James Dougherty
James Dougherty was held at the Hot Springs county jail in Arkansas, where he died on June 27, 1903. That night a crowd gathered outside the jail, reportedly intending to lynch him. A messenger from inside the jail reported that he had died by suicide, with his throat cut using flattened shoestring ends, though one newspaper described those ends as metal. Newspapers reported that another prisoner had died at the jail earlier that same day.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A messenger from inside the Hot Springs county jail reported that he cut his own throat with flattened shoestring ends, and officials later reported the same suicide.
Reported by: messenger from inside the Hot Springs county jail (witnesses); Hot Springs officials (the agency that held him).