Died in jail or a lockup
Anschlag
Anschlag, a man held in a jail cell under a death watch, died shortly after midnight on November 14, 1888, after taking strychnine. Jail staff and physicians were called and tried to pump his stomach, but their efforts to save him failed. The Alexandria Gazette reported that before he died he said he had kept the poison hidden for a long time in a plug of tobacco in his cell. According to the same report, a minister had been visiting him regularly.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The newspaper report says he took strychnine he had hidden in a plug of tobacco in his cell while on death watch, and died shortly after midnight.
Reported by: newspaper report.