Died in prison
Name not reported
According to a brief 1856 item in the Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, a Spanish man who had recently moved to New Orleans from Texas died by suicide while held at a prison in the city. The paper attributed his state of mind to derangement, and the account says he cut his own throat. The article gives no name, age, date of death, or family, and the claim comes from an unnamed source.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Newspaper account (unnamed source) (reporters).