Show 1 THE DEATH RECORD D DLouIs Louis Hecht Sr Boston Jan 13 Louis Hecht sr a awell awell awell well known Jewish banker and philan philanthropist ph philanthropist 11 an died at his home in Brookline last night He was born in Hernstadt Prussia in 1827 and while a boy came cameto cameto cameto to this country In 1849 he went to California where he organized the firm of Hecht Bros wholesale shoe jobbers with branches In Boston and Baltimore Mr Hecht later returned to Boston and carried on a banking business from which he retired a few years ago owing to ill HI health |