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Detroit Drying Up as Rum Runners Lose Ground
Large-scale smuggling into Detroit has slowed as authorities flood the area after a covert probe. Lawmen arrested bribery suspects, seized cargoes, and expanded patrols, while smugglers shift routes to Chicago, Lake Erie coves, and Windsor. The Purple Gang and speakeasies retreat. government crackdown marks a major Prohibition era victory.
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Detroit
Seymour Lowman
United States
Chicago
Lake Pine
Michigan
Toledo
Lake St. Clair
Huron River
Lowman
Windsor
Cuba
Mexico
Catey D, Fi
Internal Revenue
Elmer J. Lewis
Special Treasury
Mr. X
Toms
Lawrence Freishman
Detroit River
Canada