Died in prison
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
On the evening of November 3, 1877, a mutiny at the convict mines at Montserrat in Johnson County, Missouri, ended with the barracks set on fire. According to the Batesville Guard, two people held there as convicts burned to death, while others were forced to jump from the windows and guards shot some of them as they jumped. The San Marcos Free Press and American Citizen also reported the fire and the deaths, but the accounts differ on the number of people involved, and none of them gives the names of the dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: news reports.