Softcover. SIGNED. Crimes committed and punishment exacted was one defining characteristic of the old west. Arizona was no exception. Forty-four times a crime so outraged the community that citizens organised, took the law into their own hands, and lynched 66 men. Murders were quite numerous, and every murder was characterised as "the most cold-blooded in the annals of the territory," but only 41 murders resulted in a legal hanging and 53 men were hanged over 5 decades. From July 1875 to September 1909 3040 men and 29 women were registered at the prison near Yuma and, when that ageing institution was closed, 589 prisoners were registered at the prison in Florence. In total, 3658 Arizonians served terms in prison during the Territorial period, and an untold number served sentences in jail for lesser offences. Lawlessness was an industry in old Arizona, but never a profitable one. Chapter headings include : Frontier Arizona: the Territory; Lynched; Hanged; Imprisoned. With Appendix, Bibliog. and Index. 273pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. F. Scarce.