Died in custody
William Pitts
William Pitts was being escorted by officers near Daggett, California, in December 1884. The Mohave County Miner reported that a mob of about twenty men took him from the officers. The men hanged him from a telephone pole near the town on December 9, 1884. The officers who had held him were the ones the mob took him from, according to the paper's account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about twenty men took William Pitts from officers escorting him near Daggett, California, and hanged him from a telephone pole.
Reported by: news reports.