The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

, icine containing whisky. The com pany did a thriving business; appar- ently thousands found its remey fine Enforcement workers found that it's formula had been modified to the extent of emitting all medicinal in- gredients and retaining only the whisky. The principal official of the company who was also a partfci- pant in various other shady liquor transactions sVas sentenced to serve two years in prison and was fined $10,000 and costs. Various others In the case also were convicted.
 This case is typical of scores of instances in which whisky, wine or grain alcohol was withdrawn under legal permit for manufacture of med iclnes on approved formulas. only to be used later in an illicit manner. A Potent Hair Tonic.
 Two barbers made an alcohol tonic to grow hair. Their business also grew. After prohibition, throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania hundreds and Ithen thousands of men used the haIr tonic. The barbers made a fortune. Enforcement workers, however, found one day that the tonic was not being used on the hair. Three years in the penitentiary and $11.000 fine was the result for the barbers. Other defendants, including one prominent lawyer, suffered similarly. The hair tonic is not now on the market.
 In New York city four brothers, prominent in society and in financial circles, did an exporting and import ing business and prospered until t was learned that they also were the principal distributors of bootleg whisky to important clubs and cafes. They received jail sentences.
 over in Brooklyn four brothers op- erated a warehouse They attempted
 II amN. of the New York prohibition direc- tor to issue fraudulent permits for the removal of large quantities of whisky stored with them. Two pro- hibition agents were authorized to negotiate and the bribe was arranged at Riverside drive home. It did not work, however, and the four con- spirators were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined $l0,000 each.
 Another Brooklyn bootlegger in- terested a former cashier of a prom iEent bank in the profitable busi- Tess of selling Illicit liquor. The former bank man embedded $149, 900 from his bank to furnish operating capital, and they did a good busi- ress until they were uncovered. A relative of the principal bootlegger is reported to have developed a bank account of $142,000 largely from the bootlegger's transactions. Prison sentences ended the business.
 A Secret Service Betrayer.
 A federal secret service man re- signed from office to conduct pri- vate detective agency in Philadel- rhia. He undertook to furnish men to guard liquor shipments from distillery to the proper seaport for export to Greece. Somebody devised a scheme to siphon the whisky Iav al "a water and export the water 10 Greece. The transaction resulted in the bribery of number of govern ment work CTS, but was uncovered by an honest customs guard. The for mer secret service man and II oth- CTS were convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary.
 Twenty bootleggers organized a group to conduct a wholesale liquor distributing business throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. They were detected and brought to trial, although one of the govern ment witnesses was assassinated, were obtained
 In western city, early in 1923, was uncovered a great liquor con- spiracy involving the sheriff. dep uty sheriff, chief of police. city de- tectiVe and a prominent physician of and convicted, and the successful outcome had a wholesome effect on enforcement in the entire state.
 One of the biggest early liquor rings on the Pacific coast was direct ed by a prominent politician and for mer mayor of 8 California city. Aft CT he was indicted on liquor charge he boasted that he had been indicted 79 times but never convicted. His luck changed and he drew two years in prison.
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 Sending A Judge To Jail.
 In a middle western city the mu- nicipal judge conspired with others to sell whisky. They were caught and ten men were convicted. The