John Stewart

John Stewart was held at a jail in Kentucky when, according to an 1881 newspaper account, another man held in his cell killed him. The paper gives the cause of death as a killing by a cellmate and reports no details of how it happened. No family members or officials are quoted about the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The accounts say a cellmate killed him in a Kentucky jail cell, with no further detail given.

Reported by: the account of the death.

Source

• The Abbeville Press And Banner, August 10, 1881, page 4 The Abbeville Press And Banner, August 10, 1881