The State vs. the Dead Body of Julius Brockman

the head had no brain in it at all, the right leg was cut entirely off. The left leg was not yet off

Date: 
August 11, 1881

Deceased

Julius Brockman
Description: 
negroe boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Julius Brockman came to his death by an [?] accident causedly being Struck by engine No 22 train no 49 on the [??] Rail Road

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. G. Hawthorne
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Greenville
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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