Luther B. Scherer

Luther B. Scherer was born in 1879 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Scherer invested in gambling in Los Angeles, California, in the 1930s. It was Lieutenant Governor Clifford A. Jones who helped them get a gambling license; in exchange for it, he received 5% of the casino. In 1955, one of his partners in the Las Vegas Club, Arthur Shellang, was found dead in a suspicious suicide at his residence in Paradise Valley, Nevada. ==Poetry==

Scherer was appointed as the Poet Laureate of Nevada by Governor Charles H. Russell in 1950. Many of his poems were published in Magazine Las Vegas and Fabulous Las Vegas. In 1956, he published a collection of poems entitled Reminiscing in Rhyme illustrated by Crosby DeMoss. ==Personal life==

Scherer was married four times. He married Laveeda Marie Varley on July 30, 1951. They resided on the corner of 10th Street and Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas. Six more murders followed hers, the last of which took place in 1958. Graham's story was later immortalized in the 1958 film I Want to Live!, in which she was portrayed by Susan Hayward. Hayward won an Oscar for her portrayal of Graham. ==Death and legacy==

Scherer suffered a stroke in July 1957. His widow, Judy, inherited half his estate. One fourth of his estate was inherited by his daughter, Lolly Scherer, while another one fourth went to his son, Lord Bacon Scherer, also known as Tutor Taylor. Another daughter, Janna Lynn Scherer, inherited US$25,000. In 2012, Scherer Street was named in his honor in Las Vegas. ==Works==