Newton Cox

First Name: Newton
Last Name: Cox
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
axe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say Newton Cox . . .came to his death. . . from a blow struck on his head [?] an axe in the hands of one Charlie Sulivan at the house of one Joycy Batson

COD Short Description: 
struck on head with axe
Original Record: 
2575

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