They Declared Him Dead - The Forged Certificate That Walked Away
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They Declared Him Dead - The Forged Certificate That Walked Away
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A Gulf Coast death certificate blew out from between dock boards on July 12, 1884 - yet the man named on it, Harvey Simpson, had walked off the Calloway Star on July 11 carrying his own trunk. Who signed a death certificate dated July 9 while Simpson was still alive, and why did $400 move into a company account the day after quarantine cleared?
In this episode, we follow the paper trail found at Port Calder and the questions it raised about quarantine procedure, company paperwork, and an apparent insurance claim. The discovery forces one investigator to ask the single practical question that no one else had: had anyone actually checked whether Harvey Simpson was dead?
Person: Harvey Simpson
Date: July 9-14, 1884
Location: Port Calder and Pelican Spit
Occupation: Cargo ledger clerk for Halverson Freight
Investigator: Kenneth Ward
- Philip Hunter found the death certificate wedged between slats on a loading float on the morning of July 12, 1884.
- The certificate was dated July 9 and bore Dr. Leonard Foss’s signature from the Pelican Spit quarantine inspection.
- Harvey Simpson boarded the Calloway Star on July 2 and was seen walking off the ship with his trunk on July 11.
- Robert Marshall submitted an insurance claim to Gulf Coast Assurance on July 10 after presenting documents to a feverish Simpson.
- Four hundred dollars was deposited into a Halverson Freight account on July 14 and spent before the certificate was discovered.
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