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Raymond F FAREL

Friendship (Springdale) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

September 27, 1890 - January 26, 1914

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, January 29, 1914

FAREL, Raymond - Springdale, Ark., Jan. 27.- Raymond Farel, aged 23 years, was shot to death during a charivari at the home of Mrs. Harve Webb, a mile south of Springdale last night. A coroner's jury today decided that his death was accidental. To celebrate the wedding of Henry Haywood a crowd of about 27 young folk gathered at the Webb home. While the noise was at its height a pistol shot rang out and young Farel, who was standing a short distance from the merrymakers, fell. Investigation showed that he had been shot behind the left ear. He died within an hour without regaining consciousness. Four witnesses who testified at the inquest today swore that Farel had the only gun they saw in the crowd. They said that they examined his gun and that it contained five undischarged cartridges. Each cartridge however bore a mark of the pistol's hammer showing that an effort had been made to discharge it.

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Submitted: 1/13/14 • Approved: 2/18/14 • Last Updated: 2/21/14 • R973829-G0-S3

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