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BOOTLEGGER MADE WEALTHY BY USING AIRPLANE SERVICE
Federal agents in Chicago say Frank G. Parker, freed from prison five years ago, built a fortune by using airplanes to carry liquor in his bootlegging business and ran dozens of breweries; eight men were indicted on charges of violating the prohibition law. The case grew out of a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and distillery equipment were seized at a brewery, and further indictments were returned against five officers of a freight corporation and against two men accused of trying to bribe a prohibition agent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. - (AP) - How a convict released from prison virtually penniless, amassed a fortune of $5,000,000 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and operated 45 breweries, was disclosed here tonight following the indictment today of eight men charged with prohibition law violations. The transportation by airplane of liquor and stocks prevented hijackers from robbing the firm of supplies that developed in profits.
Frank G. Parker is said by federal agents to have amassed more than $5,-000,000 by airplane bootlegging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employes also were named in the indictment which resulted from a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and $100,-000 worth of distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
Parker was imprisoned for participating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the public in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishemen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier-Gibbons fight at Michigan City, Indiana.
Parker, federal agents claim, is believed to be one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of a group of Chicago automobile thieves, which was headed by Ira Bond, a Minneapolis broker.
Parker is said to be an official of the Archer Products company of Chicago, which has endeavored in extensive federal court litigation to force Prohibition Administrator E. C. Yellowley to reissue an alcohol withdrawal permit for that company which he revoked. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was connected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
Federal indictments also were returned against five officers of the Keystone Freight corporation, alleged agent of an eastern wine concern and against Dr. Eugene Friedman, local agent for the California wine company, and R. J. Stowell, owner of a laboratory. The latter two were charged with attempting to bribe a prohibition agent to obtain approval for their permits from the prohibition department.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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BOOTLEGGER MADE WEALTHY BY USING AIRPLANE SERVICE
Federal agents in Chicago say Frank G. Parker, freed from prison five years ago, built a fortune by using airplanes to carry liquor in his bootlegging business and ran dozens of breweries; eight men were indicted on charges of violating the prohibition law. The case grew out of a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and distillery equipment were seized at a brewery, and further indictments were returned against five officers of a freight corporation and against two men accused of trying to bribe a prohibition agent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. - (AP) - How a convict released from prison virtually penniless, amassed a fortune of $5,000,000 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and operated 45 breweries, was disclosed here tonight following the indictment today of eight men charged with prohibition law violations. The transportation by airplane of liquor and stocks prevented hijackers from robbing the firm of supplies that developed in profits.
Frank G. Parker is said by federal agents to have amassed more than $5,-000,000 by airplane bootlegging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employes also were named in the indictment which resulted from a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and $100,-000 worth of distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
Parker was imprisoned for participating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the public in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishemen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier-Gibbons fight at Michigan City, Indiana.
Parker, federal agents claim, is believed to be one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of a group of Chicago automobile thieves, which was headed by Ira Bond, a Minneapolis broker.
Parker is said to be an official of the Archer Products company of Chicago, which has endeavored in extensive federal court litigation to force Prohibition Administrator E. C. Yellowley to reissue an alcohol withdrawal permit for that company which he revoked. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was connected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
Federal indictments also were returned against five officers of the Keystone Freight corporation, alleged agent of an eastern wine concern and against Dr. Eugene Friedman, local agent for the California wine company, and R. J. Stowell, owner of a laboratory. The latter two were charged with attempting to bribe a prohibition agent to obtain approval for their permits from the prohibition department.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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BOOTLEGGER MADE WEALTHY BY USING AIRPLANE SERVICE
Federal agents in Chicago say Frank G. Parker, freed from prison five years ago, built a fortune by using airplanes to carry liquor in his bootlegging business and ran dozens of breweries; eight men were indicted on charges of violating the prohibition law. The case grew out of a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and distillery equipment were seized at a brewery, and further indictments were returned against five officers of a freight corporation and against two men accused of trying to bribe a prohibition agent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. - (AP) - How a convict released from prison virtually penniless, amassed a fortune of $5,000,000 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and operated 45 breweries, was disclosed here tonight following the indictment today of eight men charged with prohibition law violations. The transportation by airplane of liquor and stocks prevented hijackers from robbing the firm of supplies that developed in profits.
Frank G. Parker is said by federal agents to have amassed more than $5,-000,000 by airplane bootlegging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employes also were named in the indictment which resulted from a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and $100,-000 worth of distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
Parker was imprisoned for participating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the public in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishemen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier-Gibbons fight at Michigan City, Indiana.
Parker, federal agents claim, is believed to be one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of a group of Chicago automobile thieves, which was headed by Ira Bond, a Minneapolis broker.
Parker is said to be an official of the Archer Products company of Chicago, which has endeavored in extensive federal court litigation to force Prohibition Administrator E. C. Yellowley to reissue an alcohol withdrawal permit for that company which he revoked. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was connected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
Federal indictments also were returned against five officers of the Keystone Freight corporation, alleged agent of an eastern wine concern and against Dr. Eugene Friedman, local agent for the California wine company, and R. J. Stowell, owner of a laboratory. The latter two were charged with attempting to bribe a prohibition agent to obtain approval for their permits from the prohibition department.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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BOOTLEGGER MADE WEALTHY BY USING AIRPLANE SERVICE
Federal agents in Chicago say Frank G. Parker, freed from prison five years ago, built a fortune by using airplanes to carry liquor in his bootlegging business and ran dozens of breweries; eight men were indicted on charges of violating the prohibition law. The case grew out of a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and distillery equipment were seized at a brewery, and further indictments were returned against five officers of a freight corporation and against two men accused of trying to bribe a prohibition agent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. - (AP) - How a convict released from prison virtually penniless, amassed a fortune of $5,000,000 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and operated 45 breweries, was disclosed here tonight following the indictment today of eight men charged with prohibition law violations. The transportation by airplane of liquor and stocks prevented hijackers from robbing the firm of supplies that developed in profits.
Frank G. Parker is said by federal agents to have amassed more than $5,-000,000 by airplane bootlegging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employes also were named in the indictment which resulted from a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and $100,-000 worth of distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
Parker was imprisoned for participating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the public in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishemen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier-Gibbons fight at Michigan City, Indiana.
Parker, federal agents claim, is believed to be one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of a group of Chicago automobile thieves, which was headed by Ira Bond, a Minneapolis broker.
Parker is said to be an official of the Archer Products company of Chicago, which has endeavored in extensive federal court litigation to force Prohibition Administrator E. C. Yellowley to reissue an alcohol withdrawal permit for that company which he revoked. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was connected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
Federal indictments also were returned against five officers of the Keystone Freight corporation, alleged agent of an eastern wine concern and against Dr. Eugene Friedman, local agent for the California wine company, and R. J. Stowell, owner of a laboratory. The latter two were charged with attempting to bribe a prohibition agent to obtain approval for their permits from the prohibition department.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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BOOTLEGGER MADE WEALTHY BY USING AIRPLANE SERVICE
Federal agents in Chicago say Frank G. Parker, freed from prison five years ago, built a fortune by using airplanes to carry liquor in his bootlegging business and ran dozens of breweries; eight men were indicted on charges of violating the prohibition law. The case grew out of a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and distillery equipment were seized at a brewery, and further indictments were returned against five officers of a freight corporation and against two men accused of trying to bribe a prohibition agent.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. - (AP) - How a convict released from prison virtually penniless, amassed a fortune of $5,000,000 by using airplanes in his bootlegging business and operated 45 breweries, was disclosed here tonight following the indictment today of eight men charged with prohibition law violations. The transportation by airplane of liquor and stocks prevented hijackers from robbing the firm of supplies that developed in profits.
Frank G. Parker is said by federal agents to have amassed more than $5,-000,000 by airplane bootlegging since he was released from the Joliet penitentiary five years ago. His eight employes also were named in the indictment which resulted from a raid in which 5,000 gallons of beer and $100,-000 worth of distillery equipment were seized in a brewery alleged to be owned by Parker.
Parker was imprisoned for participating in an automobile theft ring. He became known to the public in March, 1923, as the aviator who carried food and clothing to the group of fishemen trapped by a blizzard on South Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Later he figured as the guarantor of the Carpentier-Gibbons fight at Michigan City, Indiana.
Parker, federal agents claim, is believed to be one of the biggest and wealthiest bootleggers in the country.
His sentence to prison followed his arrest in February, 1917, at Minneapolis as the "crown prince" of a group of Chicago automobile thieves, which was headed by Ira Bond, a Minneapolis broker.
Parker is said to be an official of the Archer Products company of Chicago, which has endeavored in extensive federal court litigation to force Prohibition Administrator E. C. Yellowley to reissue an alcohol withdrawal permit for that company which he revoked. Parker, according to Special Agent Patrick Roche, also was connected with a Canadian group of bootleggers.
Federal indictments also were returned against five officers of the Keystone Freight corporation, alleged agent of an eastern wine concern and against Dr. Eugene Friedman, local agent for the California wine company, and R. J. Stowell, owner of a laboratory. The latter two were charged with attempting to bribe a prohibition agent to obtain approval for their permits from the prohibition department.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 30, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.
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