Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person, whose name was not recorded, died in the jail at New Franklin, Missouri, when the building burned on a Friday night in October 1883. A brief in a weekly news roundup reported that they perished in the flames. The account says nothing about how the fire started, whether anyone tried to rescue them, or who they were.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined