““John E. Osborne, a member of Sisco Lodge 259 in Westport, New York, was Wyoming's third governor and the first Democrat to occupy that office. After a mob lynched the notorious outlaw George "Big Nose" Parrott in 1881, Brother Osborne, also a physician, took possession of the body to perform an autopsy. Completing that, Brother Osborne sent Parrott's skin to a tannery, where it was made into a pair of shoes. Subsequently, in 1883, having been elected governor, Osborne wore those shoes to his inaugural ball.””
