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Joseph Marshall

San Quentin State Prison, California

Joseph Marshall was held at San Quentin prison in California, where a guard, A. W. Alexander, killed him, according to the state's charge against the guard. A preliminary hearing on that charge in San Rafael was resumed and then adjourned to Thursday evening, as reported in The Record-Union in December 1892.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A guard, A. W. Alexander, was charged with killing Joseph Marshall at San Quentin, according to the People of the State of California.

Reported by: People of the State of California (court).

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