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Dootleggers Called 10 Stand in Prohibition Trial
Testimony in a Silver Bow county prohibition case centers on Melia and associates. Witnesses including Max Fugelman, Walter Wise, Ike Hildebrand, and Constantine Schultz describe liquor trade networks, moonshine routes, and car earnings. Marsh details three Tramway gulch houses and a taxi business tied to bootlegging, while Melia’s defense unfolds amid a crowded courtroom and mounting cross examination.
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Melia
Max Fugelman
Fugelman
Walter Wise
Ike Hildebrand
Lquor
Silver Bow
Constantine
Germany
Schulty
Butte
Old Board of Trade
Jack
Schultz
Hildebrand
Stuiff
Burt Marsh
Standard
Burt
Marsh
Columbia Gardens
Dwyer
Galena Street
Melrose
Norris
Fogelman
Joe Boulet
John Anson
Boulet
Rose
Melta
Red
Dax Pagelman
Virginia City
Mont
Helso
Bungalow Road House
Great Falls
Canada
McCattery
Orice
Tie
Montana
Attorny McCaffery
Mela
Joe Boulette
Feeley
Nine Mile
William McNulty
Charles Mudro
Luke Keefe
Frank Reynolds
J. ©. Gilman
Canning
Gilman