John Autery

First Name: John
Last Name: Autery
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
rifle
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by shooting himself with a rifle gun, the ball sticking in the forehead and penetrating into the skull which caused instant death, his big toe placed on the trigger, the gun lying lengthwise on the body

COD Short Description: 
shot in head with rifle
Original Record: 
2541

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