Died in jail or a lockup
James M. Caley
Dr. James M. Caley, 54, had served as coroner of Calcasieu parish a few years before his death. He was held at the jail in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for nearly two months, and according to a report carried by The San Saba Weekly News, he died there on October 19, 1891, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The report says he obtained a cartridge for a repeating rifle that had been left in the jail unloaded, and that he shot himself while lying on his bed. Because the account is a newspaper report from 1891, the details of how the rifle and cartridge came to be in the jail are not explained, and no other source is cited for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: news reports.