Big Nose George

Big Nose George was held in the jail at Rawlins, Wyoming. According to the Eaton Democrat, a party of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole in 1881. The newspaper reported the killing as a lynching carried out by a mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of masked men took him from the Rawlins jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole, according to a 1881 report.

Reported by: 1881 newspaper report (reporters).

Source

• The Eaton Democrat, March 31, 1881, page 1 The Eaton Democrat, March 31, 1881