Died in jail or a lockup
Albert Berais
Albert Berais died on April 4, 1891, in Canton, Ohio, according to the Wood County Reporter. The paper reported that he was taken from a jail to a hotel to pay a bill he owed. At the hotel desk, he swallowed poison and died soon afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A newspaper report says he swallowed a draught of poison at a hotel desk after being taken there from a Canton, Ohio jail to pay a bill.
Reported by: newspaper report.