Died in prison
Name not reported
A person held at the state convict camp at Wells, Texas, died of spotted fever in January 1896, according to the camp's assistant superintendent, who cited the camp doctor. In the days before, the disease had also killed three guards and two children at the camp. The person was taken from the camp the night before they died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The assistant superintendent, citing the camp doctor, attributed the death to spotted fever (cerebrospinal meningitis).
Reported by: assistant superintendent of the Wells convict camp, citing the camp doctor (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.