A corpse, a bottle of whiskey, and drunken cowboys.
On Saturday, April 8th, 1905, two cowboys, John Shaw and Bill Smythe, walked into the Wigwam Saloon in Winslow and held up the gambling table.
They jumped a train bound for Flagstaff, but a posse caught up with them at Canyon Diablo. Smythe was captured; Shaw was killed and buried on the spot. Some of his pals wanted to give him a last drink, so they headed for the grave site and dug up Shaw. They propped him up, gave him a drink, and took his photo. Shaw's death grin seemed to indicate that he was enjoying the moment.
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