Died in custody
Name not reported
Mike Fitzgerald, of Lowell, was a fellow prisoner at Salisbury, where a former prisoner who knew him remembered him as a man of endless jest who kept his comrades laughing even in the worst times. He was taken ill along with his friend Pat Murray, and a doctor gave them powders, according to the account in The National Tribune. Fitzgerald died at 10 p.m. on Christmas eve. The cause was given as sickness.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A former prisoner writing in The National Tribune says fellow prisoner Mike Fitzgerald was taken sick and died on Christmas eve at Salisbury, after a doctor gave them powders.
Reported by: former prisoner writing in The National Tribune (witnesses).