Died in custody
Name not reported
A man held as a convict at a brick-making site in Little Rock, Arkansas, was killed in May 1884 when a shed fell on a group of convicts working there, according to a 1884 newspaper report. The report names no one and gives no details of the person's life. Other convicts were hurt in the same collapse. The report gives no account of how the shed came down, and no official statement about it is quoted.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident
Reported by: newspaper account of the brick-making site at Little Rock (reporters).