James E. Reagen
Volume 2 Of Booze, Badboys & Bootleggers 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 lured him to a deserted road in Lisbon where he was shot 3 times and faced a desperate life-and-death struggle for survival.Some of the other stories include: Massena Votes To Defund Police, Smugglers, Bootleggers BlamedSmuggling Trip To Prescott Ends in Mysterious Drowning of Montgomery Brenno Gang Defends Red Devil Poolhall Speakeasy, Beats Up Ogdensburg PoliceFederal Agent Jailed In Canton, Threatened To Shoot Canton CopFamous Opium Smuggler Busted in MassenaBrooklyn Mobster Smuggled Booze In Madrid Cheese Plant, Died In Detroit Gangland AssassinationGovernor Miller Claimed He Ended Liquor Smuggling, Forgot To Tell Bootleggers Heroic State Police Troop B Wages War Against Smugglers Potsdam Trooper Kills Watertown Smuggler, Gets Indicted With Ogdensburg’s U.S. Customs Chief Second Ward Tip Never Bring An Axe To An Ogdensburg Holiday Dance Bootlegger Attempted To Kill Helpless Trooper Malone Demands: Remove State PoliceOgdensburg Moonshine Distillery Seized
