The State vs. the Dead Body of Massie Robeson

Date: 
June 18, 1919

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

we the Jurors find that she came to her death by her own hand by gun shot wound

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Source

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