Joshua Baynard
Joshua Baynard, a man held at the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore, died there on September 12, 1899. The Evening Journal reported that two doctors had operated on him for appendicitis about a week before his death. His body was taken to the morgue, and the warden notified his mother, who lives in Baltimore County. The warden was reported to have said that about $200 had been credited to Joshua for overtime work, and that he would arrange his burial if his mother did not.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A prior record attributes the death to appendicitis after an operation performed about a week before death by two doctors.
Reported by: Maryland Penitentiary (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.