W. C. Benson

First Name: W.
Middle Name(s): C.
Last Name: Benson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the decased came to his death by a supposed fall from a trestle ... said fall causing concussion of the brain

COD Short Description: 
fell from trestle
Original Record: 
3210

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