The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1931, Page 3

BILL 10 RESTO A Z » : THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1981 DEATH PENALTY IS ~— GIVEN TO SENATE Measute Is Offered as Three State Officials Probe Ban- “non Lynching A bill to restore capital punishment in North Dakota was before the state Jegislature today as three state offi- cals sought details here of the hang- ing by @ mob of Charles Bannon, 22, oes slayer of six, james Morris, state attorney gen- eral; Adjutant General G. A. Fraser, and Gunder Osjord, head of the state bureau of criminal apprehension, here at the request of Gov. George F. Shafer, were endeavoring to find clues to the leaders of the mob which early Thursday forced its way into the jail at Schafer, seized Ban- non and hanged him from a, bridge. The capital punishment bill was offered in the state senate at Bis- marek. Under it first-degree mur- der would be punishable by death, with life imprisonment optional if recommended. The death penalty was abolished in 1915. Senator James P. Cain, co-author of the new bill, . Said the Bannon lynching served as an object lesson that capital punish- ment is necessary. Bannon was to have been arraigned at Schafer today with his father, James F. Bannon, on charges of first degree murder. Charles Bannon had confessed he quarreled with members of the A. E. Haven family on their farm near here; that he killed the parents anditheir four children and then buried their bodies, While the masked lynchers said they did not want the elder Bannon, the latter was taken to the jail at Williston, north of here, for safe- keeping. There, late yesterday, James Bannon sent for his wife and notified her of the tragic death of their son. “They've killed an innocent man,” sobbed Mrs. Bannon. Attorneys for Bannon told the state's attorney that Chatles had been urged to plead guilty 10 days ago and be taken to the state peni- tentiary, but that his mother de- murred and urged him to stand trial. An inquest will be held Saturday. Under the capital punishment. bill the law governing first-degree mur- der would read: “Every person con- victed of murder in the first degree shall suffer death or be imprisoned at hard labor in the state penilen- tiary for life.” The death penalty was abolished in North Dakota in 1915. . Five men were hanged in the state for murder before capital punishment was re- pealed, the last death penalty im- posed being in 1905 when John Roony was executed at the state penitcn- tiary for murder commitied in Cass county. -DENIES HIS PARTY BUCKS CAPITAL BILL Senator W. E. Matthaei, Wells County, Describes Situa- tion Over Radio A problem so momentous as the rebuilding of the state capitol is not and cannot be made a purely political or party issue, said W. E. Matthael, senator from Wells county, in an ad- dress over radio station KFYR Thursday night. Mr.-Matthaei takes issue with cer- tain statements which he aver$ have been made by certain publications and politicians in an effort to involve the Nonpartisan League house mem- bers and senators in a political em- broglio regarding the capital com- mission bill. Senator Matthel says, in part, “My attention has been called to an ar- ticle published recently in one of our North Dakota daily papers uncer the startling caption, ‘Independent Unity Dashes Nonpartisan Hope to Trade’ I must say that such an arraignment arouses my ire. fiver since the cap-' ital commissi ill has been before the legislature, and especially since one town, at least, has been engaged in an effort to change the location of the capital, an attempt has been Mob Took Killer to Scene of: Murders Before Hanging Him (Continued trom page one) “ able to learn of the identity of any. Thompson said’ he did not recognize any as he was held behind the jail in the dark, while Hallan has so far been unable to give any clue as to who the men were. Didn’t Recognise Men Evanson said that he did not recog- nize any of the men who came to farm. Bannon’s body is to be taken to ‘Williston late Friday, when funeral Plans will be made by his mother, ‘Mrs. James F. Bannon, whose hus- band is held in the Williston jail charged with complicity in ‘he crime. A coroner’s jury will be empanel- ed late Friday to view the hody aft- er which it will be given up to the/ yij1: ‘mother. State authorities plan to go to ‘Williston later in the day to inter- view James Bannon and Fred Maike: who were im the Schafer jail at the! time the mob entered, forced open the cell &nd took Charles Bannon) with them. Mrs. Bannon came to Watford City ‘Thursday night and viewed the body of her son. She was grief-stricken and, as she knelt before the body. swore & vengeance on his killers. She said her son was not guilty of the murders of the Havens, but that he was assuming guilt for persons who had @ strong influence over him. ‘ Noose Mr. Morris viewed the rope used in the hanging, and said it appeared that someone with expert knowledge had arranged the noose. It was tied in such a manner that the rope would operate properly when the body was swung. Picking up every possible thread of the lynching story, Mr. Morris was told that the mob appeared well-dis- ciplined and organized. Members: of tne group went about their work as though under strict orders and there was no confusion in breaking into the jail and taking Bannon into custody. Mr. Morris said he would interview Sheriff 8. A. Thompson, Deputy Sheriff Peter Hallan, James Bannon, and Fred Maike Friday. The deputy was the night guard in the jail which housed the two Ban- nons, and Maike, who is held on charges of stealing wheat. James Bannon and Maike were taken to Williston for safe keeping Thursday. ‘Thompson, aroused by the commo- tion at the jail, was overpowered by 12 members of the mob and held be- hind the jatl while the lynchers left with the youth. The state officials said that all who came in contact with members of the mob will be questioned closely for any clues as to the men’s identity. Mr. Morris and the other officials were to go to. Williston Friday to question the two prisoners held there. Inquest Set Saturday A coroner's inquest has been set for Saturday. Mrs. Bannon, mother of Charles, asked authorities to send the body of her son to Williston, where she is at Present. She was a school teacher at East Fairview, N. D., but lost her position after her son confessed to the killings. Subsequently her hus- band was arrested in Oregon, and re- turned to McKenzie county. to stand trial for complicity in the crime, A. J. Knox, Williston, who defended Charles Bannon when the farm boy was arrested on a charge of embezzl- ing property last month from the Havens, conferred with Taylor Thurs- day. ° Young Bannon, who first claimed the Havens disappeared and left him in charge of the farm, admitted the killings to his mother, a clergyman, and Knox during an embezzlement SEVERE COUGHING SPELLS (QUICKLY ENDED Distressing coughs can not tire out and weaken: you this winter if you take genuine Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Each dose carries the curative balsamic virtues of pure Pine Tar, fresh demulcent Honey, to- gether with other valuable cough- healing ingredients, into direct con- tact with the irritated throat sur- faces, ending the distressing coughs. Sedative and comforting . without opiates or harmful chloroform, mild- ly laxative. Dependable for coughs, tickling throat, croupy and bronchial coughs, and troublesome night coughs. Sold everywhere.—Advertise- made by certain politicians and by jf certain publications of the state to involve the Nonpartisan legislators in political embroglio regarding the cay ital bil desire to say at this ti that as far as I am personally con- cerned and so far as I believe the majerity of my political party is con- cerned, we hold and realize that the, capital commission bill is not a po- litical or party measure. I again re-' peat that I resent such statements. ! made in an attempt to inveigle the people of North Dakota into think- ing the Nonpartisan League faction’ j would be & party to any such meas-| ure as smacking of political chic- anery.” INDICTED FOR MURDER -St. Paul, Jan. 30.—@)—Edward arnis, alias Eddie Carney, was in- icted Thursday by the county grand | Jury on first degree murder charges growing out of the slaying of Thomas Melnick here Jan. 14, For quick relief and lasting - tonic effect Made Happy MAN toe tt he oer er hay 4 atill is dibeatistied. This may not be the youngster’s fault. Often it is due | toa ition easily corrected. Take the fience of Mrs. Ada Beesley, 1321 West Ist Street, Okl homa City, Okla., whosa’ seemed to please Christine. She was fretful, feverish, suffered a lot from colds. She was constipated. 4 Mote ay saliorsis. syrup so I got Christine some. relieved her trouble promptly; made her bright and happy again. We have used it for ay tbh at ace Mothers by thousands praise "vegetable. product, Children i the of lay pr arrests Ws Same lft CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP} > rive-TC ie lation one at Watford City in Decem- rr. Knox advised Taylor that he sought ‘hrs, Bannon’s permission to have his client: enter a piea of guilty 10 days ago, but that the mother demurred. Knox said that he felt the youth was not safe in this section and should have been committed to the peniten- tiary to eliminate the hazard of mob violence. Mrs. Bennon, according to Knox, ‘objected to having her son plead. guilty, and urged that he enter a plea of not guilty and stand trial.. Ac- cording to the attorney, Mrs. Ban- ron believed her gon had been ins fluenced by some other persons or Person -and that if he stood trial he probably would have implicated oth- ers. She said that she thought her son was forced to commit the crime, and apparently he was shielding oth- ers. At the same. time, Mrs. Bannon maintained that her husband was innocent of any connection with the ings. The mob that entered the Shafer Jail ‘centered attention only on Charles Bannon. Argued Half An Hour They first sought to have the de- puty sheriff give up the keys to the cell, but when Hallan refused they argued with him for nearly half an hour. Unable to force Hallan to give up the keys, they used a plank and hammer to force open the door to the cell rcom, and. then battered down the bars of the youth’s cell. The father and Maike, in the oth- er cells, were in full view of the mob’s operations. The mob made no at: tempt to disturb James Bannon. office in an adjoining room after his cell was entered. crowd: told him. “I am telling the truth,” Charles replied. held behind the jail seid he heard that much of the conversation, but soon there was a tumult and some cursing and the rest of the words ex- changed were drowned by the noise. The sheriff said it was not possible Charles was taken into the sheriff's | “Now tell: the truth,” one of the) § Sheriff Thompson who was being | for him to recognize any of the mob members as he was outside the jail in the dark during the entire pet | that it took to bring Bannon from his cell. Thompson received some minor bruises when he was thrown to the c-ound by members of the mob, sev- eral of the men sitting on him. One of the crowd, however, later caution- ed those’ who guarded Thompson to “reat the sheriff more carefully. ‘Was New Bridge, . . The bridge from which’ Bannon’s body was suspended was constructed last summer on highway No. 23. It is about 75 feet long and 5 above the stream, taken is one of the smallest in the State. Bannon was brought there last Friday from Williston prepara- tory to his planned arraignment here Friday. Authorities believed that all sentiment for mob violence had passed, as the crime had been com- mitted ‘nearly a year ago, and Ban- non’s confession given more than six weeks ago. No previous attempt had been made by a mob against the boy. Rope Seen as Clue Investigators saw an important | clue in the rope which was used to |-hang Bannon from a bridge railing | near Schafer, Through the strands of the rope, runs @ thread of red hemp, the pans , Cherry Creek approximately 35 feat The jail from which the youth was; trademark of the manufacturer, and authorities will make an effort to .Getermine where the article was pur- chased and by whom. ‘As soon as this clue was discovered in the rope, Attorney General Morris ordered the other investigators to CAPITOL THEATRE Last Time Tonight BERT LYTELL Dorothy Sebastian | Feen.a mint ike! BROTHERS TOMORROW (Saturday, Jan. 31) FOR CONSTIPATION ive int doses SAFE SCIENTIFIC 1GA. 2 good today! Shop for ‘ them at the IGA. NAVY Hand Vicked, Great Northern... FE OE OE EE Ee Ee Crackers ot % + + % %- Geilstime ig) Toilet Faper - Bieaey Gore. Blb, ot te “A” Blend, 3 Ibs Place layer of cooked dish. green pepper, Cover top with slices of utes in moderate oven. 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