by Enss, Chris
3Pinedale Roundup, May 2, 1912.
4Pinedale Roundup, May 2, 1912; Natrona County Tribune, May 15, 1912.
5Laramie Daily Boomerang, May 22, 1912; Stockman Farmer, May 21, 1912.
6Laramie Republican, June 23, 1911; Wyoming State Journal, April 21, 1911.
7Telegraph to Governor Carey from Mrs. Anna Seng, May 12, 1912.
8Ibid.
9E–mail exchanges between Olive Phelps and Chris Enss, November 19, 2011, April 12, 2012, March 2013.
10Daily Times, August 8, 1910.
11Wyoming Derrick, November 19, 1903.
12Wyoming Tribune, May 21, 1912.
13Pinedale Roundup, August 21, 1913; Wyoming Frontier Prison, www.wyomingfrontierprison.org.
14Pinedale Roundup, August 21, 1913.
15Darmstädter Zeitung, August 12, 1919.
16Wyoming Tribune, May 24, 1912.
17Ibid., May 23, 1912.
18Ibid., May 24, 1912.
19Ibid.
20Carbon County Journal, May 24, 1912.
21Ibid.
22Ibid.
23Ibid.
24Ibid.; Casper Press, May 24, 1912.
25Wyoming Tribune, May 24, 1912; Evening Independent, May 25, 1912.
26Lehigh Register, June 5, 1912.
Chapter Ten
1Wyoming Tribune, May 24, 1912.
2Cheyenne State Leader, November 12, 1913; Sheridan Enterprise, July 30, 1912; Cheyenne State Leader, January 1, 1912; Laramie Republican, July 20, 1912.
3Thermopolis Record, December 25, 1913; Big Horn County Rustler, December 25, 1913, and December 26, 1913.
4Carbon County Journal, January 16, 1914.
5Ibid.; Thermopolis Record, December 25, 1913; Big Horn County Rustler, December 25, 1913, and December 26, 1913.
6Warren Papers.
Epilogue
1Riverton Republican, May 31, 1912; Daily Commonwealth, October 14, 1912.
2Shillinger, In Wyoming’s Prison, 86.
3Laramie Republican, December 29, 1913.
4Wyoming State Journal, November 1, 1912; Shillinger, In Wyoming’s Prison, 59.
5“Felix Alston,” Wyoming State Museum report.
6E–mail exchanges between Olive Phelps and Chris Enss, November 19, 2011, April 12, 2012, March 2013; letter to Chris Enss from Rev. John Grabish, July 23, 2013; Seng, Charles F., tombstone Inscription at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
7Civil Case Report #2514, Law in the West, Albany County Court.
8Pinedale Roundup, February 28, 1924; Wyoming State Journal, November 1, 1912.
9Warren Papers; Laramie Republican, December 26, 1913.
10Wyoming Frontier Prison, www.wyomingfrontierprison.org.
11Ibid.
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Atlantic (IA) Evening News
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Cheyenne (WY) State Leader
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Colorado Transcript
Coshocton (OH) Age
Cowley (WY) Progress
Daily Commonwealth (Fond Du Lac, WI)
Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN)
Daily Standard (Ogden, UT)
Daily Times (Davenport, IA)
Daily Tribune (Salt Lake, UT)
Darmstädter Zeitung (Darmstädt, Germany)
Davenport (IA) Democrat and Leader
Denver Post
Evening Independent (Massillon, OH)
Fort Wayne (IN) Daily News
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel
Galveston (TX) Daily News
Garland (WY) Guard
Grand Encampment (WY) Herald
Guernsey (WY) Gazette
Hutchinson (KS) News
Indiana (PA) Gazette
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Waterloo (IA) Evening Courier
Wellsville (NY) Daily Reporter
Wheatland (WY) World
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Wyoming Derrick (Casper)
Wyoming Press (Evanston)
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Correspondence
Letter to WVD from Senator Francis Warren, April 20, 1906.
Letter to Otto Gramm from Senator Francis Warren, August 1911.
Letter to Governor Carey from Mrs. Anthony Seng, July 1911.
Letter to Governor Carey from Rev. Peter Masson, July 12, 1911.
Letter to Mrs. Anthony Seng from Governor Carey, July 15, 1911.
Letter to Rev. Peter Masson from Governor Carey, July 15, 1911.
Letter to Governor Carey from Rev. Joseph Conrath, April 28, 1912.
Letter to Rev. Joseph Conrath from Governor Carey, May 1, 1912.
Letter to Governor Carey from Frank Seng, May 13, 1912.
Letter to Anna Seng from Governor Carey, May 16, 1912.
Telegraph to Governor Carey from Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Ivy, and Mrs. Quinn, May 11, 1912.
Telegraph to Governor Carey from Mrs. Anna Seng, May 12, 1912.
Telegraph to Governor Carey from Rev. Peter Masson, May 20, 1912.
Telegraph to Governor Carey from Sister M. Bonaventura Seng, May 21, 1912.
E-mail to Duane Shillinger from Scott Alston, February 2008.
E-mail exchanges between Chris Enss and Olive Phelps, relative of Alta Lloyd, November 19, 2011; April 12, 2012; March 2013.
E-mail exchange between Chris Enss and Charles F. Seng, relative of Joseph Seng, September 2012.
E-mail exchange between Chris Enss and Rev. John Grabish, spiritual advisor to Joseph Seng, July 24, 2013.
E-mail exchange between Chris Enss and Christopher Blue, outreach assistant at Union Pacific Railroad Museum, April 16, 2012.
Letter to Chris Enss from Rev. John Grabish, Minister at Sacred Heart Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania, July 23, 2013.
Meeting between historian Duane Shillinger and Chris Enss, July 26, 2013.
Miscellaneous
“100 Years in the Wild West: A Pictorial History of Rawlins, Wyoming.” Supplement to the Daily Times, 1968.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1898.
Baker, Rans. “Red Lights, Scarlet Women and Booze: Rawlins Red Light Districts.” Research report for Rawlins Historical Society, no year given.
Carey, Joseph M. Governor Executive Department Report: Board of Charities and Reform Records, November 21, 1911.
Christmas speech and gift for Warden Alston presented by Charles E. Bydenburgh, December 25, 1911.
Farmers’ Almanac Wyoming, 1911.
Individual prisoner intake forms, Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, 1910–11.
J-A-B-S Wyoming State Penitentiary inmate newsletter: June 1911; July 4, 1914; March 1916; May 1916; June 1916; February 1917.
Kearny, Nebraska, City Directory, 1908.
Laramie Republican Illustrated Section, 1915.
National Association of Wool Growers meeting minutes, February 19, 1907.
Masson, Reverend Peter, journal notes, September 1910–June 1915.
Rawlins, Wyoming, City Directory, August 1907.
Seng, Charles F., tombstone inscription at Sacred Heart Cemetery (formerly Holy Sepulchre Cemetery), Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1968.
State v. Gramm, in Wyoming Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Wyoming. Vol. 7. Laramie, WY: Prairie Press, 1900.
US Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 Population.
Warren Papers. Material from Senator Francis Warren’s files at the University of Wyoming, Laramie.
Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910.
Index
A
Allemand, Joe, 17
Allen, Ora, 59, 60, 78
and Saban’s escape, 120, 121
Allentown Friedensbote, 102–3
Alston, Felix, 11, 12, 20, 36, 105
and Carey’s concerns, 94–95
and gallows project, 112
investigation of, 123, 124
problems in prison, 73–74, 105
reforms of, 12–14, 42, 56, 58, 68–70, 71–72, 95–96
relationship with Saban, 17, 19, 21, 22, 87
reputation of, 38, 40
rumors of gambling, 50, 53
and Seng’s execution, 113
See also Death Row All Stars; Wyoming State Penitentiary
Alston, Felix Vern, Jr., 46, , 7677
Alston, Scott, 70, 94
Alston’s All Stars. See Death Row All Stars
Anaconda Standard, 19
Annals of Wyoming, , 1253, 55, 62
Atlantic Evening News, 33
B
Baker, Rans, 77
baseball
betting on, 93–94
popularity of, 13–14
See also Death Row All Stars
Beard, Francis B., 3
Big Horn County Rustler, , 3840, 119
and convicts’ road work, 56, 58
Blue, Christopher, 29–30
/>
Blydenburgh, Charles E., 11, 96
Brine, W. H., 84
Brink, Herb, 17
Bruce, Annie, 81
C
Cameron, Thomas, 14, 24, 59, 119
first game, 1–2
team photo, 76, 77
team practices, 63, 64
third game, 79
Carbon County Journal, , 4272–73, 97
All Stars’ first game, 50, 52–53
All Stars’ third game, 79–80
gambling issues, 27–28
local baseball coverage, 13
Saban’s escape, 119–21
Seng’s appeal, 99
Seng’s execution, 113–14, 116
Wyoming Supply Company Juniors’ errors, 89
Carey, John, 28
Carey, Joseph, 10, 11, 21
appeals to for Seng, 82–83, 101–2, 108–10
attitude on gambling, 28–29, 49–50, 67–68, 94–95
death of, 125
photo of, 43
and prison problems, 81–82, 107, 108, 122
relationship with Alston, 38, 40, 41, 95–96
relationship with Gramm, 9, 40, 70–71, 92
Carey, R. Davis, 28
Carman, Ora, 14, 54, , 63118
Carrick, W. F., 73–74, 87
Casper Press, 33
Cheyenne Daily Leader, 13
Cheyenne State Leader, , 3340, 93–94
Cobb, Ty, 13
Cole, Charles, 84
Conrath, J., 99, 101, 102
Cooley, Harris R., 69
Craig, D. H., 35
Crottie, John, 14, 57, , 63118
in team photo, 76, 77
D
Daily Commonwealth, 122
Davenport Democrat and Leader, 110–11
Death Row All Stars, 2–3, 14–15, 44, 45
demise of team, 95
first game, 1–2, 49–50, 52–53
fourth game, 88–89
photos of, 46, , 75–7677
playing outside prison, 72–73
practices, 62–64
second game, 68
third game, 78–80
See also specific individuals
Dodge, Grenville M., 3
Downs, James, 111
E
Eaton, Ed, 17
, Emge, Joe16, 17
Evanstan (WY), 28
Ewer, Emma, 31
Ewer, Moroni, 28, 31
F
Fitzgerald, Frank, 14, 51, , 63118
in team photo, 76, 77
third game, 79
