The State vs. the Dead Body of Susan Medlock

Boston Jones caught Susan Medlock . . . and choked her until she could not speak

Date: 
April 7, 1894

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Susan Medlock aforesaid, Came to her death by injuries inflicted upon her by the hands of Boston Jones Jr

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Johnston

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Boston Jones Jr.
Inquest Images: 
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