Jes. Mills
Jes. Mills died early on Friday, November 17, 1893, when a bath house at the Pratt mines near Birmingham, Alabama, caught fire, and the Daily Public Ledger reported that Mills was one of two people who died. Mills was held at the Pratt mines convict camp. According to the newspaper, the men had soaked the building with coal oil and set it alight in an attempt to escape, and guards stopped them and put out the flames, with only slight damage to the building. The paper reported that a third man in the building was rescued with serious injuries.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A newspaper account says the two men died after they set the bath house on fire in an escape attempt, and the guards put out the flames.
Reported by: newspaper account (Pratt mines bath house fire report) (reporters).