Legend says they tied their horses to it when they tried to rob two banks at once in 1892. That was in Death Alley, where a couple of them were killed.
Not true. Photos show they tied the horses to a wooden fence. Reportedly, the pipe was just scrap from the alley—and that it was placed at the gravesite as a sign of disrespect.
As if the lead in the bodies wasn’t disrespectful enough…
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Mark Boardman is the features editor for True West Magazine as well as the editor of The Tombstone Epitaph. He also serves as pastor for Poplar Grove United Methodist Church in Indiana.