A murder on the hill : the secret life and mysterious death of Ruth Munson /

At 7:00 a.m. on December 9, 1937, St. Paul firefighters battling an arsonist's fire in the abandoned Aberdeen Hotel discovered the badly burned body of a woman. The victim was soon identified as 31-year-old Ruth Munson, a waitress at the Union Depot, a "small-town girl" who had moved...

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Main Author: Barr, Roger, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2024].
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