The Schafer Jail
ID: ND1931012901
Name(s) of People Lynched: Charles Bannon
Number of People Lynched: 1
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Lynching Date(s): 1931-01-29
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City: Schafer
County: McKenzie
State: North Dakota
Marker Text: The Schafer Jail is of native granite stone and concrete construction. It was completed in 1910, and served McKenzie County for 31 years. It was from this jail that Charles Bannon, the confessed murderer of the six members of the Albert E. Haven Family, was taken by an angry mob and lynched off a bridge 1/2 mile east of the jail on Jan. 29, 1931.
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