Died in prison
Name not reported
Two people held at the convict mines at Montserrat in Johnson County, Missouri, died on the evening of November 3, 1877, when a mutiny ended with the barracks set on fire. Newspaper accounts say people held there were forced to jump from the windows, and that guards shot others as they jumped. The papers do not name the dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The newspaper reports that the barracks were set on fire during a mutiny and the person burned to death, but does not say who set the fire.
Reported by: newspaper report.