erecting a six-foot granite statue of the bear near a waterfall named for William Hamm (a former company president), which is in Como Park. The statue was placed instead in the Seventh Street Mall in September 2005. In popular culture William Hamm Jr. was kidnapped in Saint Paul by the Barker-Karpis Gang in the 1930s. The subsequent investigation by the FBI employed the first attempt at raising latent fingerprints from paper ransom notes. A portion of the Hamm's Beer jingle was sung by The Three Stooges, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita in the 1962 film, The Three Stooges in Orbit. In the David Frizzell song "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home", the wife mentions the Hamm's Bear in the lyrics, referring to a Hamm's Bear clock, used in many bars, i.e.: "When the Hamm's Bear says it's closing time, you won't have far to crawl". In gratitude for Edward H. Hamm Jr. financing the film God Bless America, filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait got a tattoo of the Hamm's Bear on his chest. References External links Hamm's beer official website Exploring the Hamm's Brewery, Past & Present McHale, Dan. "36 Views of the Hamm's Brewery". Paintings of the Hamm's Brewery in San Francisco (1960s). 1865 establishments in Minnesota 1997 disestablishments in Minnesota Companies disestablished in 1997 Companies established in 1865 Defunct brewery companies of the United States Manufacturing companies based in Saint Paul, Minnesota Molson Coors Beverage Company Food and drink companies established in 1865 Beer brewing companies based in Minnesota