<P> Eva Dugan ( 1878 -- February 21 , 1930 ) was a convicted murderer whose execution by hanging at the state prison in Florence , Arizona resulted in her decapitation and influenced the state of Arizona to replace hanging with the lethal gas chamber as a method of execution . </P>
<P> Eva Dugan ( 1878 -- February 21 , 1930 ) was a convicted murderer whose execution by hanging at the state prison in Florence , Arizona resulted in her decapitation and influenced the state of Arizona to replace hanging with the lethal gas chamber as a method of execution . </P>
first woman to be hung in arizona territory
first woman to be hung in arizona territory
Eva Dugan
Eva Dugan