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Died in prison

Name not reported

Known in the newspaper only as Buck, this man was held at a prison when guards mortally wounded him, according to a Waterbury Evening Democrat roundup published January 12, 1893. The paper tied his death to an attack by prisoners on the warden, during which guards wounded him. The roundup presents this as the paper's own account, without any statement from the prison or from officials.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The Waterbury Evening Democrat report says jail guards mortally wounded him during an attack by prisoners on the warden.

Reported by: Waterbury Evening Democrat (reporters).

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