Died in prison
Name not reported
He had come to Butte, Montana, from Chico, California, where he had a wife and child. He died overnight on October 15, 1905, while held at a prison in Butte. The Seattle Star reported that he apparently took his own life after earlier trying to die by eating the heads of matches. The paper said a mob had tried to break down the jail doors that day to lynch him, and that this weighed on his mind.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Seattle Star reported that he died from a self-inflicted cause after recently trying to kill himself by eating the heads of matches.
Reported by: The Seattle Star (reporters).