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Clip: Season 1 | 8m 41s
George Remus, King of the Bootleggers, is caught by the government, then put on trial for murdering his wife.
Aired: 10/02/11
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The 1928 Presidental election was a bitter battle of dirty politics directed at Al Smith.
On Feb. 14, 1929, seven men are gunned down and the public is incensed.
Pauline Sabin was founder of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
In 1913 Prohibitionists marched on Washington, D.C. to demand a Prohibition Amendment.
