Coroner's Inquest

Coroner's Register 1  
Whatcom County, Washington  
Sept. 4, 1905

Emery McGINNIS - inquest held Sept. 4, 1905 at MAULSBY's Funeral Parlor. Found at Howard Creek, Sisters Mts. district. Jurors: J. BRISBIN, Chas. E. LIND, A. B. ESTABROOK, C. A. HOSRST, J. A. JOHNSON, F. C. SWARTZ. Witnesses: Peter MEYERS, M. C. WORNLICH, Homer G. ANDERSON, Jack LYONS, William BEYERS, Bert SMITH, Willis WATROUS, Everett McGINNIS. Findings: purely accidental - death caused by being accidently shot with a rifle in the hands of Everett McGINNIS. Everrett McGINNIS and Willis WATROUS had gone into the mountains for an outing. Buried in Bay View by Knights of Pythias Lodges of Fairhaven and Whatcom.