Craven County NcArchives Court.....Whiptell, Jane 1873
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1873

Folder: Inquests 1870-1874
Name of deceased: Jane WHIPTELL [also WHIPTETE, WHIPPLE]
DOD: 12 October 1873
Witnesses: Henry LEE, Sheriff HOBBS, John KONTZ
Witness statements: Deceased described as "an insane woman confined in the 
jail for safe keeping." 
Witness LEE states that he went into the deceased's room about dinner time, 
and she did not say anything was the matter. She was apparently well in the 
evening. When LEE went to her room in the morning, she was dead. Her dinner 
was bread and fish. She was quiet at all times; had been there about 12 
months. HOBBS said she had been brought from the poor house. KONTZ said he fed 
her yesterday at dinner and she seemed well. Went to her room to carry water 
in the morning and called her, but she did not answer. Uncovered her head, and 
found she was dead. She has not been noisy for a month or so. No doctor has 
seen her since her death.
Inquest verdict: Inquest held 13 October. Verdict: Came to her death from 
natural causes


Additional Comments:
Craven County Coroners' Inquests 1870-1905 (broken series)
Citation: CR.028.913.2


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