Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Frank James

died June 1889 · Wood County, Ohio

Frank James died in June 1889 while held at the town jail in Bowling Green, Ohio, according to a news report. A news report described the death as a suicide, saying the person hanged themselves with a pair of suspenders.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news dispatch reports that he hanged himself with a pair of suspenders in the town jail.

Reported by: news dispatch.

News report