The lot features an Execution Invitation for the Bisbee Five Robbers, to be hung in Tombstone, Arizona Territory March 28, 1884. The men to be executed included Daniel Kelly, Omer W. Sample, Jas. Howard, Daniel Dowd and William Delaney. The Bisbee Massacre, also known as the Bisbee murders or Bisbee raid, occurred on December 8, 1883 in Bisbee, Arizona Territory when six outlaws who were part of the famous Cowboys (Cochise County Cowboys) outlaw gang robbed a general store. They believed the safe to have the mining payroll of $7,000, but due to poor timing they were incorrect and were only about to steal about $800 on the low side. During the robbery the gang killed five people, including a lawman and pregnant woman. Five men were convicted of the murder and sentenced to hang whereas John Heath, the organizer and head of this smaller section of the Cowboy gang, was only sentenced to life in prison. Unsatisfied with Heath’s sentence, a lynch mob forcibly removed Heath from Jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole on February 22, 1884. The other five were executed on March 28, 1884. This is an invitation to the execution from Sheriff Ward which was reproduced by Wyatt Earp’s West. This contemporary piece is still a wonderful part of history and one of the only examples available. From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, comes with a museum tag. Measures 4-inches by 2.5-inches. Museum number: LO-167.