Deaths in Custody
Executed

Albert F. Bomberger

died January 19, 1894 · Towner County, North Dakota

Albert F. Bomberger was executed by hanging on January 19, 1894, on a scaffold in a farm field about a mile north of the Cando city limits in Towner County, North Dakota. Fear of a lynching in Cando led to his being held for a time in the Grand Forks County jail before the execution. He was buried in the local cemetery.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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