Died in jail or a lockup
Robert West
Robert West, a Black man, died on July 29, 1891, while being taken from a jail to the Central Asylum, where he had been waiting for an open bed. The Richmond Dispatch reported his death on the way but gave no cause of death and no other details about him or the trip. Nothing in the account says what caused his death or whether anyone was responsible for it, so the circumstances remain unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined