Marchant
Marchant, a man held in the Boston jail, was found dead in his cell by the prison keeper on the morning of January 30, 1827, after a fellow prisoner heard a groan the night before. According to a newspaper report citing the prison keeper, he had hanged himself from a grate using a strip torn from his blanket and a handkerchief. The report also says a few drops of blood had come from his mouth. Another account describes the death as a suicide and says a clergyman who had asked to visit him was refused a hearing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). A newspaper report citing the prison keeper says Marchant hanged himself from a cell grate, and says a clergyman asked to visit him was refused a hearing, which the report presents as a failure of access rather than a cause of death.
Reported by: prison keeper, as cited in a newspaper report (the agency that held him); newspaper report.