Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 4th

October 4, 2022

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Jesse A. Bloch, father of Betty Bloch

On October 4, 1934, two men confessed to planning the kidnapping of Bloch Brothers heiress Betty Bloch of Wheeling.

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