Robert Burns

Robert Burns was held at the Cook County Insane Asylum, known as Dunning, in Chicago, where he died in 1889. Cook County authorities said he died from blows to the stomach and head, and they charged two attendants with his murder, alleging that the attendants kicked him in the stomach and gashed his head. The attendants were acquitted, and jurors blamed the asylum's overcrowding rather than the actions of individual employees.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Cook County authorities charged two attendants with murder after they kicked Burns in the stomach and gashed his head.

Reported by: Cook County authorities (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Story Of Dunning, A 'Tomb For The Living' WBEZ Chicago, April 30, 2013