James Walls

First Name: James
Last Name: Walls
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
baseball bat
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say the deceased came to his death at Ware's base ball ground, the 5th of Sept 1891 from a blow on the head with a base ball bat in the hands of Charles Young.

COD Short Description: 
hit with a baseball bat
Original Record: 
4769

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