Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man, not named in the report, died in the Kansas City jail on the morning of January 1, 1882. The Jasper Weekly Courier reported that he had taken poison, described as morphine. The paper said it did not know how he got the poison and suggested that someone from outside the jail may have helped him obtain it.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The newspaper report attributes the death to poisoning by morphia.
Reported by: newspaper report.