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1920
In 1920, Lawyer George Remus moves to Cincinnati to set up a drug company to gain legal access to bonded liquor. -
1920
Roy Olmstead bootlegged alcohol while serving as police lieutenant. By 1920, Roy Olmstead had become "King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers." -
1922
In 1922, Frank Mather signs on with treasury department to scour Nelson County, Kentucky for moonshiners, arresting them and dumping their whiskey into local streams. -
1924
In 1924, four years after Prohibition was first imposed, the Boston Herald offered $200 to the reader who came up with a brand-new word for someone who flagrantly ignored the edict and drank liquor that had been illegally made or illegally sold. Twenty-five thousand responded. Two readers split the prize. Each had come up with the same word – “scofflaw.” -
1926
In 1926 Al Capone is blamed for murder of prosecuter, Billy McSwiggin. -
1928
In 1928, the Purple Gang of Detroit, Michigan goes to trial for bootlegging and highjacking. -
1929
By 1929 gang violence is on the rise in nearly every city in the United States. -
1929
October 1929: Stock Market crash -
February 14, 1929
What happened in the streets of Chicago during Prohibition made that city synonymous with murder and mayhem for a generation. On February 14, 1929, Al Capone has seven of Bugs Moran's men murdered in Chicago, the so-called "Valentine's Day Massacre." -
1929-1941
1929–1941: The Great Depression
