Walter Minx

Male, Deceased Person

1917 – 2009

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Who was Walter Minx?

Walter Paul Minx was a young German immigrant who, in 1940, conspired with his brother Kurt and Kurt's brother-in-law, Daniel Carter, to extort $100,000 from a Sears Co. executive by threatening to blow up a Sears store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Minx planned to abscond with the money in a home-built submarine but quick police work eventually led to his arrest and imprisonment.

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Born
Feb 5, 1917
Died
Jun 30, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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