Walter Liggett

Walter Liggett

Walter Liggett (1886-1935), American journalist, was known to be a crusading newspaper editor in the Minnesota of the 1930s. Founder of the newspaper "Midwest American", Liggett specialized in articles about Minneapolis and Saint Paul organized crime and their political connections. Soon after commencing an expose alleging links between the criminal syndicate of Kid Cann and the administration of Floyd B. Olson, Liggett was gunned down in view of his family. His daughter, a professional librarian, Marda Liggett Woodbury, authored an account of Liggett's life and assassination which was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1998.

References

*Woodbury, Marda Liggett, Stopping the Presses: The Murder of Walter W. Liggett. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (1998)


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