Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Kotiza
Joseph Kotiza died in the city jail in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he had been held from the night of May 13, 1893. Early the next morning he was found hanging from his cell door. The Forrest City Times, reporting on May 19, 1893, said he had hanged himself with a leather belt.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Cedar Rapids city jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.