Joseph Dillon
Joseph Dillon died in 1902 while held at the parish prison in New Orleans. One account says he swallowed a large piece of meat from his stew and choked on it, and that other prisoners, noticing he was in pain, called a captain and several deputies, who sent for an ambulance. Another account says he swallowed a piece of meat he had found and that officers called a physician and an ambulance. In both accounts he died before the ambulance arrived.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. According to the news account, he choked on a piece of meat from his stew, and deputies and a captain tried to help and sent for an ambulance, but he died before it arrived.
Reported by: news reports of the parish prison death in New Orleans (reporters).