The Spokesman-Review

100 years ago near Spokane: Did a rum-running pilot escape again? And what’s up with a Williams Lake perch that won’t die?

For the second time, sheriff’s deputies believed they had captured the infamous rum-running airplane. And for the second time, the pilot flew off scot-free. In this instance, officers received a tip ...
The Spokesman-Review

100 years ago in Spokane: Rum-running suspicions led a plane to flit from one landing field in town to another, but it turned out to be unnecessary

A wild game of leapfrog – involving a suspected rum-running plane – took place in the air and on the ground in Spokane. Federal Prohibition agents suspected that the mysterious rum-running plane was ...
Yahoo

THEATER AND SHOWS: 'Black Duck' takes a deep dive on 1929 rum runner

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 15—MANCHESTER — It was about 2 a.m., Dec. 29, 1929, in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, when the Black Duck, a rum-running ...
Newsday

From rum-smuggling fishermen to famous mobsters: Long Island's big role in Prohibition

Steve Bielenda of Miller Place grew up hearing stories about how the tugboat Lizzie D — which disappeared off the coast of Long Island in 1922 — most likely sunk because it was overloaded with cases ...