Ryan Himmelman & Will Barkhouse Bootleggers Ryan Himmelman & Will Barkhouse

Alcohol Prohibition Prohibition is the banning of alcohol. It was put into effect after the war during the roaring twenties in Canada and the United States. By 1925, some provinces did way with prohibition but it lasted longer in other provinces and the United States. Because alcohol was banned in some places and not others, bootleggers and rum runners transported it across borders and made large sums of money doing it.

What is Bootlegging? Bootlegging is the business of smuggling or transporting of alcoholic beverages illegally. This mainly took place during the prohibition of alcohol between 1918 and 1933.

Methods Traveled by schooners from the Maritimes to the border of the American territorial waters. Speed boats arrived and took the alcohol the rest of the way. Bootleggers walked across the border into the United States and sold it to Americans. Used boats to transport it across inland waterways.

Al ‘Scarface’ Capone Al Capone was a notorious gangster and bootlegger in the United States during the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s and 30’s. He got the nickname ‘scarface’ after getting slashed in the face at a bar. Murdered people but was never convicted of it. He was finally put in Alcatraz in 1932 for tax evasion. During his time he was harassed by other inmates

Rocco Perri Rocco Perri was involved in organized crime in Canada during the inter war years. He specialized in transporting liquor from Canada to the United States. It is not know how he died. It is thought that he was murdered but his body was never found.

The “I’m Alone” The schooner “I’m Alone” was Canadian schooner that smuggled alcohol to Louisiana. She was sunk by The American Coast Guard while she was in international waters. It was illegal for the coast guard to pursue a ship while it was outside territorial waters.

Stills Still’s were made so people could make there own alcohol. All that was needed to make one was a jar, copper tubing, a kettle, stove, a bathtub, and fermented mash. Every year people died from ‘rot gut’. This was because they made it wrong.

References Canadiana Scrapbook; The Confident Years: Canada In the 1920’s Wikipedia Google Images ‘I’m alone’ Picture Still Picture #1 Still Picture #2