Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Sunday, June 18, 1843
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: June 18, 1843
Weapon Used: Edged weapon
Suspect Info: Committed suicide
Warden Charles Lincoln was stabbed and killed by a prisoner at the Charlestown State Prison.
Warden Lincoln was walking through the shoe department of the prison when a prisoner approached him from behind and stabbed him in the neck, killing him.
The man was immediately seized by a guard. He was charged with murder.
The inmate was acquitted on the grounds of insanity and was removed from the Charlestown State Prison and placed in the Lunatic Asylum at Worcester. On May 21st, 1884, the subject committed suicide by jumping out of a window at the Lunatic Asylum.
Warden Lincoln had served as the Warden of the State Prison for many years. He was survived by his wife and eleven children.