Died in prison
Morrison alias Tipperary
Morrison alias Tipperary was held at the State Prison in California when he got out of the facility, and officers pursued him. According to the New-York Dispatch, an officer fired and mortally wounded him with a gunshot to the back. Officers' accounts of the pursuit are reported in the paper, and no other sources are cited for the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Officers shot Morrison in the back after he escaped from the state prison, according to the account.
Reported by: State Prison (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.