Brandon E. Dale
Brandon Dale had worked on several ranches near Ridgway for a couple of months before he came to town, and his relatives in Iowa were notified of his death. He was held in the Ridgway town jail, a shack, when a fire broke out there on September 27, 1908. The Plaindealer reported that he died of suffocation. The Dolores Star, citing an unnamed account, said he was found unconscious near the barred window of another cell, burned badly, and could not be revived. The origin of the blaze was unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The Plaindealer said he died of suffocation in a fire whose origin was unknown, and the Dolores Star said burns from a fire in his cell killed him and suggested his bedding caught fire.
Reported by: The Plaindealer (reporters); the Dolores Star, citing an unnamed account of the fire (reporters).