US EditionHe was a scandal-monger, a muckraker. Someone wanted him dead.
- Arthur Kasherman, a 44-year-old journalist, was shot on January 22, 1945, near Hannah's Cafe in Minneapolis.
- Kasherman had targeted Mayor Marvin L. Kline with accusations of corruption before Kline's re-election bid.
- Police found.38 shell casings, a bullet-broken window, and 10,000 copies of his newspaper, the Public Press.
- Mayor Kline offered a $500 reward for the killer, and a photo of the car appeared in the Tribune.
- Kasherman's murder occurred amidst Minneapolis corruption and may have boosted Hubert Humphrey's mayoral campaign.
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He was a scandal-monger, a muckraker. Someone wanted him dead.
MINNEAPOLIS — Arthur Kasherman knew trouble was on its way when he noticed someone had jammed a knife into one of his car's tires. He jumped in anyway, hoping to escape what he feared was next. Kasherman, 44, was parked outside Hannah's Cafe near the corner of 15th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis. He had taken a friend, Pearl Von Wald, 34, out for a late dinner. Now it was nearly midnight, Monday, Jan. 22, 1945. The U.S. military …
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