Died in jail or a lockup
Burton W. Yates
According to a 1910 newspaper report, Burton W. Yates was a Detroit businessman. The report said a man believed to be Yates was found hanged in the county jail in Cleveland, Ohio, about an hour after he was brought there. The paper described the death as a suicide but gave no date and no further account of how it happened. The paper itself said the man was only believed to be Yates, so his identity has not been confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Cleveland county jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.