hangings in Wyoming

In 1903, a Cheyenne architect invented a new contraption to hang infamous bounty hunter Tom Horn. Unfortunately, the device didn't work and Horn dangled from the noose for 17 minutes.

April 21st marks an infamous anniversary. 146 years ago today, in 1871, John Boyer was the first man to be legally executed in Wyoming. Prior to Boyer, several outlaws had met the end of the noose due to vigilante justice, but this was the first legal hanging ever carried out in the fledgling territory...