M. F. Anderson

First Name: M.
Middle Name(s): F.
Last Name: Anderson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Poison
COD Method/Implement: 
strychnine
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said M F Anderson came to her death by taking an overdose of Strychnine and that the said M F Anderson in manner and form then and there voluntarily and feloniously herself did kill against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid.

COD Short Description: 
ingested strychnine
Original Record: 
4953

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