The State vs. the Dead Body of Gus West

Date: 
October 11, 1883

Deceased

Gus West
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that said Gus West Came to his death from gun shot wound by the Hands of some unknown party

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. M. Corley
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Jack Holms
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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