Died in custody
Floyd Wright
Floyd Wright, 30, had been a theological student at Hamline University before illness led to his confinement at the St. Croix county asylum in New Richmond, Wisconsin. According to The Milwaukee Leader, he leaped from a second-story window, and traces of blood led about a mile to a field, where his body was found frozen. The newspaper's account gives no date for his death. Floyd was a man, and this narrative uses his own name and pronouns.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. He leaped from a second-story window and was found frozen in a field about a mile away, and no account given states the manner of death.