Chris: First; Bill Sackett is a descendant of Isaac Sackett who contacted me saying that he had copies of the inquest documents which give the answer to Weygant's mystery concerning the death of Isaac. He sent me images of the documents and the part I posted is my transcription. There were several images which were only portions of larger pages. I have pieced the pages together to make only 5 images. The images have been uploaded to the TSFA website. Maybe someone else can make a better transcription than I have of the parts I posted. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tsfa/documents/0756-isaac/ In the sworn testimonies there were statements concerning a piece of paper found in Isaac's pocket book which was identified as (A). One witness identified it as being Isaac's handwriting. The image <isaac_inquest-5.jpg> has only the words: "A. Sacket, I think it is sufficient to produce death." I took this to possibly be the contents of the piece of pager discussed in the testimony. I will admit that I may have been wrong is saying that it was a shot gun. There is mention of caps, and a powder horn which would indicate a muzzle loaded gun and I am not well enough versed on guns of that period to know whether or not there were muzzle loaded shot guns. My assumption that it was a shot gun came from the mention of "one barrel was discharged" and I thought of a double barreled shot gun. There was also a statement about the discovery of a "stick" which was probably used to activate the trigger as would be necessary for one using a long barreled gun for such a purpose. I will also admit that I have been so excited at getting the inquest information and information for Bill's line and some pictures of individuals and headstones that I haven't asked him if he is a member of the SACKETT-L. His email address is <Sackettbill@aol.com> and his name is William Mark Sackett. His line goes Isaac A. and Eunice Davis Sackett Edwin M. and Lydia Osterhout Sackett Samuel Edwin and Eliza Wiseman Sackett Herman Eugene and Calinda Esther Greene Sackett Samuel Nelson and Doris Jean Cranmer Sackett William Mark and Sally Dyer Sackett Regards, Thurmon TSFA Historian On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:21:57 -0000 "Chris Sackett" <chris@sackett.org.uk> writes: > Thurmon, > > Thanks for posting the Isaac Sackett inquest report. Very > interesting, if > gruesome. > > Did Bill Sackett indicate the source of this document? Come to that, > who is > Bill Sackett? Is he a member? > > Is the comment at the end > > > It appears that there was a short note found in his pocket book > which > > said: > > "I think it is sufficient to produce death." > > part of the inquest report? > > Kind regards, > Chris > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the > body) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >