Died in jail or a lockup
W. B. Buchanan
W. B. Buchanan was a soldier of Troop D, Fourteenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley near Junction City, Kansas. A report published the day after his death says he was found dead in his cell on the morning of November 24, 1901, and that he had hanged himself with a rope he made from a towel. The account gives no further details about his life or about the circumstances of his death. No other sources in the record describe how he came to be held or whether staff were checking on him.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The report says he hanged himself in his cell with a rope he made from a towel.
Reported by: news report on the death.