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The Bassenella brothers killed twice and escaped twice. What would it take to bring them to justice?
- The Bassenella brothers were known as one of the most cold-blooded and dangerous criminals to operate in North Dakota, according to the Grand Forks Herald.
- The killing of farmer Axel Anderson and the capture of the Bassenella brothers was reported in the March 28, 1901, edition of the Grand Forks Herald.
- Their story involved jailbreaks, manhunts, and an execution that captivated North Dakota.
- Joseph Bassenella was found dead near the spot where his brother Jacob had been hanged five years earlier.
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The Bassenella brothers killed twice and escaped twice. What would it take to bring them to justice?
GRAND FORKS — Edmond Latrace had been lulled to sleep by the clicky clack of the train. He was heading home from the Bemidji, Minnesota, lumber camps, catching a free ride in a freight car bound for North Dakota with a few other men. A gunshot jolted him awake. "Shoot him again," someone said. "That is not all the money you have." Latrace looked over and saw the Bassanella brothers — Jacob and Joseph — both strangers to him. They were standing o…
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