Count Otto Franc von Lichtenstein (1846–November 30, 1903) was a cattle baron, sheriff and judge in the Big Horn Basin region of the U.S. state of Wyoming.
[1] After visiting the Big Horn Basin area on a hunting trip in 1877–1878 with Texas Jack Omohundro, he returned the following year and established the Pitchfork Ranch on the upper Greybull River, near the present-day town of Meeteetse.
[2] In 1893, Franc had renowned outlaw Butch Cassidy and his friend Al Hainer arrested for stealing three horses.
Cassidy was pardoned by governor William A. Richards in 1896, but the time he spent in the Wyoming State Penitentiary convinced him to become a full-time outlaw, and he formed the Wild Bunch shortly after his release.
Local newspapers reported that his double-barrel shotgun accidentally discharged while Franc was crawling under a fence on his property.