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OSGOOD, County Coroner Chautauqua Co NY Feb 9 - Oct 16 1925 Feb 9th 1925 Case of Mary WESELEWSKI found dead in bed, Died from natural causes April 27, 1925 Case of Adolph PETERS at Sherman, he fell on the track in front of aswitching train, and was cut in 2, Trespasser June 23rd , 1925 Case of John J. MITCHELL, Found on the shore of Lake Erie, Dead, I located his friends in Boston MASS. August 12th, 1925 Called to Westfield in case of Mrs. Ann EGGERT of St. Louis MO who waskilled when the auto she was riding in, was hit by a street car when theywere leaving the home of Dick NEWELL where they stayed all night. The autowas run by her son In law, G. R. HOWE, who, with his wife, saved themselvesby jumping from the car, The auto had stalled on the track, causing the accident. Sept 1st, 1925 Called to Westfield in the case o J.H. McINTOSH, of Wesleyville, Erie CoPA, and H. L. DUNLAVY of Erie PA ministers of the M. E. Church, who wasrunning along ahead of the B & E Trolley their auto suddenly turned onto thetrack in front of the trolley Both were instantly killed, and the auto smashed We were unable to prove the cause. September 8th, 1925 Called to Sherman in the case of Oscar WOODFORD, suicide by gunshot Sept 27th, 1925 Called to the County Poorhouse at Dewittville, Case of Charles CARTER anemployee who died of heart disease. Oct 16th 1925 Case of Camilla BRAINARD at Brocton, Heart disease Edward B OSGOOD, Coroner CORONER'S REPORT Chautauqua Co NY Report of E. B. OSGOOD, Coroner May 23rd 1927 J.A. SIMPSON, Westfield, drowned while trying to escape from officers, by jumping off his boat, to swim ashore, Bootlegger; (*Smuggling booze from Canada to NY was a common practice in the 1920's J. A. SIMPSON is probably John SIMPSON, born Canada Living in Westfield, 1920 is age 46 b Canada, parents b Scotland Wife Emma 41 b Scotland He came 1888 she came in 1907 Dau 9 b Canada) Sept 21st 1927 W. J. HUNGERFORD and wife, of Westfield, hit while in their auto, by B & E trolley car; accidental (* added data East Ripley Cemetery Wellington J. HUNGERFORD 1867-1927 Wife 1. Elsie R. 1871-1896son Cass H. 1896-1897 Wife 2 Vira TYLER 1870-1927) Feb 23rd 1928 Called to Westfield, in the case of Josephine DOLCE cause of death, heart disease April 25th 1928 Called to Mayville, case of Maggie SPARLING, died of natural causes; May 22, 1928 Eugene FURMAN, Brocton, heart disease August 8th, 1928 Called to Westfield, case of Bessie M. VanDYKE, SUICIDE by lying down on the PA Railroad tracks and letting the train run over her (*added notes Bessie is buried in Mayville Cemetery, she was 28 VanDyke, Charles G. 1863-1928 Bessie M. 1900-1928 in the 1920 census she 20 is the wife of Morris L VanDyke ae 19 and the mother of a 1 yr old son Donald VanDyke ) Sept. 2nd 1928 Called to Westfield, case of Nellie N. MORRIS suicide by hanging; Nov 7th 1928 Called to Fredonia, case of Samuel O. HEATON who fell dead on the Street; cause, Heart Disease November 12th, 1928 Called to Mayville in the case of Andrew CARLSON who was hit by an auto driven by G.W. WAGNER of Sheffield PA, from evidence of witnesses I could find no negligence of driver of automobile; Signed; E.B. OSGOOOD CORONER'S REPORT B. F. ILLSTON Chautauqua Co NY Coroner Nov 1 1927- Dec 31st 1927 November 10th 1927 Norman L. BLATT, residence Robinsonsea PA age 21 Suicide by Hanging at Dolf Flats Nov. 17th 1927 Gust W. WASSMAN, residence 25 Benson St. Jamestown, cause, fracture of skull, struck by Erie Train no 5 at Beechwood while riding on speeder November 26th, 1927 Unknown Infant, still birth which had been buried in woods without a burial permit Nov 27th 1927 Mrs. Jennie HAUGH, residence 51 Fairmont Ave Jamestown, age 72 cause of death, accidental burning, clothing caught on fire from open fireplace Dec 6th 1927 James RYAN, 105 W 2nd St, age 66 cause, Apoplexy Dec 17th 1927 James ANZALONE, residence, Brocton, age 12, accidental drowning, in the Chadakoin CORONER'S REPORT Chautauqua CO NY George E . BLOOD Dr. Ages not given 1931 Nov 6th Ermina McMANUS Fredonia, Acute dilation of heart Nov 6th Carrie May BEARDSLEY, Fredonia, Acute Indigestion Nov 11th Allen Forest DAVIS, Fredonia, premature birth Nov 14th Clara BARONE, Silver Creek, fracture of skull, auto accident Nov 19th Daniel Edward CHILCOTT, Cause Unknown found in Dunkirk Bay Lake Erie Nov 22nd Agnes Jameson, fracture of skull, struck by auto Nov 24th Iva A. GREEN, Dunkirk, struck by a bus Dec 12th 1931 Stanley MEKUS Dunkirk, Suicide by hanging with a rope 1932Jan 10th Quincey RANNEY Cassadaga, acute alcoholism Jan 18th Henry WOOLEY Hanover Apoplexy Jan 22nd Carrie CRISTINA, Fredonia, TB of the lungs Feb 2nd Trem ANTOL, Dunkirk, heart disease Feb 2nd Charles MILLER, Silver Creek, Heart Feb 6th Charles BOUQUIN, Dunkirk, fracture of skull, hit by auto Feb 7th Ion McCONNELL Fredonia, Acute dilation of heart Feb 20th Adam S. ZALKOWSKI, Dunkirk, suicide, hanging by wire Feb 27th Mary FACCO, Dunkirk, struck by auto, fracture of skull Mar 3rd William GOGGIN, Dunkirk, fell from top of Nickel plate train Mar 12th James SHERMAN, Villenova, suicide, by hanging with rope Mar 14th Mary CROWELL, Hamlet, Apoplexy Mar 13th Dickie OLROGG, Arkwright death by Convulsions Mar 17th Alexander GANCASY Silver Creek, head crushed by the Nickel plate RR train Mar 19th Robert ABERSOLD, Dunkirk, Suicide, hanging by a rope Mar 30th Robert AGNEW, Dunkirk acute dilation of heartApr 5Lloyd WHITNEY French Creek, Heart Apr 11th Philiip Francis HACK, Dunkirk, drowned in Lake ErieApr 15thJohn Zuralski, Dunkirk Heart May 23rd Eria WYATT, Ripley accidentally killed accident, auto and trolley collision June 5th Andrew JELONEK, Dunkirk, Heart June 24th Attilo SCAGLINO, Dunkirk, burns from steam boiler explosion July 2nd John GIZEGORZEWSKI, Silver Creek, accidentally drowned Lake Erie July 10, Michael TOOMEY Dunkirk, Heart July 26th Joseph POLSIAK, Sheridan, accidentally drowned lake Erie July 26th George D. JOHNSON, Lily Dale, cause, Cerebral Hemorrhage July 31st Herbert GLOTH, Cassadaga, accidental drowning Cassadaga Lake Aug 14th Jack ZANGHI Silver Creek., struck by auto, skull fracture Aug 20th Edward CROWELL, Smith's Mills Suicide, shooting self with gun Aug 24th Anna Marie SANDFORD, Dunkirk, Accidental drowning Lake Erie Sept 8th Albert HAAK or HOAK, or HOAG Hanover, Suicide with a revolver Sept 8th Unknown Man Portland, found on shore of Lake Erie Sept 9th Frances Murray, Silver Creek, fracture of skull auto accident Sept 15th Elizabeth POWELL, Silver Creek, auto accident, triple fracture of skull Sept 17th DeForest STRAIGHT, Dunkirk, chest crushed by auto accident Sept 20th Patrick CONNELL Dunkirk, Acute Alcoholism Oct 1st Mrs. Paul NEWMAN, Silver Creek, suicide, shooting self with a revolver Oct. 6th Eugene HEATH, Lily Dale, Heart Oct 10th Francis SEYBOLD, JUNIOR, chest crushed, run over by a truck Oct 13th Arthur PADDOCK, Jamestown, Shooting self with rifle, Suicide Oct 30th Joseph CUNNINGHAM, Dunkirk, Heart Oct 30th Otto F. PAGE, Fredonia, Heart CORONER'S REPORT Chautauqua CO NY William B. CRANDALL Coroner From Nov 1, 1931 to Nov 1932 Nov 22nd John Henry CASELMAN, Sherman, asphyxiated by coal gas in his own home Alice Adelaide CASELMAN his wife,asphyxiated by coal gas in her own home Dec 21st 1931 Hubert NEWTON, Jamestown, Heart Feb 26, 1932 Raymond R NICHOLS. Westfield, suffocation, following seizure Mar 13th 1932 Augusta BOCKMAN Westfield accidental suffocation April 3rd 1932 Raymond C.WHEELER, Westfield, Suicide by carbon Monoxide gas Apr 29, 1932 Joe KLASCH Westfield, Heart lesion May 20th Bert Bert S. HOPKINS, Dunkirk, Auto Accident, fractured skull May 21st Charles SAFFORD, Mina, suicide by shot gun May 29th 1932 Hugh W. TRAVIS Westfield, fractured skull, auto accident May 30th 1932 George Francis ARUMON 181 Summer place Buffalo, Heart disease Jun 3rd 1932 Jay D. HULL Cassadaga, Apoplexy Jun 8th 1932 Charles GARRISON, auto accident, Ripley, internal injuries Jun 12 1932 George Alfred KIRKLAND Dewittville, natural causes Jun 21st 1932 William WHEELOCK, Westfield, Apoplexy Jun 25th 1932 Leo Lee LUCORE Ripley, Fractured skull, crushed chest, auto Accident July 18th 1932 Frederick A MOREHOUSE Ripley Heart disease July 29th 1932 Fred KLOPFER Mayville Chronic Myocardial insufficiency Aug 14th Russell K. SITZINGER, Surrey Rd Philadelphia PA drowned when canoe capsized, Chautauqua Lake Aug 27th 1932 Warren Long MORSE Jamestown, drowned in Chautauqua Lake Aug 28th 1932 Adelaide PALMER Westfield, heart Sept 7th Herbert BRIGGS N. Harmony, accidentally struck by auto Oct 1st Vesta Marie MACKEY, Kennedy, accidentally struck by Auto Oct 2, 1932 Elizabeth CLAREY Jamestown, heart Oct 5th 1932 Jean Downs MCINTYRE Welland Ontario, drowned when freight boat sank in Lake Erie CORONER'S REPORT David LINCOLN, Coroner Nov 3rd 1931 Albin ANDERSON, age 19 1106 Lakeview Ave Jst, Auto Accident Nov 17th 1931 Lucy THOMPSON, age 84 Busti natural causes Nov 30th 1931 Mrs. Wilhelmina BIRMLEY, 79 of Cherry Creek natural causes Nov 30th, 1931 Walter Jennings TAYLOR age 46 Clymer, exposure Dec 1, 1931 Albert KOTTTELLIE Age 62 No 42 Allen Square, Jamestown, Natural causes; Dec 3, 1931 Johannes SWANSON, age 86 34 Prather Ave Jamestown, natural causes; Dec 8th 1931 Andrew Gustaf NORMAN, age 71 Barrows St Jst, natural causes Dec 10th 1931 Mrs. Lora THAYER GATHERCOLE age 80 301 Lakeview Ave Jst, Natural causes; Dec 19th, 1931 John PARRISH, age 62 Watts Flats, 2nd degree burns Dec 27th, 1931 Frank ORTOLANO, age 74 26 Water St, Jst, natural causes Dec 28th 1931 Scott PENFIELD age 67 Jamestown, suicide Jan 1, 1932- March 31, 1932 CORONERS Report David LINCOLN of Jamestown Coroner Jan 1, 1932 Carl David BROSTRUM, age 31 Willard St Ext. auto accident, Jan 6th Mrs. Marie WHITMAN, age 17 North Harmony gun shot, self inflicted Jan 7th John Gust STONEBERG, age 69 39 Bigelow Ave Jst, suicide by hanging Jan 13th Esther Marie SWANSON, age 27 132 Weeks Ave Jst, suicide by fire-arms Jan 14th Louis M. WAITE, age 85 824 N Main St Jst, jumped from window, Suicide Jan 19th Charles W. STEARNS, 79 215 Washington St Jst, natural causes Jan 23rd William E. PHILLIPS ae 69 Busti, natural causes Jan 27th Benedict Leo WITECK, 24, Bonita on Chautauqua Lake, Struck on J W & N and N W RR tracks while in his auto Jan 30th Arlene NOBBS, age 25 of 344 E. 4th St Jst, Suicide, Head severed by Erie RR Train Jan 31s Byron DARLING, age 25 101 Wescott Ave Jst, accidental natural gas poisoning Feb 1st Anders Gustaf OBERG, 84, 108 Bowen St Jst, Natural causes Feb 2nd Mrs. Anna D. COFFIN, ae 73, 311 E 6th St, clothes caught fire from open fire, burns Feb 7th Erhart THURNQUIST 53 30 Barrows St Jst, Gun Shot wound, suicide Feb 12th Joseph HARDY age about 50 Falconer, found dead on RR tracks, naturalcauses, Feb 15th Mrs. Ida GARDNER, age 82, Stow, NY Suicide by hanging, Mar 2nd George ANDERSON, age 47 lived Buffalo, found in Busti, dead with gun shot, accidental Mar 5th Elliott Thomas WORDEN, 75 of 45 Thayer St Jst, natural causes Mar 5th Charles LINDERHOLM, 61 Jst, auto Accident Mar 5th James NORTON, age 26 Hotel Samuels, Jst, suicide by hanging Mar 7th Lehman PETERSON, 35 Cole Ave Jst, natural causes Mar 21st Earl W. KELLEY, age 51 Foote Ave Jamestown, suicide by hanging Mar 25th Carol NORD, 33 of Euclid St natural causes Mar 30th James HODGES age 43 Watts Flats, burns, Mar 30th Phebe Rood TICKNER, 90 of 322 Newland Ave Natural causes CORONERS REPORT APRIL 1 - JUNE 30 1932 April.2nd 1932 Harry CULVER, age 56 105 Summit Lakewood, Suicide, gun Shot Apr 3rd John VISTANZA age 11 Towerville, Gun Shot, accidental Apr 3rd Fred CLARY Clyde Ave Jst Natural causes Apr 6th Charles PIERCE ae 5 weeks, Onoville died Jst Hospital Apr 6th Frank PETERSON, 59, 273 Hallock St Strangulation by hanging, suicide; Apr 14th Mrs. Kate BENNETT age 56 16 Park St Jst, natural causes; Apr 14th Enard HANSON, 22 of Frewsburg, Natural causes Apr 17th Paul FOSBURG, age 28 Crashed with his Airplane near Sinclairville,accidental Apr 18th Milard Oscar CARLSON, 27 108 Crossman St suicide by firearms Apr 19th Peter JOHNSON, 65, Bemus Pt, Carbon Monoxide poisoning, accidental Apr 22nd Frank Courter SIMPSON, 23, Randolph, died in Jamestown, Gun Shot, accidenta lApr 26th John J. PRZYRYAG, age 63 91 Fairmont, Natural Causes Apr 29th Lawrence J. KLINGSTEDT 74, 149 Allen St Jst, Natural Causes May 8th Horace NEWGREN 62, 609 Harding Ave Jst natural causes May 11th Mrs. Ella O. AYLING, Light House Pt Struck by auto on Highway May 13th Anna M CARLSON 57 20 Morton St Jst, Natural Causes May 15th Augusta HERMANSON, 82 Ellery Center Natural causes May 16th Mrs Ella RICKER age 76 found dead in her cottage, natural May 18th Carlton COX, age 12 Barrows St, accidental drowning May 20th Cornelia Minerva WISE, 74 902 Lafayette St Jst Natural causes June 4th Hiram C. KLINGENSMITH 62 of 58 Waverly St Celoron, fell from boat while fishing, drowned, accidental June 10th George A. McGINNIS 50, Mayville, Gun Shot, Suicide June 12 th Bert E. WHATFORD, ae 57 653 E 5th St Jst, June 14th Willis Hiram MASON, 76 Jst, dropped dead on St, natural causes June 14th Axel Z. JOHNSON, 46 29 Spruce St Jst, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, accidental June 17th Carl Genus PARSONS, 45 , 41 Anderson St, Jst, fractured skull, falling from sidewalk to pavement JUNE 21st Henry G RUSH 78 of Bemus Point, fell from boat, Accidental Drowning JUNE 21st Clarence EMBELTON, age 34 Bemus Pt, Accidental Drowning, jumped in lake to save the life of his employer, Mr RUSH June 26th Jean Patricia TYLER, age 6 Fluvanna, struck by Auto, fractured skull June 28th James P. DRAKE, 18, of W. 8th St, accidental drowning in Stillwater Creek June 30th Frank B. STEDMAN, 62 f Stedman, natural causes CORONERS REPORT David Lincoln, Coroner July - Dec 1932 July2nd Frank W. JOHNSON, 64 Cherry Creek, struck by Auto on Highway July 3rd Eugene WELSH, 19, Bradford PA, thrown from auto, striking tree, fractured skull July 7th John A. KILEY 43, 203 Lafayette Jst, Gun shot wound, suicide July 13th Herbert J. JONES infant, Poland, natural causes July 16th Adolph DAVIDSON, 67, 136 Prospect St Jst, dropped dead at home, natural causes July 23rd Louis DeMEYER age 21, 192 PA Ave, Jst, drowned in Chautauqua Lake, accidental July 27th William HILL, ae 46 died in Police ambulance while being taken to hospital, alcoholism July 31st Raymond H. COOPER, ae 25, Bear Lake PA Auto accident, killed when auto he was a passenger in, left highway. Aug 4th Oscar F. ANDERSON, 84 269 Prospect Jst, found dead in bed, natural causes Aug 13th Charles EGGETT 17 of Kane PA, resided at Victoria on Chautauqua lake, dove in shallow water, fractured cervical vertebrae Aug 16th James LAUGHLIN, ae 7, 1 Metallic Ave Jst, struck by Erie passenger train, ,Aug 20th Bernardino MARERI 42, dropped dead in national furniture factory , body posted? Chronic Myocarditis natural cause Aug 22nd Anna M. WILCOX, 77 Celoron, natural causes Aug 26th June HALL age 6 of Kennedy, struck by auto, fractured skull Aug 31st Olof DAHLGREN 67 of 76 Shady Lane, Jst, natural causes Sept 1st Infant female found in rubbish barrel, near rear of 23 Front St Jst. Sept 7th Timothy J. CANTY 64 of Jefferson St Jst, dead in bed, natural causes Sept 11th Adolph Emanuel HALLIN, 44 of 58 Allen St, found drowned in Chautauqua Lake, accidental Sept 16th Hugo BRAMSTONG, 40, of 316 Haywood Ave Jst, strangulation by hanging, suicide Sept 16th Augusta Louise SUNDELL 83 of 3 Lakeview Ave, struck by Street car at Shermans Bay Sept 17th Mrs. Flora GIBSON, 70 Jst, Natural causes Sept 24th James SAUTER 62 of Erie PA, struck by auto near Kennedy, fractured skull Oct 23rd Alson M. COVELL, 70 of Kennedy, Struck by auto, Autopsy held resulting that death was not directly due to accident Oct 24th Melvin A. LINDBECK, 47 of Howard Ave Jst, strangulation by hanging, suicideOct 30thMattie Belle COOK, 32 844 E 2nd St, run down by street car Nov 3rd George SLYE 65 of French Creek, natural causes Nov 6th Donald F BERG age 20, 1081 E 2nd St Jst while trying to board a passing freight train, was thrown under the wheels and killed Cherry Creek Leon RUTTENBUR Coroner Nov 1 1935 to Nov 1 1936 Nov 12, 1935 S. VANDERWOOF, Conewango Valley NY found dead in bed Chronic Mycarditis Nov 26th 1935 Blaine HULINGS, 102 Baxter St Lakewood NY Auto accident, fractured skull and internal injuries Nov 28th 1935 Marcus D. DEXTER Ellery NY found dead in bed, chronic Mycarditis Nov 29th 1935 Avery HOWARD Cherry Creek, Dead in bed, cerebral Hemorrhage 1936 June 19th 1936 Carl WATERS, Hamlet NY pneumonia July 1st 1936 Charles FOSTER, Frewsburg dropped dead while driving auto, Apoplexy Aug 7th 1936 William WHITTON Jamestown, chronic endocarditis CORONER REPORT 1936 August thru November Mostly Jamestown David LINCOLN CORONER Aug 1st 1936 Fabian NELSON, 85 611 Jefferson St natural causes Aug 3rd Earl W. HENNING, 67 516 E 6th St Jst, Auto Accident Aug 17th Walter Scott WHITE 88, 878 N Main St Jst, natural causes Aug 18th Mrs. Selma PETERS 69 of Cherry Creek, struck by train on crossing Aug 18th Henrietta WARNSHOUSE age 3 Clymer, Struck by auto Aug 29th Eddie J. H. PETERSON, 50 of 11 Dearborn St Jst, sudden death, natural causes Sept 1st Albin JOHNSON, age 54 Gerry NY SUICIDE by hanging Sept 4th Goran SEEKINS, 4, Ellery Center, auto accident Sept 8th Ruth Charlotte ECKNER age 8months 314 Jefferson Jst, suffocation, accidental Sept 9th Herbert S. WILLIAMSON, 56, 809 Lafayette St Jst, severing of artery by broken glass, fell into window Sept 12th Charles PETERSON, age 81 Kennedy natural causes Sept 14th Benjamin K. SOLLIDAY, age 92 872 Main St Jst, Natural causes Sept 16th Guy A. FAULKNER, 26 Mayville Carbon Monoxide SUICIDE Sept 20th Josiah MOHN, 40 Cassadaga Gunshot wound in abdomen while hunting, accidental Sept 22nd Mrs Anna LAKE, 66 121 Hall Ave Jst, Fractured skull from a fall in her home Oct 2nd Loretta Nellie ( RICE) CLYDE 26 110 West 3rd St incomplete abortion Oct 5th Mrs. Margaret THOMPSON, 63 Jamestown Natural causes Oct 16th Jesse R. COWDEN, 78 87 Barret Ave Jst struck by auto Oct 19th Albro HOOPER, 51 Kiantone, Natural causes Oct 22nd Fred S. PILSBURY, 72 Natural causes Oct 22nd Alfred A. ANDEROSN, 60 3 Lakeview Ave Jst, gunshot in chest, accidental Oct 22nd Ray C. HOLMES, 50 Frewsburg Accidental Gunshot Oct 28th Henry KELLAR 44 found dead in swamp woods, of Warren PA Oct 30th Donald HERMAN, 40 of Lakewood, SUICIDE, by hanging to bed in Jamestown Gen Hospital Nov 3rd Elizabeth MANN, 73 Sinclairville, natural causes Nov 5th Marcella C. LAUGHLIN, Jst, Natural causes Nov 8th Thomas McMAHON, 60 Celoron, Natural causes Nov 8th Mrs. Mary LORENZ HOARD 81 of 105 W 5th st Jst Natural causes Nov 13th E. Clement SWART age 27 Mills St Lakewood, Auto Accident Nov 15th Joseph RUSSO, 20 S Main St Jst, Auto accident Nov 18th John Percy CLAWSON, 52 Jamestown, found dead, no doubt due to excessive use of Alcohol CORONER REPORT George E. BLOOD, Coroner Does not give ages or residence; 1935 Nov 27th Martha A. CARDOT, Laona, Apoplexy Dec 10th Alton ROSING, Dunkirk, enlarged Thymus Dec 13th William KESLER, Silver Creek Apoplexy Dec 18th Isabel DEW, Dunkirk, Carbon Monoxide Gas; Dec 28th Fred LINCOLN, Dunkirk struck by passenger train 1936 Jan 9th Elizabeth THIES Fredonia, shock from auto accident Jan 11th Badey BIZIAK, Dunkirk Apoplexy Jan 16th Theodore ANTOL, Dunkirk Septecemia Feb 25th Edward SOBOZAK, Dunkirk, SUICIDE by hanging Feb 27th Edward ROMAN, Dunkirk, Apoplexy Mar 5th Jesse CARPENTER, Silver Creek Suicide, by shooting Mar 18th Andrew KORZENIWSKI Dunkirk, Apoplexy Apr 4th James Lester CARLSON, Pomfret, accidental suffocation Apr 6th George NOOTE Dunkirk acute dilation of heart Apr 7th Katherine WESTPHAL, Pomfret, accidental suffocation Apr 8th Minerva JONES Gerry arterio Sclerosis Apr 13th Stillborn baby Dunkirk Apr 29th Unknown man Head cut off by train, Brocton Ny May 9th Etta SCHILZ, Silver Creek auto accident May 15 Unknown baby stillborn May 17th Blanche SHORTMAN, Westfield, Apoplexy May 18th Delos JAMES Stockton, Arterio Sclerosis May 29th ALL three HANGED Richard HIGGINS, Dunkirk, Strangulation - HANGED Patricia HIGGINS DUNKIRD Strangulation- HANGED Elizabeth P HIGGINS, DUNKIRK, SUICIDE by Hanging What is the story here? In 1920 there is one Elizabeth HIGGINS wife of John in Dunkirk and these may be her children and she is the only one listed as a suicide June 5th Frank SALPIETRO, Dunkirk, Apoplexy Jun 14th Richard FOOTE, Dunkirk, Skull fracture, Auto Accident Jun 20th Ed LATOS Dunkirk, Dunkirk fracture of skull struck by Nickel plate train June 22nd Frank CARMEN, Silver Creek fell from cliff fractured skull Jun 23rd Lucy CHAMPLIN, Fredonia, embolism July 26th Stanley COLBERG, Silver Creek Death by SUICIDE< shooting with a 22 July 29th Howard McARTHUR, Silver Creek struck by a cab Aug 3rd Albert BIERCE, Fredonia Apoplexy Aug 14th William GRIESE, Fredonia, Apoplexy Aug 22nd Katherine COBB, Westfield, Fracture of skull auto accident Sept 1st George B. SANFORD, Irving, Apoplexy Sept 9th Leslie TENANT Fredonia, SUICIDE by hanging Sept 22nd Henry WOROSZ, Dunkirk, Fracture of skull, struck by auto Oct 4th Peter Paul BINKO, Irving, Fractured skull auto accident Oct 11th Frank PETERS, Silver Creek Apoplexy Oct 22nd Harry LINCOLN, Sheridan, Shock from seeing auto accident Oct 28th Clara Jane WRIGHT, Portland Heart disease Oct 31st Charles A HALL Stockton, Apoplexy Nov 14th Howard EBLING, Dunkirk Head crushed struck by NYC train Nov 16th Frederick GEIGER Fredonia, Coronary Embolism