The State vs. the Dead Body of Bessie Gambrell

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
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Deceased

Bessie Gambrell
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

we the jury find that Bessie Gambrell came to her death by swallowing Cartridge Hull No. 32 causing her death.

Location

County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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