The State vs. the Dead Body of M. F. Anderson

Date: 
February 22, 1883

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
strychnine
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said M F Anderson came to her death by taking an overdose of Strychnine and that the said M F Anderson in manner and form then and there voluntarily and feloniously herself did kill against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of JR Anderson
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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