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June 30, 1920 Train accident Prohibition Agent Stanton E. Weiss August 28, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent James Holland Rose October 25, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent Kirby Frans November 20, 1920 Gunfire Warehouse Agent Wiliam B. Anderson December 2, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent Richard D. Griffin December 6, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent
Izzy (right) and Moe at a New York City bar, 1935. Isidor "Izzy" Einstein (1880–1938) and Moe W. Smith (1887–1960) were United States federal police officers, agents of the U.S. Prohibition Unit, who achieved the most arrests and convictions during the first years of the alcohol prohibition era (1920–1925).
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Mar. 10—During the Prohibition Era of the 1920s, a large amount of liquor and beer were seized from hotels, taverns, pool halls and speakeasies. Prohibition agents needed a place to store the ...
Shortly after, Congress passed the Volstead Act (the National Prohibition Act), allowing Federal Prohibition agents to legally enforce prohibition. It was not until 1920, with the U.S. just ...
In June 1931, after Capone pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act, the Prohibition Bureau credited ten agents with building the case against him. These may be considered the core members of the Untouchables: [1]: 398–399 Eliot Ness; Joseph D. Leeson, an expert driver with the specialty of tailing. [1]: 318
He was shot by FBI agents and died after a shootout often termed the "Battle of Barrington". [2] [10] Phoenix Donald: No image available: 1895–1944 A member of the Barker–Karpis gang, Phoenix later died in Alcatraz. [10] Harry "Pete" Pierpont: 1902–1934 Pierpont was a Prohibition-era gangster, and friend and mentor to John Dillinger. [2] [10]
Michael Imperioli learns about his family history on an episode of Finding Your Roots out on January 14. He learns they were bootleggers during Prohibition and broke the law.