THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 19, 1936

* Kid Cann - Isadore Blumenfeldd
* Jewish-American mobster - gangster
* Minneapolis, Minnesota organized crime

The front page has a one-column heading: "JURY FREES CANN IN LIGGETT DEATH" with subhead. (see images) 
Complete with all 18 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

Background: The acquittal of Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld on February 19, 1936, stands as a chilling landmark in American true crime, symbolizing the era's peak of gangland "untouchability" and systemic judicial failure. The trial followed the brazen assassination of Walter Liggett, a muckraking journalist who was gunned down in front of his family after exposing the symbiotic relationship between the Minneapolis underworld and the state's political elite. Despite a direct eyewitness identification from the victim’s widow, Edith Liggett, Cann successfully deployed a robust "barber shop alibi" bolstered by testimony from several barbers who swore he was in their chair during the shooting. The Not Guilty verdict, rendered amidst widespread rumors of jury tampering and political interference, effectively silenced one of the most vocal critics of the Minnesota syndicate and signaled to the public that organized crime held more sway than the rule of law. This event not only cemented Kid Cann’s status as the Twin Cities' premier crime boss but also served as a catalyst for future federal interventions, as local authorities proved either too intimidated or too corrupt to dismantle the Blumenfeld syndicate.