Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Littenbern
Bill Littenbern was one of two men held in the jail at Tucson, Arizona, when a dozen masked men took them out and hanged them, according to items published November 17, 1881, in The Eaton Democrat and The Somerset Press. The accounts place the killing in the jail's custody but do not give a date for it. They also do not describe how the mob got in, or whether jailers resisted or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news item reports that a dozen masked men took Bill Littenbern from the Tucson, Arizona jail and hanged him.
Reported by: news column.