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Walter Liggett as seen Jan. 1, 1929. Public Domain / Underwood & Underwood / Wikimedia Commons / Special to The Forum Walter Liggett was a reporter for the Journal and Daily News in Minneapolis and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, prior to 1908 when he worked as a reporter for the Fargo Forum (now The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead). He then edited newspapers in Alaska and the state of Washington and, in 1918, returned to North Dakota to edit the Fargo Courier News and then briefly served as editor of Bismarck’s Capital Daily. Liggett spent the next 16 years working for various agencies, writing articles for major publications, and editing newspapers in New York City and Minnesota. In 1935, he founded the Mid-Western American newspaper in Minneapolis, which featured several stories about organized crime headed by Kid Cann, who had links to Minnesota Gov. Floyd Olson. Later that year, Liggett was gunned down by a man Mrs. Liggett and a neighbor lady positively identified as Cann, but he was a

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