Gravestone of George Johnson who was unjustly hanged in Arizona.

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image showing Gravestone of George Johnson who was unjustly hanged in Arizona.

ShallowFool on April 25th, 2023 at 15:27 UTC »

That's in a "graveyard" outside of a tourist shop in Tombstone AZ. Not sure if any of the graves are real.

Spartan2470 on April 25th, 2023 at 16:17 UTC »

Here is a much higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Thomas Castelazo (aka Wikipedia user Tomascastelazo), who took this on March 17, 2013 in the Tombstone Arizona graveyard.

According to the Tombstone Chamber of Commerce:

In 1882 George Johnson legitimately purchased a horse. At least he thought he had. Johnson unknowingly bought the horse from the man who stole it. When Johnson was found in possession he was accused of horse theft. He was hanged despite his pleas that he had no prior knowledge the horse was stolen.

It wasn't until after his death that it was determined he had told the truth. The grave marker on the left was photographed over sixty five years ago. The grave marker on the right is the current. The epitaphs on both markers serve as an exoneration of Johnson. he is buried in the Boothill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona.

Edit: Thanks for the correction /u/RuleNine. Fixed!

And yes, it is a real graveyard.

mjkjg2 on April 25th, 2023 at 17:35 UTC »

can’t imagine being wrongly executed by the state and they put a fucking oompa loompa song on your gravestone