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Largest bootleg ring busted in Savannah crackdown
DoJ officials say the leaders of the most powerful bootleg ring in U S history were nabbed in Savannah Georgia with more arrests planned. William Haar the alleged head controlled a flotilla of craft and coast storehouses supplying liquor from the West Indies to New Jersey and as far west as St Louis and Cleveland. The effort involved G Graham Baughn Richard Bailey Sam Goldberg known as the Big Four and included aid from Mrs Walker Willebrandt and the Internal Revenue Bureau. Forty more agents were sent to Savannah and banker John J Powers was arrested as part of the widening case with indictments expected against the Big Four and others.
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United States
Washington Dispatch Department of Justice
Savanah
Georgia
William Haar
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
St Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Justice
G. Graham Baughn
Richard Bailey
Sam Goldberg
Haar
Cuba
Bahamas
West Indies
Ring
Great Britain
France
Canada
Georgia Coast
Wm. J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Wm. J. Grubb
Birmingham
Ala
Federal District Court
Savannah
Barrett
Willebrant
White Miller
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ute
Ofral
P Jarrold Allen
Couiverage
Department
Oth
Burns
H H .Brown
Internal Revenue Bureau