Lord of the con — Gordon was spotted by a Minnesota lumber merchant setting the stage for a dramatic kidnapping incident
by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
Ultimately, U.S.-based multi-m...
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Lord of the con — Gordon assumed different personas
by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
At his trial,...
Even respectable businessmen were not immune to machinations
by Bruce Cherney (Part 2)
Jay Cooke was...
Notorious swindler uses Winnipeg as his hideout
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Where to go t...
January 10, 1817 — Macdonell, who recaptured Fort Douglas, only served as the governor of the settlement for a few months afterward
by Bruce Cherney (part 3 of 3)
Those arraigned in Canada...
Famine of 1868 — pleas for aid from Canada, U.S. and Britain
The famine of 1868 wasn't confined to the Red River Settle...
Famine of 1868 — Red River residents struggled to feed themselves
James Henry Ashdown can be forgiven for believing that upon arriving from Eastern Canada
Famine of 1868 — Red River residents struggled to feed themselves
by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
James Henry Ashdown can be forgiven for believing that upon arriving from Eastern Canada he had stepped into an eerie landscape that evoked the most ghastly of nightmares and was far from welcoming for his future...
Charlie Chaplin — Groucho Marx told his brothers that he saw a great comedian perform at the Empress
by Bruce Cherney (part 4 of 4)
In August 1913, Groucho Marx left Winnipeg’s Empress Theatre to rejoin his brothers and told them that he had seen a great comedian perform. “I described him ...,” wrote Marx in his autobio...
Charlie Chaplin — played the “Inebriate” on stage
by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
In other segments of his famous role as the “Inebriate,” Charlie Chaplin chases an awful singer off the stage, groans at a ham actor, imagines a pretty soubrette is singing directly to him, and finall...