Booze, Badboys & Bootleggers Vol. 2 - (1921 The Year of Violence
When Charles "Brocky" Livingston staggered out of his taxi in front of the Ogdensburg Police Station in 1921, the second year of Prohibition, the young cab driver was covered in blood.
He described how a mysterious stranger had lured him to a deserted road in Lisbon, N.Y. where he was shot 3 times and faced a desperate life-and-death struggle for survival.The ensuing search for the smuggler that led investigators to Watertown and Prescott is one of over 22 stories, including:
Smuggler's Murder Attempt On Taxi Driver Shocks Ogdensburg, Lisbon
Massena Votes To Defund Police, Smugglers, Bootleggers Blamed
Smuggling Trip To Prescott Ends in Mysterious Drowning
Brenno Gang Defends Speakeasy, Beats Up Ogdensburg Police
Federal Agent Jailed, Threatened To Shoot Canton Cop
Famous Opium Smuggler Busted in Massena
Brooklyn Mobster Smuggled Booze In Madrid Cheese Plant, Died In Hail Of Bullets
Governor Miller Claimed He Ended Liquor Smuggling, Forgot To Tell Bootleggers
Heroic Troopers Wage War Against Smugglers
Potsdam Trooper Kills Watertown Smuggler, Gets Indicted With U.S. Customs Chief
Second Ward Tip: Never Bring An Axe To A Holiday Dance
Bootlegger Attempted To Kill Helpless Trooper
Malone Demands: Remove Troopers