Frank Wigfall was lynched in late September or early October of 1912 by inmates in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Frank was accused of assaulting a woman named Esther Higgins who was in her seventies. Esther was nicknamed "Granny Higgins" and would bring baked goods for the prisoners to enjoy. When Frank was caught a community lynch mob gathered for him. Fearing for Frank's life Rawlin's Mayor requested he be transferred to the Penitentiary, for safe keeping.
When the prisoners heard about his alleged crime a few of them took "justice" into their own hands, and without a judge or a jury conviction, they hanged Frank.
On Oct 03, 1912: Incarcerated Black Man Lynched By White Prisoners Inside Wyoming State Prison
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