Parker

George F. Parker was held in the county jail at Colfax, Washington, awaiting trial, when a mob of about fifty masked men came for him in the early morning of June 2, 1894. According to a coroner's jury, he was hanged by parties unknown, and the Fisherman & Farmer reports that the mob took the jailer's keys, broke his cell lock and bound his hands. Accounts differ on where the hanging took place, with some naming a porch above the jail and others the balcony of the Court House, where Ed Hill was also hanged. The Morning Call reports that the jury in his case was dismissed that same morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took George F. Parker from the Colfax, Washington jail and hanged him, and the coroner's jury attributed his death to hanging at the hands of parties unknown.

Reported by: Fisherman & Farmer (reporters); Coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); Associated Press dispatch from Spokane (reporters); Mineral Point Tribune (reporters).

Sources (9)

• Arizona Republican, June 3, 1894, page 1 Arizona Republican, June 3, 1894
• The Morning Call, June 3, 1894, page 9 The Morning Call, June 3, 1894
• The Salt Lake Herald, June 3, 1894, page 1 The Salt Lake Herald, June 3, 1894
• The Anaconda Standard, June 5, 1894, page 8 The Anaconda Standard, June 5, 1894
• The Weiser Signal, June 7, 1894, page 1 The Weiser Signal, June 7, 1894
• Mineral Point Tribune, June 14, 1894, page 2 Mineral Point Tribune, June 14, 1894
• Wood County Reporter, June 14, 1894, page 6 Wood County Reporter, June 14, 1894
• Fisherman & Farmer, June 15, 1894, page 4 Fisherman & Farmer, June 15, 1894
• The Abbeville Press And Banner, June 20, 1894, page 2 The Abbeville Press And Banner, June 20, 1894