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

1. 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. 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.

External links

• Allsop, Kenneth (1961). The Bootleggers. Arlington House. pp. 1–367. ISBN 978-1874358251. OCLC 671303291.
• Kobler, John (1973). Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 1–386. ISBN 978-0399112096. OCLC 26809910.
• Rich Bootleggers Sent to Prison (PDF). The Literary Digest. February 24, 1923. pp. 15–16. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
• Willebrandt, Mabel Walker (1929). The Inside of Prohibition. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. pp. 1–339. OCLC 918347.
• Hanson, Ph.D., David J. (12 September 2019). "The LaMontages Brothers". AlcoholProblemsandSolutions.org. State University of New York.