Died in jail or a lockup
Hamilton Wilbur
Hamilton Wilbur was held in a jail at Great Falls, Montana. A news dispatch from Helena, published in the Los Angeles Daily Herald on June 23, 1889, reported that he died by hanging himself with a towel in his cell on the morning of June 22, 1889. The dispatch is the only account cited here, and it gives no details of the events leading to his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news dispatch from Helena reported that he hanged himself with a towel in his cell.
Reported by: news dispatch from Helena (reporters).