Died in prison
John Ennis
John Ennis, a military convict, died in 1902 after falling from scaffolding while working on a smokestack at the new federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. A mechanic, Frank Smith, died in the same fall. The account in the Tri-County Bulletin, published September 17, 1902, gives no further details about the fall or about Ennis.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The record describes John Ennis falling from scaffolding while working on a smokestack at the new federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, with no further account of the cause.
Reported by: news reports.