Preston Sellers

First Name: Preston
Last Name: Sellers
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
pick axe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: that Preston Sellers came to his death by a lick on the Head with a pick handle in the hands of Fred Buckhannon

COD Short Description: 
hit over the head with a pick axe handle
Original Record: 
4255

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