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Indictment of McConnell and 46 others shocks in Prohibition era
Former State Prohibition Director William McConnell and 46 men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia for conspiracy to defraud the U S government by illicitly withdrawing whisky from bonded warehouses. The 19 page document names Sam Wolfe Albert Slater Hiram Benner Jacob Slonovitz Samuel Singer and others with an estimated liquor value of 10 million dollars. The court planned bench warrants but granted a reasonable time for surrender as McConnell recovers in Florida from a nervous breakdown.
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Philadelphia
William ©. Connell
I Federal
Samuel B. Wolfe
Prohibition
Albert F. Slater
McConnell
Hiram Benner
Jacob Slonuker
Samuel Singer
Harvey Smith
Snyder
Schuylk County
Pennsylvania
Samuel B. Lewis
U. S
Samuel Blumberg
Singer
Hebert McCarter
Emanuel Buckbinder
Leo Kerns
John Kerns
Robert LE. Wiliams
Joseph Rosen
Morris Saulositz
Abe Fierman
Ben Fierman
Adolph Schroenburn
A. J. Gast
Jacob J. Willams
Charles Haninvitz
Simon Friedman
E. A. von Minden
Robert J
A. Nichols
Intelligence Unit
Luca
Wilson
A. Hearle
Prohibition Office
Prohibition Directors Office
Customs , Department
Grand Jury
George W. Coles
United States
Truman DD. Wade
Florida
Thompson