Wichita County, TX - Obituaries - R.A. West ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* Wichita Daily Times July 21 1908 Special to the Times - Fort Worth, Tex., July 21 - Reports were received in this city today that R. A. West of Grapevine, Tarrant county, had been accidentally shot and killed by his son, James, aged 18. The latter is now under arrest, but it is believed that he will be released. _The boy was prying on the hammer of an old revolver when it exploded, the bullet striking his father in the neck, death resulting in a few minutes.