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Charles Vincent

died August 1892 · Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

Charles Vincent died at the state prison at Sing Sing in New York in August 1892, while he was held there. According to the Grant County Herald, keepers shot and killed him during an attempted escape. The paper reports that a fight broke out between the keepers and Vincent and another man, Thomas Welch, who was seriously wounded. The account is as the paper reported it, and no other source is cited for the keepers' version.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Prison keepers shot him during an escape attempt.

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