Died in jail or a lockup
One of 5 people whose names were not reported
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: news reports.