The State vs. the Dead Body of W. Bone[?] Durham

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1905--

Deceased

W. Bone[?] Durham
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say W. Bone[?] Durham came to his death by accidental killing of the Southern Railway Train No 33 controlled by J.A. Allison conductor and Enginer Price and that no blame attaches to any one[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
T. M. Cathcart
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Winnsboro
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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Transcription: 

Lucy Stevenson being duly sworn says that she saw the train when it struck Bone Durham. He was going down the Railroad the same way the train was. The train was behind him. The train was running fast. The train was going faster than usual to be going through town.

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