W. Boggan Cash

First Name: W.
Middle Name(s): Boggan
Last Name: Cash
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Execution
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: "That deceased came to his death on the morning of the 15th day of May 1884, at his place from gunshot wounds at hands of Deputy Sheriff E. T. King and Posse while resisting arrest.

COD Short Description: 
shootout with police while resisting arrest
Original Record: 
3956

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