Died in custody
Orrin Lynch
Orrin Lynch was a patient at the Yankton County Insane Asylum in Yankton. A fire destroyed the asylum building in 1882, and the asylum's managers said it was reasonably certain his body was among the four recovered from the burning building. The managers attributed his death to the fire, which their account describes as an accident. The sources report no other details of his life or death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Asylum managers attributed his death to the fire that destroyed the Yankton County Insane Asylum.
Reported by: Yankton County Insane Asylum managers (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.