Bill Dittenborn
Bill Dittenborn was held in the old jail at Shakespeare, New Mexico. A report from Lordsburg, reprinted in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, says that shortly after 2 a.m. on November 9, 1881, more than a dozen masked men entered the jail, seized the guard and took Bill out. The report says the mob hanged him. The same account says little sympathy was expressed for him in the town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A citizen's special from Lordsburg, New Mexico, reprinted in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union, reports that a mob of more than a dozen masked men seized the guard at the old Shakespeare jail and hanged Dittenborn.
Reported by: Citizen's special from Lordsburg, N. M., as reprinted in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union (reporters).