R.Y. Hayne Bell

First Name: R.Y.
Middle Name(s): Hayne
Last Name: Bell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
razor
COD Inquest Finding: 

ipon their oathes do say that he came to his death from a Razor wound on his neck, inflicted By his own hand.

COD Short Description: 
slit his throat with a razor
Original Record: 
4902

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