Name not reported
A 63-year-old Civil War veteran from Portland, Maine, who had served with the Fifth Maine Volunteers and worked for several years in the upholstery business there, had two brothers still living in Portland. According to the New York Sun, as reprinted in the Portland Daily Press, he died of pneumonia at Brooklyn Hospital on Tuesday, March 24, 1896, after being held at the Raymond Street jail in Brooklyn. The paper reports that he had been ill for several days and was moved to the hospital less than an hour before he died. The coroner was to inquire why he was not moved sooner and why he remained in the jail for more than six weeks, and members of the Grand Army of the Republic were to arrange a decent burial.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The New York Sun, as reprinted in the Portland Daily Press, reported he died of pneumonia in Brooklyn Hospital and said the coroner would inquire why he was not moved to hospital sooner.
Reported by: New York Sun, as reprinted in the Portland Daily Press (reporters).