The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen Holmes

Date: 
March 4, 1882

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the said Allen Holmes Came to His death by a Gun Shot wound in the hands of Gus Settler

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Oscar Seigler Residence

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Gus Settler
Inquest Images: 
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