As the robber George Big nose was a pair of shoes and an ashtray

In the Museum of the small American town of Rawlins, Wyoming, is stored in a spooky exhibit is part of the skull and a couple mens shoes of human skin. According to the results of the DNA examination, all of these things are parts of one man – George Parrott. It is unlikely that he aspired to such prominence, when he robbed stagecoaches, ambushed and killed the Sheriff in the Wild West.

The fatal flaw of George Parrott

America of the nineteenth century is remembered by the lawlessness and rampant crime. At that time George Parrot commanded a gang of robbers. Because of the prominent nose, he was nicknamed George Big Nose.

The only surviving photo of George Parrott "Big Nose"

The leader of the gang made a fatal mistake in 1878, when he decided to Rob a train of the railroad company Union Pacific, the flight was carrying the payroll for workers of the company.

Armed bandits ambushed on a deserted stretch of road. Before they pulled the skid from the railroad tracks so that the train derailed. But a lineman noticed the damage to the cloth, returned to the place of the missing crutch, and told the Sheriff about a possible attack. When the train with valuable cargo at full speed and proceeded through the "trap", George Big Nose realised that it plans to open. The leader took the gang to Rattlesnake canyon, near the town of elk mountain.

Train Union Pacific, the company was founded in 1862.

The Deputy Sheriff of the local police Robert Widdowfield together with the detective company Type Vincent began investigating the incident. They arrived at the scene failed sabotage and began to follow the trail of the gang. Reaching the canyon, they found a hastily abandoned camp. Alas, during the inspection of the remains of the fire, the Sheriff's Deputy was killed by a bandit bullet. The other robbers shot and killed detective of the railway company.

Arrest and attempt to escape

The murder of two officers received a loud resonance. The management of the railway company announced a large reward for the capture of the leader of the gang. An initial amount of ten thousand dollars quickly doubled. In those days it was a lot of money. But despite the generosity of the company goons has been on the loose for another two years.

Pending execution of the sentence that the prisoner did not waste any time. Using the pocket knife he patiently undermined fastening of the locks on the shackles. On 22 March he was able to finally get rid of ties fetter his. The prisoner was ambushed by a prison employee Robert Rankin in the washroom. The victim of the last forces called wife Rose. The wife was not timid. Armed with a revolver of her husband, the brave woman returned an escaped prisoner in a cell.

Death and polusmerti

George Parrott is not destined to live a measured court term. Angry residents staged a lynching. They lynched the murderer in the middle of town, throwing a loop over the crossbar nearest the Telegraph pole. During his short and stormy life of George Big Nose and not a family. His body was in the morgue among the unclaimed.

Unlucky robber and the victim of the lynching George Parrot.

Throughout the year the doctor continued a strange study. He put the dismembered body in an oak barrel. The salt solution prevented the decomposition of dead flesh. Then George Big Nose finally mothballed and buried in the office of Dr. Thomas Magee.

Noteworthy is the fate of the researchers. John Osborne changed his scientific career in politics. He has entered the annals of Wyoming as the first Governor from the democratic party. Later, he became the right hand of Secretary of state to President Wilson. According to rumors, the politician, John Osborne, I bought legendary boots. He didn't change even for a ball on the occasion of his own inauguration in 1893.

The Skull Of Big Nose George.

The doctor has presented the second part of the skull of a young assistant named Lillian Heath. She entered the annals of Wyoming as the first female doctor. From the parietal bone of George Big Nose turned out great ashtray. Later Lillian Heath was leaning against the door of his study.

Oblivion and new downloads

The glory of a violent criminal quickly sunk into oblivion. Hadn't thought of him until 1950. The builders came across a strange barrel during excavation. Had to stop digging. The contents of the barrel were not surprised by the local police. Was appointed expert identification of the remains. Then he remembered about the legendary ashtray Lillian Heath. It turned out that part of the skull are a perfect match. The second study conducted in 1960, when the police began the practice of DNA examination.

The exhibits in the Museum Carbon County

DNA samples taken from the shoes, skulls and bones showed that all the items are constituent parts of one person – George Parrott. Police files kept only one photo of a violent criminal. Evidence now serve as Museum exhibits. It is noteworthy that the top and bottom of the skulls stored in museums in different us States.