Coroner’s Register of Inquests, Cass County, Minnesota
1899-1905
1899-1905
The coroner was a county-level
officer. His duty was to enquire into the circumstances
surrounding deaths that
were reported to him. Not all deaths were brought to his
attention. He was only asked to establish the medical cause of
death when the death was sudden, violent or unnatural, or when no
doctor had treated the deceased during his or her last illness. If
the cause remained in doubt after a post mortem, an inquest was held
and a jury was called. The names of the jury members were
included in these reports. The purpose of the inquest was to
determine who the person was, and how, when and where he/she
died. In some cases, the inquest could not determine a date of
death or identify the person and consequently was registered as
“unknown” or “John Doe.” The coroner then entered the details in
the Coroner’s Register of Inquests. This information was
extracted from the Coroner’s Register of Inquests, located at the State
Archives at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota.
| Date of Filing | Last Name | First Name | Date of Death | Cause of death | Inquest Necessary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/2/1899 | Barclay | George A. | 10/29/1898 | Bullet at hands of unknown person | Yes |
| 11/23/1899 | Willard | Bertha | Natural causes | Yes | |
| 11/23/1899 | Werner | Antone | 2/14/1899 | Railroad Accident | Yes |
| 12/29/1899 | Card | Louis | 12/27/1899 | Natural causes | No |
| 1/20/1900 | Martin | Edwin | July 24, 1899 | Accident | Yes |
| 1/20/1900 | Anderson | Victor | Nov 8, 1899 | Sawmill Accident | No |
| 1/20/1900 | Brady | Thos. M. | Jan 18, 1900 | Exposure to elements | No |
| 1/20/1900 | Belanger | Chas. | 1/19/1900 | Suicide by poison | No |
| 7/9/1900 | Caruthers | David | 6/19/1900 | Heart Failure | No |
| 9/24/1900 | Sublette | Jack T. | 9/19/1900 | Heart Failure | Yes |
| 9/21/1900 | Bertrand, Jr. | Napoleon | 9/21/1900 | Suicide by gunshot | No |
| 1/7/1901 | Ludington | Robert Bruce | 1/1/1901 | Froze and old age | No |
| 2/12/1901 | McDonald | John | 2/11/1901 | Old Age and Neglect | No |
| 3/13/1901 | Bellanger | Dora | 3/12/1901 | Overdose of Laudinum | No |
| 3/15/1901 | Atkinson | F. B. | 3/14/1901 | Overdose of morphine | No |
| 5/29/1901 | Morris, | J. H. | 5/27/1901 | Gunshot by rifle | Yes |
| 7/15/1901 | Butcher | Henry | 7/12/1901 | Run over by train | Yes |
| 11/1/1901 | Brourlelte | Levi | 10/29/1901 | Heart failure | No |
| 11/13/1901 | Ess | William | 11/10/1901 | Drowning after walking off dock | No |
| 12/17/1901 | Reynolds | Ira | 11/19/1901 | Shot by unknown person | Yes |
| 2/14/1902 | Roscoe | Charles | 2/5/1902 | Suicide with Winchester rifle | Yes |
| 3/29/1902 | Walters | Edward | 3/19/1902 | Freezing | No |
| 11/29/1902 | Hardy | Oscar | 3/25/1902 | Drowning | No |
| 12/30/1902 | Epworth | James | 12/26/1902 | Strangulation | No |
| 12/19/1902 | Page | Henry | 12/18/1902 | Exposure, Alcohol | Yes |
| 4/1/1903 | Reed | John | 3/31/1903 | Run over by train | Yes |
| 7/18/1903 | Unknown | 5/17/1903 | Unknown cause -- | Yes | |
| 7/18/1903 | Peterson | Anmdrew | 4/3/1903 | Run over by train | No |
| 7/30/1903 | Moen | Ole | 7/22/1903 | Gunshot by another person | Yes |
| 12/10/1903 | Sigurdson | Simon | 12/8/1903 | Exposure, Alcohol, heart failure | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Petri | Arnold | 12/29/1903 | Freezing | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Carrol | William | 1/13/1904 | Acute alcoholism | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Kiley | Pat | 5/9/1904 | Accidental aconite poisoning | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Atherton | James | 6/8/1904 | Drowning | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Callahan | James | 5/21/1904 | Suicide, carbolic acid | No |
| 6/8/1904 | Sanger | Richard | 3/27/1904 | Gunshot by another person | No |
| 11/14/1904 | Toffy | Mats | 9/12/1904 | Heart Disease | No |
| 11/19/1904 | Kreosen | Christ J. | 11/2/1904 | Suicide, hanging | No |
| 11/14/1904 | Taylor | James | 11/6/1904 | Exposure, Exhaustion, capsized in boat | No |
| 1/7/1905 | Trzeblowsky | Chas | 12/4/1904 | Struck by falling tree | No |
| 1/7/1905 | Budge | H. | 12/27/1904 | Natural causes, heart disease | No |
| 1/7/1905 | Comman | Mamie | 12/28/1904 | Exposure to cold, alcoholism | No |
| 1/7/1905 | McDonald | Mr. | 12/30/1904 | Suicide, hanging | No |
| 1/7/1905 | Murphy | Dr. Garrett | 1/3/1905 | Suicide, shot with revolver | No |
| 1/7/1905 | Hanson | Oscar | 1/7/1905 | Accidental death | Yes |
| 12/18/1905 | Whalen | James | 2/3/1905 | Alcoholism, pneumonia | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Powell | William | 3/6/1905 | Alcoholism, heart disease | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Unknown | 3/15/1905 | Unknown cause | No | |
| 12/18/1905 | Doe | John | 4/18/1905 | Accidental, fell off train | No |
| 12/18/1905 | McGinn | Ralph | 6/8/1905 | Accidental cause | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Bun | George | 6/6/1905 | Natural causes | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Nash | Phil | 6/27/1905 | Run over by train | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Crossman | William | 7/9/1905 | Suicide by gunshot | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Matson | ? | 7/9/1905 | Accidental drowning, boat upset | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Unknown | 7/10/1905 | Accidental drowning | No | |
| 12/18/1905 | Unknown | 7/13/1905 | Accidental drowning | No | |
| 12/18/1905 | Parker | George M. | 10/23/1905 | Accidentally killed by N.P. train | No |
| 12/18/1905 | Tucker | Ruby | 10/26/1905 | Accidental drowning | No |
| 12/23/1905 | Harrison | Joseph | Yes |