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Forsyth, Robert, 11, 69, 124

  Frunirp, Frank, 72

  G

  Gould, Lewis, 42

  Gramm, Otto, 39, 40, 44

  death of, 125

  feud with Carey, 66, 67, 70–71, 92

  interest in prison, 21, 46–47, 48, 66, 107–8

  lessee program of, 8, 9, 10–11

  relationship with Alston, 70, 81

  relationship with Warren, 67, 88, 97–98

  and Saban’s escape, 121

  and Saban’s gambling, 21, 49–50, 88

  and Seng’s appeal, 98

  Guzzardo, Joseph, 14, 47, 49

  pardon for, 119

  in team photo, 76, 77

  team practice, 63–64

  H

  Hehn, J. P., 8, 9

  and Gramm, 10, 11

  Hillenbrand, Fred, 11

  Horn, Tom, 98, 111–12

  J

  Jackson, Shoeless Joe, 13

  Jenson, Jim, 13

  Johnson, D. O., 45, 70, 71

  gambling on games, 88

  and prison illness, 92

  relationship with Gramm, 66

  Saban’s escape, 119, 120, 121

  treatment of prisoners, 65–66

  Jukes, M. F., 75

  Julian, James P., 112

  Julian Gallows, 115, 125

  K

  Kinnaman, Daniel C., 73, 88–89

  Klondike Bar, 76–77

  Kohn, W. O., 13

  L

  Laramie Broom Company, 9–10, 86

  Laramie Daily Boomerang, , 6893

  Laramie Republican, , 3264, 70

  conditions in prison, 86–87

  feelings against Paseo, 85

  investigation of Alston and Saban, 123

  , Larson, T. A.10

  LeFlores, Joe, 19

  Lloyd, Alta, 58–59, 110

  appeal for Seng, 99

  death of, 124–25

  husband’s murder, 32–33, 35, 103, 111

  relationship with Seng, 31, 32

  Lloyd, William, 29, 30–31, 102, 103

  funeral and obituary of, 110–11

  murder of, 32–33, 35

  Long, Rev. Father, 113

  M

  Maghee, Griffith, 83, 84, 90, 117

  and prison illness, 91–92, 92–93

  at Seng’s execution, 114

  Magor, Rich, 78–79

  Masson, Peter, 26, 28, 55, 117

  appeals for Seng, 83, 102–3

  opinion of Seng, 25

  Mathewson, Christy, 13

  McGee, H. R., 35

  Murray, Robert, 10

  N

  Nevada State Journal, 40

  New York Herald, 4

  Nickell, Willie, 112

  P

  Park County Enterprise, 94

  Parrott, George, 5, 6

  Paseo, Lorenzo, 53, 55, 84–85, 86, 90

  and Alston, 12

  death of, 122

  Pendergraft, H. A., 14, 57, 119

  and Alston, 97

  on lessee programs, 10, 64–65

  and prison conditions, 86–87

  Peterson, W. L., 72

  Phelps, Olive, 31, 32, 35

  Potter, Sidney, 14, 48, 63

  release of, 119

  Powell, James, 14, 49, 54

  team photo, 76, 77

  team practice, 63

  R

  Rawlins, John A., 3

  Rawlins Republican, , 7295, 97

  All Stars’ games, 78–79, 81, 89

  appeals for Seng, 102

  baseball’s popularity, 13

  guard’s death, 74

  opposition to gambling, 26–27, 28

  prison escapees, 124

  prison opening, 7–8

  Rawlins (WY), 3–4, 18, 67

  attitude towards crime, 4–5

  gambling in, 26–27

  state penitentiary in, 7–8

  See also Wyoming State Penitentiary

  Reid, Will, 113, 116

  Rowan, Eugene, 14, 48, 49

  parole of, 119

  in team photo, 76, 77

  team practice, 63

  Rychman, B., 98

  S

  Saban, George, 14, 22, 93

  and Allen, 78

  crimes of, 16–17, 19, 20

  escape of, 119–21

  gambling on team, 45–46, 59–60, 66, 70, 76–77, 94

  team captain, 2, 22–23, 49, 63–64, 87–88

  in team photo, 76, 77

  on team’s demise, 95

  treatment in prison, 21, 123

  Seng, Anna, 24, 108

  appeal for son, 82, 98, 100

  Seng, Anthony, 24, 36, 98

  Seng, Frank, 108–10

  Seng, Joseph, 14, 24–26, 28, 58, 87

  appeals for, 82–83, 98–103, 108–10

  attempt on life, 61–62

  burial spot of, 117, 125

  execution of, 112–16, 118

  first game, 52, 53

  murder of Lloyd, 32–33, 35, 103

  and Paseo, 84–85, 86, 90

  in prison, 36, 37, , 3855–56

  second game, 68

  sentence of, 15, 49, 108

  talent of, 45

  in team photo, 76, 77

  team practice, 63, 64

  third game, 79

  at Union Pacific, 28, 29–30, 31

  work in medical unit, 83–84, 91–92, 92–93

  Seng, Mary, 98–99

  Senville, L. W., 21, 58

  Sheridan Post, 95–96

  Shillinger, Duane, 21, 42, 77

  Smith, Toy, 31

  Spence, Robert S., 98

  Stone, Earl, 14, 51, 118

  in team photo, 76, 77

  Stratton, R. L., 38

  Streplis, George, 45

  T

  The Journal, 29

  Thermopolis Record, 119

  U

  Union Pacific Railroad, 3, 25, , 2831

  V

  Veach, W. H., 68–69

  W

  Wagner, Honus, 13

  Warren, Francis, 41

  death of, 125

  and prison issues, 97, 98, 107

  relationship with Carey, 11, 50, 67

  relationship with Gramm, 40, 42, 88

  Weibrecht, Jackie, 13

  Wyoming

  development of, 3–4

  gambling in, 26–29

  popularity of baseball in, 13–14

  railroad in, 3, 4, 25

  rangeland feud in, 17, 19, 20

  See also Rawlins (WY); Wyoming State Penitentiary

  Wyoming Press, , 3536

  Wyoming State Journal, 68

  Wyoming State Penitentiary, 5, , 7–834, 67, 125–26

  baseball field at, 106

  baseball team of, 12, 14–15, 44, 46, , 4960

  conditions at, 86–87

  escapes and guard death at, 42, 72, 73–74, 105, 107, 122, 124

  food poisoning at, 91–93

  gallows at, 112, 115

  guards at, 85

  inmate admission routine, 37–38

  lack of discipline in, 44, 97–98

  lessee program in, 8–11

  See also Death Row All Stars; Alston, Felix; specific inmates

  Wyoming Supply Company Juniors, 2, 72, 73

  first game, 50, 52–53

  fourth game, 88–89

  second game, 68

  third game, 78–80

  Wyoming Times, 95

  Wyomin
g Tribune, , 98112

  on hitters, 104–5

  prison breakout, 105, 107

  Y

  Young, Cy, 13

  About the Authors

  Howard Kazanjian is an author and award-­winning producer and entertainment executive who has been producing feature films and television programs for more than twenty-­five years. While vice president of production for Lucasfilm Ltd., he produced two of the highest-­grossing films of all time: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He also managed production of another top-­ten box office hit, The Empire Strikes Back. Some of his other notable credits include The Rookies, Demolition Man, and the two-­hour pilot and first season of JAG.

  Chris Enss is a New York Times best-­selling author and an award-­winning screenwriter who has written for television, short subject films, live performances, and the movies. She is the coauthor or author of more than twenty-­five books, including The Cowboy and the Senorita, Happy Trails, The Young Duke, and Thunder Over the Prairie—soon to be a motion picture—with Howard Kazanjian. Her recent books include Frontier Teachers: Stories of Heroic Women of the Old West and The Doctor Wore Petticoats. Enss has done everything from stand-­up comedy to working as a stunt person at the Old Tucson Movie Studio. She learned the basics of writing for film and television at the University of Arizona.