Allen

First Name: Allen
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
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 ball shot from a rifle gun into his forehead causing instant death, the gun lying by his side, the ram rod drawn out and lying on the ground, a long forked stick lying lengthwise on the body

COD Short Description: 
shot self with rifle
Original Record: 
2543

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