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Alpha Bassett
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Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
PRIMARY TOPIC
Alpha Bassett, Wilma Wentzel
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY
Adultery
Post title: Iceman Romeo!
Date published: December 8, 2016
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2016/12/iceman-romeo.html
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2016-12-08 Iceman Romeo!
Summary: Grinnell ice hauler Alpha Bassett eloped with seventeen-year-old Wilma Wentzel in 1923, a time when an adulterer could be convicted and sent to prison for three years. After the Ku Klux Klan, on behalf of Wentzel’s parents, found the pair, Bassett was convicted and faced charges of adultery and seduction. Bassett then remarried after his release, and Wilma Wentzel also got on with her life.
1016 Center Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
633 West Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Bassett, Alpha
Bassett, Eliza
Bassett, Fort
Bassett, Mattie Stinson
Bassett, Vera
Coutts, Robert
Foster, Robert
Grinnell High School
Hamilton, Judge D. W
Ku Klux Klan
Manson, A. B.
Maplehurst Dairy and Ice, Grinnell, IA, USA
O’Dell, Marjorie (Madge)
Wentzel, Chattaa
Wentzel, Lois
Wentzel, Lucille
Wentzel, William
Wentzel, Wilma