Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 5 people whose names were not reported

died March 22, 1902 · Kosciusko jail, Attala County, Mississippi

A fire broke out in the jail at Kosciusko, Mississippi, on the night of Saturday, March 22, 1902, and according to a brief news item from The Bossier Banner, five people held there were burned to death. The item does not name any of them. It gives no account of how the fire started or how the jail responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: brief news item (1902) (reporters).

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