Died in jail or a lockup

Leslie C. Hanks

died August 8, 1877 · City Prison, San Francisco County, California

Leslie C. Hanks was a broker in San Francisco. He was held at the City Prison there, and a brief report in The Toledo Chronicle on August 16, 1877, said he died by suicide in his cell early on the morning of August 8. The report gives the cause of death as suicide and describes no other circumstances. The account is short and comes from a single newspaper item.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Toledo Chronicle, August 16, 1877, page 2 The Toledo Chronicle, August 16, 1877

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