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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Repeal Review. Repeal Associates. 1959. p. 87. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
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