Big Bill Kisset

Big Bill Kisset was held at the jail in West Union, West Virginia. A mob took him from the jail and hanged him the following night, according to a brief national news item printed in The Abilene Reflector in December 1883. The account gives no date for the killing beyond that and no further details about how the jail's officers acted.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Big Bill Kisset from the West Union, West Virginia jail and hanged him, according to a brief national news item.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Abilene Reflector, December 20, 1883, page 2 The Abilene Reflector, December 20, 1883