Jack Littlefield

The Pioche Weekly Record reported in October 1895 that Jack Littlefield was in the custody of officers in Mendocino County, California, when a mob took him from them and hanged him from the nearest tree. The unsigned item said cowboys were supposed to have carried out the lynching. The report is the only account of his death in these sources, and it is a brief item published in a Nevada newspaper.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Pioche Weekly Record, in an unsigned item citing no source, reports that a mob took Jack Littlefield from officers and hanged him from the nearest tree.

Reported by: Pioche Weekly Record (unsigned item, citing no source) (reporters).

Source

• The Pioche Weekly Record, October 10, 1895, page 4 The Pioche Weekly Record, October 10, 1895