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The LaMontages brothers -- Rene, Montaigu, William and Morgan—were high society bootleggers who made $2,000,000 annually through their illegal business during the early years of alcohol prohibition in the U.S. 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.〔〔 However, it was 1929 before their listings in the ''Social Register'' were dropped. ==References== *Allsop, Kenneth. ''The Bootleggers''. London: Hutchinson, 1961. *Kobler, John. ''Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition''. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1973. *Rich bootleggers sent to prison. ''Literary Digest'', February 24, 1923. *Willebrandt, Mabel Walker. ''The Inside of Prohibition''. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The LaMontages brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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