Died in jail or a lockup
Peter Wright
Peter Wright died on Saturday, August 20, 1892, in the St. Joseph County Jail in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he was held. The Grant County Herald reported that he died suddenly of an epileptic fit. The article gives no other cause, and no one is quoted disputing that account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The report gives the cause as an epileptic fit, and no source named in the record disputes it.
Reported by: the report (source not named).