The State vs. the Dead Body of Ida Edwards

Date: 
October 1, 1938

Deceased

Ida Edwards
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
automobile
COD Inquest Finding: 

[No official declaration]

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. E. Redfearn
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[no location given]
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Major Little
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Dr. Jas P. Herman . . . In my opinion the wounds described were caused by being struck by an automobile. And the cause of death was concussion of Brain.

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