Frank Wigfall

Frank Wigfall, a Black man, died in October 1912 at the state penitentiary in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Democratic Banner reported that he had been moved there for safe keeping after a mob tried to take him at Rawlins. The paper said convicts at the penitentiary killed him. The account is from a 1912 newspaper report, and the paper's description of the killing is the only source.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The prior extraction says convicts killed him inside the state penitentiary at Cheyenne, Wyoming, after a failed mob attempt to take him at Rawlins.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Democratic Banner, October 4, 1912, page 1 The Democratic Banner, October 4, 1912