March 28, 1884: Or was it March 8? Sources conflict. Five bank robbers convicted of murdering four Bisbee citizens, including a pregnant woman, are hanged in Tombstone. While waiting on the gallows one of the condemned men observed it was a hot day. Another replied, “It’s going to be a lot hotter where we’re going.” It was the largest mass hanging in Arizona history.
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