Died in jail or a lockup
Willis F. Fowler
Willis F. Fowler died on February 18, 1910, in the Plymouth, Massachusetts jail from a stab wound to the throat. The Barre Daily Times reported that he asked his jailer for a penknife, saying he wanted to clean his nails, and that the jailer lent it to him. He used the knife to stab himself in the throat, and the report describes the death as a suicide. The jailer and a doctor were called, but Fowler died before the doctor arrived.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Fowler borrowed a penknife from his jailer, saying he wanted to clean his nails, and stabbed himself in the throat.
Reported by: Plymouth jail jailer (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.