Walter William Liggett

In the cold Minneapolis evening of December 9, 1935, the life of Walter William Liggett, a 49-year-old White/Caucasian male journalist, was brought to a violent and abrupt end. As he stepped out of his car, groceries in hand, in the alley behind his apartment, a burst of gunfire from a Thompson submachine gun erupted from a passing vehicle. The attack was witnessed by his wife, Edith, and their young daughter, Marda, who were still inside the car, just feet away. Liggett was struck multiple time ...

Walter Liggett - Wikipedia

What led to an alleged 1935 mob hit on a former newspaper editor ...