Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Callie Raines

died August 7, 1910 · City jail, San Antonio

Callie Raines died at the city hospital in San Antonio on the morning of August 7, 1910, after being held in a cell at the city jail. The San Antonio Light and Gazette presumed that she had inflicted injuries on herself. A death certificate filed the following day listed probable sunstroke as the cause of death and gave the name Viola Hascke.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed). The death certificate lists probable sunstroke as the cause, while the newspaper report presumed she had injured herself in her cell.

Reported by: death certificate.

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