THE HANGING TREE IN GLOBE

n the 1880s Globe was a booming mining town in Gila County, Arizona Territory, though it remained dependent for supplies brought in by stagecoach and pack train. Cargo delivered by train to Casa Grande on the Southern Pacific Railroad was put on an eastbound stage for Pioneer Pass in the rugged Pinal Mountains. From there it was transferred to a mule train manned by a packer and a mounted Wells, Fargo & Co. shotgun messenger for the final 12-mile stretch to Globe. On Aug. 20, 1882, the packer was Frank Porter, the messenger Andy Hall. This time, along with supplies, they were packing a strongbox loaded with $5,000 in gold coins—payroll for the McMorris silver mine. Globe-based photographer Cicero Grime, his diminutive miner-millhand brother, Lafayette, and associate Curtis B. Hawley, a wood and charcoal supplier, learned of the payroll