Cincinnati's wild 1930s, Joey Votto injury update, today's top stories | Daily Briefing

Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Esther Genin, accused in the June 1930 bank robbery, was finally apprehended in December 1931, as seen in a Cincinnati Enquirer news story from Dec. 10, 1931.
Esther Genin, accused in the June 1930 bank robbery, was finally apprehended in December 1931, as seen in a Cincinnati Enquirer news story from Dec. 10, 1931.
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Who doesn’t love a good story first thing in the morning? You’ll find me with my dogs and a good book every day at breakfast.

I’m Jeff Suess, The Enquirer’s history columnist, which means I also love to tell a good story. I never know what may give me an idea for a history piece – something I hear about that connects to Cincinnati in some way.

Reading a book about baseball great Rickey Henderson led me to look into the Great Migration’s impact on the Cincinnati Reds. Watching “American Graffiti” again – about my hometown, Modesto, California – sparked an essay on nostalgia.

Recently, I stumbled upon a headline for a bank robbery and kidnapping in Cincinnati in 1930 that appealed to this noir crime fan. It was something out of an old Cagney movie.

I thought it would be fun to track the rest of the story through the newspaper coverage and to share what I found the same way that it developed for readers at the time. Of course, I had the ability to search 50 years of clips to find out how it all turned out.

And boy, was it a twisted tale, and it all happened right here in Cincinnati. Hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed the research. Click or tap here to read more.

What else you need to know Friday, Aug. 25

☀️ Weather: High of 94. Partly sunny and hot.

⚾ Reds: Joey Votto to IL for 'discomfort' in surgically repaired shoulder.

🐶 Animal Friends: You can adopt one of the 92 dogs rescued in Butler County.

🎙️ That's So Cincinnati: Former Cincinnati streetcar executive talks what's next for streetcar, Brent Spence Bridge.

🗳️ November elections: Ohio Ballot Board approves ballot language for recreational marijuana law. Read it here.

Before you go: Make your weekend plans here

The Germania Society Oktoberfest is a Cincinnatian's yearly sign that the beginning of the end of summer is ... beginning. And it's happening this weekend, which triggers a landslide of Oktoberfests every weekend through mid-October.

That's just one of the top 15 events in Cincinnati this weekend, which includes 1940s Day at the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Tattoo Arts Festival at the convention center, the Great Ohio River Swim from the Serpentine Wall to Kentucky and back, Final Friday festivities and a whole lot more.

Now it's all up to you to go make some memories. Enjoy the weekend, folks.

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