Died in custody
B. L. Maxwell
B. L. Maxwell was held at the Kansas state insane asylum, as reported in the Vilas County News in October 1903. Two former attendants at the asylum, Earl Neil and J. M. Peterson, were on trial in connection with Maxwell's death. The charge against them is that they killed Maxwell through ill treatment.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Former attendants Earl Neil and J. M. Peterson are on trial for killing him through ill treatment, with no mechanism of death reported.
Reported by: newspaper report of the attendants' trial (reporters).