Died in custody
Name not reported
In April 1890 the Madison Daily Leader reported that a man held in a stockade in Arkansas was shot and killed by guards. According to the paper, he was the second of two men held there who tried to escape. The paper attributed the shooting to the guards.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Guards shot and killed the man as he tried to escape a stockade in Arkansas, according to the article's summary.
Reported by: news reports.