No one will swing from a gallows in Medora.
Mayor Douglas Ellison said Monday that he will withdraw his application to build a gallows for staged hangings.
"Some people were kind of upset," Ellison said. "I think the people that were quick to criticize I think just did not understand what I had envisioned."
Ellison presented his plan to build a gallows to the Medora Planning and Zoning Commission last week. A safety harness would be used to absorb the impact from the fall, he said and he would have been the first to hang.
The commission tabled the proposal to address concerns.
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The story hit newsstands and Ellison said the majority of people he talked to supported the idea. However, many did not. Ellison withdrew the application because he didn't want to "give anyone reason for thinking badly of the town," he said.
See Tuesday's Dickinson Press for more on the story.
