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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died November 22, 1885 · Webster County Jail, Webster County, Iowa

A man whose name is not given died by hanging in the jail at Fort Dodge, Iowa, on November 22, 1885, according to a short item in The Superior Times published on November 28. The item describes his death as a suicide, though it does not say who made that determination.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news reports.

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