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Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup

Mon, May 20 2024
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Midwest Genealogy Center Programming Room
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Subjects
History
Age Group
For adults

 

Presenter
Gary Jenkins
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Gary Jenkins tells the story of how President Harry Truman asked James Pendergast to stop local Fifth District congressman Roger Slaughter from being reelected. The Kansas City Mob rigged the election. When their machinations were discovered, the mob blew a safe, stole the evidence, and then committed murder to cover up their actions.

 

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