What Grandpa Never Told You...
Federal G-Men Led Raids Across Northern New York..
Cranberry Lake, Norfolk, Pyrites, and others raided.
Customs House for Booze at Rouses Point.
Burglars Robbed the U.
S.
Ogdensburg\'s Joseph Rish\'s colorful career as a speakeasy owner.
Gouverneur\'s Fred Scozzafava crashed into the New York Central train in DeKalb while hauling a load of smuggled booze.
An ALCOA crane operator\'s suicide in Massena was blamed on bootlegging, smuggling, and gambling.
An Ogdensburg mayoral candidate defended the city\'s leading speakeasy owner.12,000 quarts of liquor were seized on a ship docked at Cardinal, Ontario by Prescott Customs agents after the Booze showed up in Ogdensburg.
A high-speed chase down the streets of Massena led to the arrest of Potsdam bootleggers.
Ogdensburg\'s Fred Lassail: Bootlegger and Dad. 2 Potsdam ministers helped federal agents conduct righteous speakeasy raids.
Federal agents raided Ogdensburg by land and sea to crack down on rum-running.
A Lot of Northern New York Families Made a Shady Living As Smugglers, Bootleggers, and Booze Runners During Prohibition 1920 - First Year of Prohibition: A Watertown police officer leaped from a moving taxi onto a fleeing car to arrest Massena bootleggers.
What Grandpa Never Told You..
