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Pasqualo Loria

59 years old · Raymond Street Jail, Brooklyn, New York

Pasqualo Loria, 59, was held at the Raymond Street jail in Brooklyn when he died. A brief 1894 newspaper report says he died by suicide, falling from the third tier of cells to the floor, a drop of about 75 feet. The report gives no details of how he came to be on that tier or what staff knew of his condition before the fall. The account is a single short report and no other sources were available to confirm or dispute it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A brief news report says he died by suicide, diving from the third tier of cells to the floor.

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