John Heid
John Heid, a man held at the Fayetteville jail in Washington County, Arkansas, died there in 1882. According to a Little Rock account printed in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette in 1886, a struggle broke out in a dark jail corridor as Town Marshal Patton was bringing him toward the jail, and he was shot in the head. Local authorities considered the killing justifiable and made no arrest.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Local authorities said the shooting was justified, and the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, reporting a Little Rock account, described the fatal shot to his head during a struggle in the prison corridor.
Reported by: Fayetteville town marshal's office and local authorities (the agency that held him); Fort Worth Daily Gazette, reporting a Little Rock account (reporters).