The Hanging Tree

The plaque calls it an orderly lynching, and that phrase should stop you cold. In August 1882 a Globe mob took L.V. Grime and C.B. Hawley from custody and hanged them from a sycamore for robbing and killing a Wells Fargo man and a local doctor. The marker frames the closed saloons and the quiet two a.m. hour as marks of decorum. They were not. A mob killing dressed in procedure is still a mob killing, whatever the sign wants you to feel.

What the plaque says

Dedicated to Gila County Law Enforcement. 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 Hall, 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.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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More markers nearby

• City of Globe — 0.2 mi
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• George W. P. Hunt in Globe — 0.2 mi
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