Opium Bob

Opium Bob was taken from the Rawlins jail in March 1882 by a vigilance committee, according to a Rawlins Republican account published in July 1897. The committee hanged him at the stock yards east of town. The record provided gives no account of how the committee got past the jail or whether jail staff resisted, gave up keys, or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took him from the Rawlins jail and hanged him at the stock yards east of town, according to an 1897 account.

Reported by: 1897 newspaper account (reporters).

Source

• The Rawlins Republican, July 2, 1897, page 9 The Rawlins Republican, July 2, 1897