January 29th marked the 77th anniversary of the last lynching in North Dakota, probably the most popular one as well. Locals broke into the Schafer Jail and retrieved Charles Bannon, accused of murdering the family who’d hired him as a farm hand. Apparently there were nearly 75 people and over a dozen cars involved in hauling this guy out to the nearest bridge and giving him the last necktie he’d ever wear.

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