Name not reported
A man held at the Yuma penitentiary in Arizona died in January 1903, according to a Yuma dispatch carried by the Phenix Gazette and reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner. The dispatch says he came at a guard with a large knife and demanded the keys to the cell block. The guard drew a revolver and fired, then fired several rifle shots, and the man was fatally wounded. The report gives no name for him and no account from anyone else who witnessed the shooting, and it does not describe his circumstances beyond the disturbance.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A Yuma special dispatch reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner says a guard fatally shot the prisoner with his revolver and then rifle fire.
Reported by: Yuma special dispatch to the Phenix Gazette, as reprinted in the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (reporters).