Coroner's Inquest and Verdict, 1907-1940
This is the transcription of the Coroner's Inquest and Verdict records dated 1907-1940 as recorded in the Grundy County Courthouse. This is only an index. Not all columns were transcribed.
The data can be sorted by clicking on any of the column headers.
See bottom of page for additional notes.
| Page | Date | Deceased | Found At | Coroner | Verdict | Constable | Coroner's Jury | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 May 1907 | Meyer, John D. | His home in Holland, Ia. | J. C. Corsant | Strychnine poisoning administered by himself with suicidal intent | Cornelius Poppenga | Chas. T. Conradi, P. Meyer, J. H. Arends | |
| 2 | 18 Jun 1907 | Dreivel, Otto | the Dam of the Blackhawk Creek, Palermo Twp | C. E. Butler (J. P. and acting Coroner) | Accidental drowning | W. E. Morrison (Sheriff) | C. M. Sprague, W. S. Derby, G. W. Walker | |
| 3 | blank page | |||||||
| 4 | 18 Jun 1907 | Heinken, John | residence of John Fluth in Pleasant Valley Twp | Barney Hook (J. P. and acting Coroner) | Acute alcoholic poison administered by his own hand | Walter Galpin | O. Ackerman, Henry Knock, S. Terbeck (all of Pleasant Valley Twp) | And there being no friends to care for the body of the said deceased, I caused the same to be buried lawfully in the Lutheran Cemetery in Shiloh Township, Grundy Co., Iowa on the 19th day of June 1907. |
| 5 | 11 Oct 1907 | Lynch, Mrs. | her home | J. C. Corsant | Natural causes | T. Fuller (Marshall) | P. Hogan, W. H. Mitchell, L. D. Coffman | |
| 6 | 9 Apr 1908 | Spigelmeyer, Elijah | his residence in Conrad | A. D. Wiley (J.P. and acting Coroner) | An overdose of laudanum self-administered | H. F. Middleton | John R. Gier, Damon Marsh, A. J. Valentine | |
| 7 | 24 Jun 1908 | Jackson, Earl | Dike | J. C. Corsant | Alcoholic poison | Asa Reisinger (acting Constable) | Chas. Vought, Henry Reisinger, Adolph Liebsohn | |
| 8 | 29 Oct 1908 | French, John | the farm of Morrison Bros, Palermo Twp | C. E. Butler (J. P. and acting Coroner) | being smothered caused by the dirt from a well which he was cleaning out, caving in on him and the same being accidental | W. F. Benz (Deputy Sheriff) | C. M. Sprague, John White, J. E. Simms | |
| 9 | 26 Apr 1909 | Sheran, Will | Hicks Crossing | L. H. Carpenter | having his neck broken caused probably by jumping from a Great Western train | W. E. Morrison | L. T. Starkweather, Louis Severance, Matt Miller | |
| 10 | 20 Apr 1909 | Janssen, Ommo | J. P. Brown farm, Beaver Twp | L. H. Carpenter | Strangulation, self inflicted with suicidal intent | Sheriff Black | E. L. Piper, J. P. Brown, Fred Helmers | |
| 11 | 6 Jun 1909 | Harrison, Robert Henry | a pond north of Rock Island Depot, Grundy Center | L. H. Carpenter | Accidental drowning | James Black (Sheriff) | E. H. Dodd, Jerry Connell, Chas. Jontz | |
| 12 | 13 May 1910 | Kingsbury, Harry L. | the home of B. L. Robinson | L. H. Carpenter | taking a dose of chloral hydrate self administered | C. C. Bean | Ben Foght, Henry Wilson, H. W. Avery | |
| 13 | 28 May 1910 | Swinney, John Price | the King farm | L. H. Carpenter | as a result of Gun shot wounds self inflicted | H. G. Callaway | Chas. Callaway, Cal Stewart, Hiram Lord | |
| 14 | 11 Jul 1910 | Jacobsen, Albert | Sieh's farm | L. H. Carpenter | Accidental drowning | S. H. Knapp | Alfred Sieh, Henry Willart, Peter Sieh | |
| 15 | 9 Apr 1911 | DeGrote, Adolph | Reinbeck, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | causes unknown, no violence being evident | Henry Willart | Dana Roberts, Christ Powderly, John Johnson | |
| 16 | 9 Aug 1911 | Kramers, Harm | Holland, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | heart failure | |||
| 17 | 25 Jan 1912 | Moffitt, Mussett Anola | Reinbeck, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Heridatary Lyphilia | |||
| 18 | 14 Mar 1912 | Bramhall, Fred | Wellsburg, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | accident being crushed between freight car and ? on the Rock Island Rail Road at Wellsburg, Ia on the night of March 13th, 1912 | J. C. Doyen | E. A. Bowles, D. J. Peters, Hilko B. Rindles | |
| 19 | 5 Apr 1912 | Becker, Lorenz | Grundy Center, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | hanging himself while mentally deranged | John Morrison | Will Mitchell, Lou Coffman, Joe Hummel | |
| 20 | 9 Apr 1912 | Brassfield, J. M. | John Rohwer farm | L. H. Carpenter | hanging himself | James Black (Sheriff) | Herman Mundt, Ed Longnecker, H. P. Henningsen | |
| 21 | 19 Jun 1912 | Kessler, Eddie | Fern, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Accidental drowning | |||
| 22 | 14 Jul 1912 | Kruger, Claus Christian | Colfax | L. H. Carpenter | chronic heart disease | |||
| 23 | blank page | |||||||
| 24 | 19 May 1913 | Fiscus, Altha May | E. M. McKibbens residence, Felix Twp | L. H. Carpenter | strangulation at her own hands while despondent | James Black (Sheriff) | John Small, Albert Fiscus, Otis VanVooris | |
| 25 | 8 Jun 1913 | Knisley, Cora | Knisley's farm, Clay Twp | L. H. Carpenter | a gun shot wound inflicted by her father Ben Knisley with intent of murder | James Black (Sheriff) | Geo. W. Frederick, Joseph Whorrell, Dave Simms | |
| 26 | 8 Jun 1913 | Knisley, Ralph | Knisley's farm, Clay Twp | L. H. Carpenter | a gun shot wound inflicted by her father Ben Knisley with intent of murder | James Black (Sheriff) | George W. Frederick, Joseph Whorrell, Dave Simms | |
| 27 | 8 Jun 1913 | Knisley, Ben | Knisley's farm, Clay Twp | L. H. Carpenter | a gun shot wound self inflicted with suicidal intent | James Black (Sheriff) | George W. Frederick, Joseph Whorrell, Dave Simms | |
| 28 | 17 Aug 1913 | George, Thomas | Grundy Center, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Accidental drowning | John Morrison | E. H. Dodd, Walt Morrison, Clarance Albright | |
| 29 | 17 Aug 1913 | Ledras, Mak | Grundy Center, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Accidental drowning | John Morrison | E. H. Dodd, Walt Morrison, Clarance Albright | |
| 30 | 4 Sep 1913 | Thoms, William | John Reimer's farm, Black Hawk Twp | L. H. Carpenter | strychnine poisoning by his own hand while despondent | W. F. Benz (Deputy Sheriff) | Jim Creswell, Aug. W. Horstman, Ernest J. Hortsman | |
| 31 | 13 Oct 1913 | Huntley, William | Grundy Center, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Auto intoxication | Will Benz | D. W. Reid, Leon Bigelow, Otto Fram | |
| 32 | 31 Jan 1914 | Downey, Susan M. | Morrison, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | heart failure | Jonas Shafstahl | W. A. Elliott, R. L. Stout, C. L. Robinson | |
| 33 | 4 Nov 1914 | Wilcoxon, Dewitt Keller | Reinbeck, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | reason of bullet wounds inflicted by officers while deceased was resisting arrest | A. M. Robinson, E. K. Green, J. D. Morrison | ||
| 34 | 26 Nov 1914 | Brett, Edna | Grundy Center, Ia. | L. H. Carpenter | Chloroform poisoning self administered | Chas. Rogers, John F. Lynn, Ralph Lynn | ||
| 35 | 22 Feb 1915 | Brink, Lizzie | Grundy Center, Ia. | W. L. Miller (acting Coroner) | Acute intestinal indigestion | W. E. Morrison, R. F. Bockes, Jas. Black | ||
| 36 | 3 Mar 1915 | Tellinghusen, Egge | his home in Lincoln Twp | W. L. Miller (J. P. and acting Coroner) | Strangulation self inflicted | Otto Dirks, John Prusner, Tonjes Meyer | ||
| 37 | 13 Mar 1915 | Gronewold, Geerd | his home in Colfax Twp | W. L. Miller (J. P. and acting Coroner) | Strangulation self inflicted | John Nessen, F. C. Eberline, Chas. Etjen | ||
| 38 | 10 Feb 1915 | Brower, John | 2 miles south of Stout, Ia. On bridge of C&NW R. R. | Cullen B. Roe | having been struck by a train on the C&NW R. R. tracks two miles south of Stout at about nine oclock, Feb 9th. The number of the train is unknown | John Hempen (J. P.) | Tom Fitzpatrick, Oltman Diekhoff, Henry Hessenius | |
| 39 | 11 Mar 1915 | Bergman, Otto | his home 2 miles south, 1 mile west of Parkersburg, Ia. | Cullen B. Roe | his own hand, shot himself through the head using a 32 cal. Revolver at his home 2 miles south and 1 mile west of Parkersburg. Time 11:30 a.m. March 11th, 15 AD. | C. M. Fobes | Chris J. Johnson, John Ellingrod, Ben Ellingrod | |
| 40 | 25 Apr 1915 | Fredricksen, Nels | his home | J. C. Corsant | ||||
| 41 | 9 Jul 1915 | Doeden, Tobke | Harm Doeden 1 mile south of Stout, Ia. | J. W. Gaffey | the infant daughter of Harm Doeden 6 weeks old was found dead in bed the 9 day of July at 6 a.m. Death and ? Suffocation during night accidental. | H. W. Engelkes, J. D. Arends, A. W. Bulthuis | ||
| 42 | 24 Jul 1915 | Herom, Elzo | his home on Louis Meints farm | J. W. Gaffey | hanging self inflected and that the same was done 23rd of July 1915 while in a state of mental depression | H. T. Chinn | M. H. Tjaden, Chas. Schrage, Geo. A. Gerdes | |
| 43 | 14 Sep 1916 | Halfwassen, Peter | Fred Stahl barn | J. W. Gaffey | death suicide by shooting himself with a 22 rifle through the heart | W. F. Benz (Deputy Sheriff) | F. Hayes, E. W. Doeden, O. J. Engelkes | |
| 44 | 29 Jul 1923 | Simms, Ray | SE corner of Sec 6, Grant Twp | H. W. Engelkes | a wound inflicted with a sharp instrument such as a knife or razor by a person unknown to us | W. F. Benz (Deputy Sheriff) | Otto Frahm, George Boysen, Wayland Gray | |
| 45 | 24 Apr 1924 | Ring, Joe | Gradins? Camp north of Reinbeck, Ia. | H. W. Engelkes | violence but natural cause, heart failure | H. W. Avery | Geo. M. Saul, A. M. Robinson, Henry Willert | |
| 46 | 12 Nov 1924 | DeWeerdt, Marlin | Lammert Hoffman's | H. W. Engelkes | his own hand caused by poison which he is supposed to have purchased at Marshalltown | C. W. Engelkes | Nan Walters, Dick Walters, Jake Rindels | |
| 47 | blank page | |||||||
| 48 | 19 Jul 1925 | Knock, Maggie | the Dave Kirkpatrick barn | L . D. Coffman | hanging by her own hands while despondent | |||
| 49 | blank page | |||||||
| 50 | blank page | |||||||
| 51 | 21 Jan 1926 | Morrison, Walter C. | his home in Grundy Center | L. D. Coffman | shooting self in head with small caliber gun while despondent | |||
| 17 May 1925 | Weatherly, Alma Dittmer | her home in Felix Twp | L. D. Coffman | suicide by shooting herself with a 22 caliber rifle | ||||
| 1 Jul 1932 | Whaylin, Mae | Whaylin Farms in Black Hawk Twp | shot twice with a 12 gauge shotgun by Cressy Whaylin | |||||
| 5 Dec 1932 | Konken, Harm W. | his farm at Fern, Ia. | L. D. Coffman | gunshot wound in his head caused by his own hands due to financial worry | ||||
| 31 Dec 1938 | Hearne, Helen | a place 2 1/2 miles west of Grundy Center on highway #57 | L. D. Coffman | unavoidable accident. The car in which she was riding collided with a truck. | A. W. Lohring | C. A. Biebesheimer, Eiber C. Stevens, John Clark | ||
| 28 Jul 1932 | Dinnebier, Joann | Sharp farm in Clay Twp | accidental death caused by the child falling in front of the wagon wheel which passed over her chest causing instant death. | |||||
| 13 Mar 1933 | Jensen, William | his home | L. D. Coffman | suicide by hanging | ||||
| 26 Sep 1933 | Johns, William | Reinbeck, Ia. Was found laying dead in the street about 11:30 p.m. Had left home about 8p.m. Death supposed to have been caused by apoplexy | L. D. Coffman | |||||
| 8 Nov 1933 | Newton, Edgar H. | his home | L. D. Coffman | likely alcoholic poisoning | ||||
| 13 Nov 1933 | Meyer, Frederick | his home in German Twp | L. D. Coffman | Acute indigestion | ||||
| 15 Feb 1937 | Krull, Henry | Krull farm home about 2 miles SW of Grundy Center | suicide self inflicted with shotgun | |||||
| 1 Jun 1940 | Rhine, David | B. C. Kell farm about three miles north of Conrad | suicide by ingesting strychnine due to being mixed up with the law and financially. | |||||
| 13 Nov 1940 | Jones, William L. | Dick DeNeui farm at Wellsburg | Heart attack or heart blick causing instance death (during hunting trip) | |||||
| 14 Sep 1940 | Bullard, Marvin Lee | Dike, at the bridge at NW corner of Dike on Hwy #57 | Auto accident |
The information was transcribed as closely as possible to the original documents and as accurately as possible. If names were known to be misspelled, the corrected spelling has been entered in the Comments column for purposes of searching, etc. If you have a correction, please contact me and I will review the original document and make the correction, or I will update the Comments column to include the alternate information.