Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A woman held at a jail near Bentonville, Arkansas, died on Monday, December 26, 1881, according to the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, which cited an unnamed report. The paper said she took her own life by cutting her throat with a knife she borrowed from the jailer. The account attributes the knife to the jailer, who lent it to her while she was in his custody. The death was reported as a suicide by that unnamed report and printed in the Intelligencer on December 31, 1881.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, citing an unnamed report, says she cut her own throat with a knife borrowed from the jailer.
Reported by: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, citing an unnamed report (reporters).