Name not reported

A patient at the State Insane Asylum at Rochester, Minnesota, was killed by two attendants, according to a report in The Iola Register published on July 5, 1889. The two attendants were later sent to the penitentiary for the killing. The person's name is not given in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Two attendants at the state insane asylum at Rochester, Minnesota, killed a patient, according to a historical newspaper account, and were sent to the penitentiary for it.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Iola Register, July 5, 1889, page 6 The Iola Register, July 5, 1889