The Tombstone Gallows

The gallows in Tombstone, Arizona flowed red for the first time on March 28, 1884. Five men were hung for robbery/murder that occurred in Bisbee a few months earlier. The men were James Howard, Red Sample, Dan Dowd, William Delaney, and Dan Kelly. Modern reports make the hangings seem quite brutal. Local reports contemporaneous to the hangings were significantly milder in their descriptions. One report was on March 29, 1884, the day after the hanging. The video below is a verbatim reading from the Arizona Sentinel reporting the Bisbee hangings.

A copy of the actual article is provided below for your convenience