The State vs. the Dead Body of John Taylor

Date: 
March 22, 1918

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

we the Juror find that John Taylor came to his death by a freight train on Atlantic Cost Line Rail Road having his Head Cut entirley from his body also right Arm broken and right hand badly mashed allso left Leg & foot mashed in the Town limits of Cheraw S.C

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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