George Parrott
George Parrott was held in the Rawlins jail in Rawlins, Wyoming, in March 1881. On the night of March 22, 1881, a party of masked men took him from the jail, carried him to a telegraph pole by the railroad machine shops, and hanged him. A 1881 Cheyenne newspaper report says a mob took him from the jail, while a 2017 article says the jailer was held at gunpoint by the mob and did not stop them. Accounts differ on whether it took two attempts before he died, and the jailer's response is described differently across sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of masked men took Parrott from the Rawlins jail at night and hanged him from a telegraph pole, with one account saying the jailer was held at gunpoint and did not stop them.
Reported by: A special to the Cheyenne Leader from Rawlins (reporters); Eaton Democrat newspaper account of 31 March 1881 (reporters); Carbon County Museum director Kelly Bohanan, citing Legendary Locals of Rawlins and witness accounts; Carbon County Sheriff Robert Rankin's office (the agency that held him).