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Elias Clayton. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 60.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Saint Louis County; Minnesota; United States
Document date:
Document type: Gov't Record(s)
Document subtype: Coroner’s Record
Documents: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 60.
Citation:
Saint Louis County (Minn.). Coroner.
Coroner’s Records, Duluth District.
Coroner’s Reports.
Volume A, October 1919-October 1921.
Case No. 60, June 16, 1920.
Elias Clayton.
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60
CORONER’S RECORD
Year 1920 Coroner, C.F. McComb, M.D.
Case No.
[60]
Full Name: Elias Clayton (colored)
Date: June 16
Place of
Death: Duluth, Minn. 2nd Ave E and 1st St.
Place of
Burial: Park Hill, Duluth, Minn.
Place of Accident:
Undertaker: Grady
& Horgan
Residence: Unknown
Autopsy: No post-mortem
examination
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Inquest:
Nationality: Colored
Effects
taken in Charge: None
Occupation: Circus Laborer
Cause of
Death: Homicide Unintentional
Delivered to Whom:
Marks of
Identification:
Approximate Weight: 165 lbs.
Color of
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Approximate
Height: 5’-8”
Witnesses:
Address:
Remarks: Deceased was
hung to light pole by uncontrollable mob
June 15, 1920. (2nd Ave. East and 1st Street) Duluth.