In 1919, Cleveland had 1,200 legal bars, a year before Prohibition went into effect. By 1923, the city had an estimated 3,000 illegal speakeasies, along with 10,000 stills. An estimated 30,000 city …
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Organized Crime Mobsters and Gangster to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.