Robert Haddock
Robert Paddock was held in the Rawlins jail in Rawlins, Wyoming, in March 1882, according to a Morning Journal and Courier dispatch from Rawlins. Masked men took him from the jail and hanged him at the stock yards about a mile east of town, along with James Lacey. A second newspaper account, a Rawlins dispatch printed in the Portland Daily Press, says a third man held with them was allowed to escape.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took Robert Paddock from the Rawlins jail and hanged him at the stock yards about a mile east of town, according to a Morning Journal And Courier dispatch from Rawlins; the article does not say how the jailers responded.
Reported by: Morning Journal And Courier dispatch from Rawlins (reporters).