Two Road Agents Lynched - Globe, AZ
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linkys
N 33° 23.943 W 110° 47.341
12S E 519619 N 3695546
In 1882 the Arizona Territory was place where sometimes justice was dispensed before the trial took place, this is where one such event occurred.
Waymark Code: WMH6GJ
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2013
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Today it is a small open space just off North Broad Street in Globe. There are a couple of benches, a small tree and a granite marker. In August of 1882 there was no marker, no benches and the tree was a larger sycamore tree.
The marker tells the story:
From a Sycamore near this spot, L.V. Grime and C.B. Hawley were lynched on Aug. 24, 1882 for the hold up – murder of Andrew Hal, Wells Fargo Packer, and Dr. S.T. Vail. The culprits had a fair hearing before JP Allen on Wednesday eve, and at 2 AM Thursday on a clear night they were hanged. Saloons were closed and it was an orderly lynching.
On August 25th the New York Times received a special dispatch from Globe reporting the event, which it published the following day. The Times article goes into much greater detail and brings 1882 Arizona to life. The Times article can be read here.