Willie Featherston

First Name: Willie
Last Name: Featherston
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Featherston came to his death, on Wednesday after noon, from a Knife wound, inflicted by himself, in the lower part of the Sternum, as we believe by accident

COD Short Description: 
stabbed self in chest
Original Record: 
4663

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