Died in prison
Name not reported
During a mutiny at the prison in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in October 1893, one convict was fatally wounded, according to a weekly news digest published in Emmons County and a wire item in The Dickinson Press. Neither report gives his name, the exact date, or who fired the shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A weekly news digest reports that he was fatally wounded during a mutiny at the Fort Smith prison, but it does not say who inflicted the wound.
Reported by: weekly news digest; wire news page.