Bio & Incident Details
Age: 24
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 6/16/1841
Weapon: Edged weapon; Axe
Suspect: Executed in 1844
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Guard Cyrus Sells was killed by an inmate who attacked him with an axe for no apparent reason.
The inmate had served seven years of a 15 year sentence for highway robbery. He was convicted of Guard Sells' murder and hanged Febuary 9, 1844.
Guard Sells is buried in Section R of Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
