This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Penrod, Graves Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2654 Message Board Post: Last Sunday five or six small boys of this palde went out for an all-day hunt or outing. They took with them some coffee and other things to eat and also a target to hunt with. they had spent the day very pleasantly until about 3 o'clock when something went wrong with the gun. Little LaRoy Graves had the gun and was attempting in his childish way, to fix it, when Arley Penrod one of the party, walked in front of the gun just as LaRoy pulled on the triger the bullet took effect in the heart of Arley and death was instantaneous. All of the boys excetp LaRoy came to towm for a doctor, he alone stayed to render what ever assistance he could to his littleplaymate. It was not long until he was convinced that Arley was dead, and he then came to town broken hearted over the fact that he had killed his playmate. LaRoy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Graves of Magdalena N.M., who recently arrived in this city to visit. Arley Penrod was the little 12 year old son of Mrs. Penrod of our town. This should prove a lesson to little boys as well as to parents. Guns, though they be of a small calibre are dangerous. A twenty-two target will kill just as quickly as a high powered rifle, therefor should not be placed in the hands of children. Rev. Dellinger of Arapahoe, pastor of the presbyterian church at this place conducted the funeral services at the Methodist church Monday afternoon. The remains were laid to rest in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. (Cheyenne Star December 20, 1917)