felt and she was followed. She went as close to the residence of Mr. Harris as she could, on a small creek, having reached it in a circuitous route, and near the edge of the water soon afterward her body was found and by the side lay the pistol which she had a short time before borrowed. The affair casts a gloom over friends and acquaintances as no excuse or reason can be suggested for the rash act. Funeral services were conducted here by Rev. Dyer of Fayetteville.
Contributed on 9/10/10 by judyfrog
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