Died in custody
Name not reported
One of the Sheppard brothers, whose first name is not given, was in the custody of officers traveling by train near Rogers, Arkansas, in January 1891. The Madison Daily Leader reported that he escaped and was found dead in a baggage car when the train reached Rogers, and it attributed to officers the claim that he was shot and killed while trying to escape. The report gives no further detail about how the shooting happened or who fired.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A newspaper account says he was shot and killed while trying to escape from officers.
Reported by: officers at Rogers, Arkansas (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.