Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men died in a fire at the town lock-up in Conway, a small town in Walsh County, North Dakota, according to a Fargo dispatch published in September 1897. The men were being held in the lock-up when the fire broke out. The dispatch said they burned to death there while trying to escape.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A Fargo dispatch reports that the man burned to death in the Conway town lock-up fire while trying to escape, and does not say what started the fire.
Reported by: Fargo dispatch (reporters).