Coroners' Inquests are inquests conducted by six men, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, into the cause of a person's death. Inquests include: municipality; name of coroner; signatures of the six jurors; name of decedent; date of inquest; reason for death; name of coroner's physician, and names of witnesses to the inquest. Handwritten on printed form.
Cause of death: on the evening of the 11th day of October, 1889, committed suicide by drowning himself in the Lititz Creek near the Reading and Columbia Railroad Depot.
Coroner: Honaman, Peter.
Coroner's Physician: Roebuck, P. J.
Jurors: Miller, H. E.; Geyer, George S.; Grosh, Samuel E.; Miller, Johnson; Witmyer, Daniel G.; Greek, Henry.
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Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Litit z square as pictured in the late ninteenth century. Photo faces seouteast across the square. The large building in the center is now the main building of the famed General Sutter Hotel. Newspaper photograph.
