CORONOR’S INQUEST - Wm. J. Flynn 1884

FLYNN, DELORIMER, HERANCOURT, MCFARLAND, VAUGHN

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Date: 5/18/2016 at 21:23:19

The Dubuque Herald – Jan. 5, 1884
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CORONOR’S INQUEST
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Investigating the Cause of William
Flynn’s Death
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Coroner Vaughn having decided to hold an inquest on the body of the late Wm. J. Flynn, impaneled a jury consisting of Wm DeLorimer, Thomas Flynn and Harry Herancourt. The result of the inquest is as follows.

On the night of the 15th of December, James Flynn, brother of the deceased, accompanied by a man named McFarland, entered the saloon of Loftus & Flynn. Will noticing that James was intoxicated advised him to go home. After some talk he drew a glass of beer and placed it on the counter. James took the glass and saying, “I wouldn’t drink with you, “ threw the glass at Will hitting him on the head. A physician was called and placed several stitches in the wound. Anxiety to attend his business caused exposure to cold, which resulted in erysipelas in the wound, which, in - - - (words lost to faint type) with general - , caused his death.

The verdict of the jury was that death resulted from erysipelas.