Died in jail or a lockup
George Jones
George Jones, 93, died in October 1903 in the county jail at Oakland, California, where he had been held while awaiting trial since 1885. Shortly before his trial was to begin he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed, and he never left his bed again. The trial was postponed repeatedly before his death. The account gives no cause of death or official claim about the circumstances.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The 1903 account says he suffered a stroke of paralysis around the time his trial was to begin and never left his bed again.
Reported by: 1903 newspaper account (reporters).