Died in jail or a lockup
Frank E. Newton
Frank E. Newton died on July 9, 1888, while held in the jail at Watertown, in what was then Dakota Territory, awaiting transfer to Sioux Falls. The News-Herald, reporting on July 26, 1888, said he was found dead in his cell from an overdose of belladonna and described the death as a suicide. The account gives no further detail about his life or about the hours before he was found.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The account says Newton took a fatal dose of belladonna himself in his Watertown jail cell to end his life.