In the early morning hours of January 29, 1931, a mob broke into the
small stone jail at Schafer, North Dakota, and seized Charles Bannon.
The mob hanged Bannon from a nearby bridge. It was North Dakota’s last
lynching.

Bannon, who was 22 years old, had spent only a few days in the Schafer
jail prior to the break-in. He been moved from the larger and more
secure jail in Williston on January 23, 1931, so he could be arraigned
in Schafer on charges that he murdered the six members of the Haven
family. His father, James Bannon, was also confined in the Schafer
jail, awaiting arraignment as an accomplice to the murder

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