Died in prison
Frank Wigfall
Frank Wigfall, a Black man, was held at the Wyoming penitentiary in Rawlins. A dispatch in The Sun of October 17, 1912, says other convicts lynched him in September 1912, then obtained the cell keys and tied the killing to an escape attempt about two weeks later. A year-end report in The Farmer and Mechanic lists his lynching among the sensational ones of 1912.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A newspaper dispatch from Rawlins, Wyo., says fellow convicts lynched him at the Wyoming penitentiary about two weeks before a mass escape attempt.
Reported by: newspaper report (dispatch from Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 14) (reporters); year-end report (reporters).