Died in jail or a lockup
H. D. Smith
According to a dispatch datelined Spokane and printed in The Dalles Daily Chronicle in July 1895, H. D. Smith broke out of a jail there and ran for the river. He jumped in, and as he was carried back toward shore, a pursuer caught hold of him. The dispatch says he then drew a razor and inflicted a fatal wound on his own head, dying at once. The dispatch describes the death as self-inflicted.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A newspaper dispatch datelined Spokane says he drew a razor and nearly severed his own head.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Spokane (reporters).