Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Littenbern
Bill Littenbern was held in the jail at Shakespeare, Arizona. According to a November 1881 newspaper report, a mob took Bill Littenbern from that jail and hanged them. The killing is recorded as a lynching of a person taken from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Bill Littenbern from the jail at Shakespeare, Arizona, and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.