Son of Alfred Terrell Dillard and Sarah J Brosius
husband of 1st wife: Estelle. 2nd wife: Nannie Carrie Flagg. Ower of several farms,a livery stable and tavern on Kimball Ave. in Roanoke, Va.
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke City, Virginia, Dec. 14 and 15, 1909
Dillard's Death Due To Accident
It was determined by the coroner's jury last night after nine o'clock, at the home of the deceased -- 1218 Patterson Ave. southwest -- that Burger B. Dillard, instead of committing suicide, came to his death by a wound from a pistol in his own hands, the said pistol having been accidentally discharged.
The inquest was held in the parlor of the Dillard home and evidence was given by several persons, including Mrs. Dillard, who was the only witness to the tragedy. She was almost prostrated when she came into the room where the jury was assembled and had head in a bandage. Her eyes were swollen from loss of sleep and from weeping.
Mrs. Dillard testified that she had been "loving and playing" with her husband for sometime before the accident happened which caused his almost instant death on the first landing of the steps leading from the first floor to the second. She also asserted that he was and had been in fine humor; that they had been in the usual happy mien throughout the time they were together after his return to the house about eleven o'clock...
husband of 1st wife: Estelle. 2nd wife: Nannie Carrie Flagg. Ower of several farms,a livery stable and tavern on Kimball Ave. in Roanoke, Va.
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke City, Virginia, Dec. 14 and 15, 1909
Dillard's Death Due To Accident
It was determined by the coroner's jury last night after nine o'clock, at the home of the deceased -- 1218 Patterson Ave. southwest -- that Burger B. Dillard, instead of committing suicide, came to his death by a wound from a pistol in his own hands, the said pistol having been accidentally discharged.
The inquest was held in the parlor of the Dillard home and evidence was given by several persons, including Mrs. Dillard, who was the only witness to the tragedy. She was almost prostrated when she came into the room where the jury was assembled and had head in a bandage. Her eyes were swollen from loss of sleep and from weeping.
Mrs. Dillard testified that she had been "loving and playing" with her husband for sometime before the accident happened which caused his almost instant death on the first landing of the steps leading from the first floor to the second. She also asserted that he was and had been in fine humor; that they had been in the usual happy mien throughout the time they were together after his return to the house about eleven o'clock...
Son of Alfred Terrell Dillard and Sarah J Brosius
husband of 1st wife: Estelle. 2nd wife: Nannie Carrie Flagg. Ower of several farms,a livery stable and tavern on Kimball Ave. in Roanoke, Va.
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke City, Virginia, Dec. 14 and 15, 1909
Dillard's Death Due To Accident
It was determined by the coroner's jury last night after nine o'clock, at the home of the deceased -- 1218 Patterson Ave. southwest -- that Burger B. Dillard, instead of committing suicide, came to his death by a wound from a pistol in his own hands, the said pistol having been accidentally discharged.
The inquest was held in the parlor of the Dillard home and evidence was given by several persons, including Mrs. Dillard, who was the only witness to the tragedy. She was almost prostrated when she came into the room where the jury was assembled and had head in a bandage. Her eyes were swollen from loss of sleep and from weeping.
Mrs. Dillard testified that she had been "loving and playing" with her husband for sometime before the accident happened which caused his almost instant death on the first landing of the steps leading from the first floor to the second. She also asserted that he was and had been in fine humor; that they had been in the usual happy mien throughout the time they were together after his return to the house about eleven o'clock...
husband of 1st wife: Estelle. 2nd wife: Nannie Carrie Flagg. Ower of several farms,a livery stable and tavern on Kimball Ave. in Roanoke, Va.
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke City, Virginia, Dec. 14 and 15, 1909
Dillard's Death Due To Accident
It was determined by the coroner's jury last night after nine o'clock, at the home of the deceased -- 1218 Patterson Ave. southwest -- that Burger B. Dillard, instead of committing suicide, came to his death by a wound from a pistol in his own hands, the said pistol having been accidentally discharged.
The inquest was held in the parlor of the Dillard home and evidence was given by several persons, including Mrs. Dillard, who was the only witness to the tragedy. She was almost prostrated when she came into the room where the jury was assembled and had head in a bandage. Her eyes were swollen from loss of sleep and from weeping.
Mrs. Dillard testified that she had been "loving and playing" with her husband for sometime before the accident happened which caused his almost instant death on the first landing of the steps leading from the first floor to the second. She also asserted that he was and had been in fine humor; that they had been in the usual happy mien throughout the time they were together after his return to the house about eleven o'clock...
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