Charles Bannon
Charles Bannon, 22, was held in the jail at Schafer, the McKenzie County seat in North Dakota. In the early hours of January 29, 1931, about 75 masked men overpowered a deputy and broke into the jail, taking him from his cell, and according to one account the sheriff arrived too late to stop them. Bannon pleaded with the mob to save his father, who was also held in the jail and was not taken. The men hanged him from a bridge at Cherry Creek near Schafer, and according to the newspaper reports no one was ever arrested or identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the McKenzie County jail, took Charles Bannon from his cell and hanged him from the Cherry Creek Bridge; no one in the mob was ever arrested.
Reported by: McKenzie County jail sources in news accounts (reporters); Officers at the scene (the agency that held him).