The Kidnapping of Schmidt Brewery Son Edward Bremer - Brookston Beer Bulletin
Brookston Beer Bulletin You are here: Home 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 imp...
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