This Was Brainerd - April 20
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.
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A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.
Frank Kethman, a 44-year-old German-born carpenter, was in a celebratory mood after marching in the Labor Day parade when he offered to buy drinks for everyone in the bar — except for Dr. Thrond Egge. Hours later, they were suspect and victim, and a future opera singer proved crucial in the trial.
The major players in the crime and courtroom drama include a prominent doctor, a volatile carpenter and a future opera singer.