Charlie Flannigan's death-row art tells the story of NT's first hanged man WedWednesday 10 updated WedWednesday 10 MarMarch 2021 at 3:09am Possibly a scene depicting Charlie Flannigan's retreat after the murder of Sam Croker in 1892. ( Print text only Cancel You're about to be hanged for a murder you committed. You can hear the prison workers testing the new gallows in the yard to make sure the town's first hanging goes to plan. Key points: Almost 130 years ago, he became the first man hanged in the NT His story is incomplete, but his drawings give an insight into outback life in the late 1800s