Died in prison
Name not reported
According to a Folsom, California dispatch published July 31, 1903, a turnkey at Folsom penitentiary was fatally stabbed on July 28 in the captain's office during a fierce fight that broke out as people held at the prison got loose at breakfast. The dispatch described the death as part of a group escape attempt. A separate account of the same morning describes a guard killed in that fight, and the two accounts differ on the man's role. Neither account gives his name.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A news dispatch from Folsom reported that prisoners fatally stabbed the turnkey in a fight in the captain's office during a breakout at breakfast.
Reported by: news report (Folsom, Cal., dispatch) (reporters).