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The Kidnapping of Schmidt Brewery Son Edward Bremer
Today is the anniversary of a pretty unsavory incident that was at least tangentially related to prohibition and brewing. On January 17, 1934, the Barker–Karpis gang kidnapped Edward Brewer off of the streets of St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time, he was the wealthy president of Commercial State Bank. But perhaps more importantly, he was also the son of Adolf Bremer, who owned the Schmidt Brewery, having married the daughter of Jacob Schmidt.
Kidnap victim Edward Bremer.
That’s thought to be important because the gang appeared to be targeting brewery owners because of their perceived disrespecting of criminal elements after prohibition was repealed. Many breweries that survived did so by working with bootleggers on the down low, which of course in many cases were part of criminal organizations. But when prohibition was repealed, they distanced themselves from those gangs once alcohol was no longer illegal. The previous year, for example, the Barker-Karpis gang successfully kidnapped William Hamm of Hamm’s Brewery, releasing him June 19, 1933, having been paid $100,000 in ransom.
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H. Lee Brintnall, 92, of Marshalltown, IA passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at The Willows of Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at the First Congregational Church in Marshalltown. Visitation will be 4:30 p.m. to the time of the service at the church. A private graveside service will take place at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Riverside Cemetery (Derecho clean-up fund), Iowa River Hospice, or The Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown. Arrangements have been entrusted to Anderson Funeral Homes in Marshalltown. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com.
Lee Brintnall was born at St. Thomas Hospital on May 22, 1928, to Ken and Ruth Brintnall. He attended Franklin Elementary, Central Jr. High, and graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1946. Lee attended Grinnell College for two years, then transferred to Washington University (St. Louis). Following graduation, he served our country in the Army for two years during the Korean war. While at Grinnell College, he met Valois Ann Jensen. They married in Graettinger, IA, on November 30, 1952. They are the parents of David J., Barbara A, and Grant C. Brintnall. At 14, Lee started working at Brintnall’s Department Store and continued through high school. Younkers purchased Brintnall’s store in 1948. Lee managed the Younkers Department Store in downtown Des Moines and Marshalltown until 1966. He worked and as a Manager/Buyer for Grahams Department store in Ottumwa from 1966 to 1970. Lee and his family moved back to Marshalltown in 1970, where he began a banking career with Commercial State Bank. Lee retired in 1986 from what is now U.S. Bank. During his banking years, he earned a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. Lee’s interests include railroading, circus’ fire engines, and most of all, cruising the world ‘s oceans and seas with Valois. He was active in community work, serving as past president of Junior Achievement, Marshalltown Rotary Club, and the MCC Foundation. He served on the Community Concert Association and Chamber of Commerce board of directors, served as a Water Works trustee and YWCA trustee, and the “Y” Heritage Club. He was a past treasurer of the Animal Rescue League and was a deacon at First Congregational Church. In later years, he volunteered his time at the Marshalltown Public Library and loved the years he read stories to kindergarteners at St. Francis school. Lee was a good man and a great provider to his family. As a lifelong Republican and now deceased, Lee figures his next vote will be Democrat.
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