Maggie Ginsberg looks back at the prohibition era in Madison 100 years later.
In this 1931 photo by Angus B. McVicar, Jennie Justo?—?Madison’s most famous bootlegger, whose name graces a bottle of sorghum whiskey at Old Sugar Distillery today?—?hugs her mother (on the left) goodbye before serving a year in jail. Justo came home from the Milwaukee House of Corrections, got arrested again and served another 10 months. After her second release, her hometown supporters threw her a parade.
Exactly 100 years ago, starting in November 1922, authorities began a series of crackdowns on the bootleggers and moonshiners in Madison’s Greenbush neighborhood, and Justo ultimately got caught up in the dragnet. Across 75 raids during one two-month period, police seized 4,000 gallons of contraband alcohol from the speakeasies and basement taverns of the flourishing...
Exactly 100 years ago, starting in November 1922, authorities began a series of crackdowns on the bootleggers and moonshiners in Madison’s Greenbush neighborhood, and Justo ultimately got caught up in the dragnet. Across 75 raids during one two-month period, police seized 4,000 gallons of contraband alcohol from the speakeasies and basement taverns of the flourishing...
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