Amaziah Payton

First Name: Amaziah
Last Name: Payton
Description: 
colored man of New York
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the aforesaid Amaziah Payton came to his death. . . from the effects of a wound a little above the left groin, suppose to have been made by a pistol ball?.which ball was shot from a pistol which one Reuben L. Golding then and there had and held

COD Short Description: 
shot in groin
Original Record: 
2419

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