Name not reported
A man held at the Marion County jail in Indiana, whom the records describe as mentally ill, was transferred to the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane on March 3, 1920, and died shortly after arriving. A witness at a federal court investigation said jailers beat him until he could not stand and left him for several days on his cell floor before the cell was hosed clean. Records reviewed by a private investigation showed several scars on his body. That investigation said the link between him and the witness's account was possible but not confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed; neglect alleged). A witness told a federal court investigation that jailers beat the insane man until he could not stand and left him on his cell floor for several days, and private investigators' review of jail records reportedly showed scars on his body, while the official account of the death is not documented in the sources.
Reported by: witness at federal court investigation; private investigation of coroner, hospital and jail records (reporters).