Samuel A. Geer

First Name: Samuel
Middle Name(s): A.
Last Name: Geer
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
metallic instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said S. A. Geer was killed by blows over the head producing five separate fractures of the skull, near the residence of David Geer. . .by some metalic instrument in the hands of some person or persons unknown.

COD Short Description: 
hit multiple times on skull
Original Record: 
2418

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