The LaMontages brothers
The LaMontages brothers -- Rene, Montaigu, William and Morgan—were high society bootleggers[1][2][3] who made $2,000,000 annually through their illegal business during the early years of alcohol Prohibition in the United States.
A tip from a disgruntled employee led to their arrest and conviction, although the U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Mabel Willibrand, reported that "every conceivable political and personal appeal, including an appeal by a Cabinet officer, was made to squash the case." On February 9, 1923, the federal court fined each brother $2,000 and sentenced three of them to four months in prison and one to two months.[1][2] However, it was 1929 before their listings in the Social Register were dropped.
References
- ^ a b Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1924). The Anti-saloon League Year Book: An Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures Dealing with the Liquor Traffic and the Temperance Reform. Anti-Saloon League. p. 157. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Repeal Review. Repeal Associates. 1959. p. 87. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ Gordon, Ernest B. (1943). The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment. Francestown, N.H.: The Alcohol Information Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-1258409807. OCLC 949392. Retrieved September 18, 2015 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- Allsop, Kenneth (1961). The Bootleggers. Arlington House. pp. 1–367. ISBN 978-1874358251. OCLC 671303291.
- Kobler, John (1973). Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 1–386. ISBN 978-0399112096. OCLC 26809910.
- Rich Bootleggers Sent to Prison (PDF). The Literary Digest. February 24, 1923. pp. 15–16.
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ignored (help) - Willebrandt, Mabel Walker (1929). The Inside of Prohibition. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. pp. 1–339. OCLC 918347.
- Hanson, Ph.D., David J. (12 September 2019). "The LaMontages Brothers". AlcoholProblemsandSolutions.org. State University of New York.
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