Died in jail or a lockup
William Vest
William Vest died in the insane ward of the county jail in Decatur, Illinois, in August 1908, according to a brief news dispatch published in The Chanute Times. The dispatch says he had been subject to melancholia for years and became violently insane after the Springfield race riots. No cause of death or account of the circumstances is given in the report, and no family or official statement is quoted.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined