Died in jail or a lockup
George Jenkins
George Jenkins died in July 1907 in a jail in Jackson, Mississippi, after cutting his throat with a razor, according to the jailer and sheriff, who said he had hidden the blade under his bunk. They said they reached his cell and took the razor from him, but he died shortly afterward. The Savannah Tribune gave the date as July 2 and the Hinds County jail as the place, and said it was unexplained how he obtained the blade. Accounts differ on the date, the place, and how he got the razor.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The jailer and sheriff said he cut his throat with a razor he had hidden under his bunk, and a newspaper account reports the same cause.
Reported by: jailer and sheriff; newspaper account.