The State vs. the Dead Body of John Williams

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1898--

Deceased

John Williams
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said John Williams came to his death "by his own hands for his own free will by jumping from the train while moving."

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jm. D. Blair

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Strother
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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