
February 5, 1914: Duluth’s Madame Gain found guilty of running an immoral house
On this day in Duluth in 1914, Marie LeFlohic—aka “Madame Gain”—was found guilty of running an immoral house. She had been charged previously, but the case ended in a mistrial. Between the mistrial and the beginning of Gain’s new trial, State Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith began a probe into Duluth police misconduct, including malfeasance…
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