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Died in prison

Name not reported

died August 7, 1898 · Wiegel's brick yard convict camp

A man held at the state convict camp at Wiegel's brick yard near Little Rock was shot by a guard on August 7, 1898. The guard, Fulgurn, said the man advanced on him with an uplifted axe, and that account is the one attributed to the guard in the newspaper report. The man died within minutes of being shot.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Guard Fulgurn says he shot the man after the man advanced on him with an uplifted axe.

Reported by: guard Fulgurn (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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