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George Nusser

died October 1904 · Marengo Jail, Iowa County, Iowa

George Nusser died in October 1904 while held at the Marengo jail in Iowa, according to a dispatch from Iowa City published in the Bismarck Daily Tribune on October 26, 1904. The dispatch reports that he died by suicide, hanging himself in the jail. He had been arrested at the Amana colony before he was taken to Marengo.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news reports.

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