Died in jail or a lockup
W. Murray
W. Murray was the editor of a legal journal and one of the young lawyers at the Allegheny County bar, whom a newspaper report called among its brightest. Murray died on January 17, 1886, at the jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Wessington Springs Herald, reporting on the death on January 29, 1886, gave delirium tremens as the cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. A newspaper report attributes the death to delirium tremens, a complication of alcohol withdrawal, with no allegation of neglect.
Reported by: newspaper report.