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William McCoy (bootlegger)
William Frederick McCoy (1877 – December 30, 1948), also known as "Bill" McCoy, was an American sea captain and rum runner smuggler during the Prohibition in the United States. In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboard, Capt. McCoy, a nondrinker who never touched liquor,〔John Kobler, ''Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition'' (New York: Da Capo Press, 1973), p. 257.〕 found a role model in John Hancock of pre-revolutionary Boston and considered himself an "honest lawbreaker."〔Rebecca Schlam Lutto, "50 Years Ago, 'Wet' Became Official," ''New York Times'', ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Dec. 4, 1983, p. V_J_1.〕 McCoy took pride in the fact that he never paid a cent to organized crime, politicians, or law enforcement for protection.〔 Unlike many operations that illegally produced and smuggled alcohol for consumption during Prohibition, McCoy sold his merchandise unadulterated, uncut and clean.
==Biography==
McCoy was born in Syracuse, New York in 1877. He had a brother Ben, five years older, and a sister Violet, five years younger. His father, also William McCoy, was a brick mason who had been in the Union Navy during the American Civil War, serving on the blockade of Southern coasts.〔Donald L. Canney, ("Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard & Prohibition" ), at U.S. Coast Guard〕 Bill McCoy attended the Pennsylvania Nautical School on board the ''USS Saratoga'' in Philadelphia, graduating first in his class. He later served as mate and quartermaster on various vessels including the steamer ''Olivette'', which was in Havana, Cuba when the USS Maine exploded in 1898.
Around 1900, the McCoy family moved to a small Florida town named Holly Hill, just north of Daytona Beach. Bill and his brother Ben operated a motor boat service and a boat yard in Holly Hill and Jacksonville . By 1918, having constructed vessels for millionaire customers that included Andrew Carnegie and the Vanderbilts among others, McCoy earned a reputation for being a skilled yacht builder.〔〔John Kobler, ''Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition'' (New York: Da Capo Press, 1973), p. 258.〕
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