Roderick

Roderick was held in the jail at Rawlins, in what was then Wyoming Territory. In March 1882, a party of masked men took him from the jail at about four in the morning. Newspapers of the day reported that they carried him to the stock yards about a mile east of town and hanged him there. The killing was a lynching by a mob that broke into the custody of the jail and took him out to be killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Rawlins, Wyoming newspaper report (1882 news item) (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Sacramento Daily Record-Union, March 20, 1882, page 2 Sacramento Daily Record-Union, March 20, 1882
• Daily Los Angeles Herald, March 21, 1882, page 2 Daily Los Angeles Herald, March 21, 1882
• Huntsville Gazette, March 25, 1882, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, March 25, 1882