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Episode 3 - RumrunnersWhat was Al Capone doing in St. Pierre? The Prohibition days of the 1920s were dangerous and lucrative times for many fishing families in Newfoundland and St. Pierre. Not only did they have to put up with deadly weather conditions, hidden shoals and raging seas, they also risked their lives in covert rum running operations that lined the pockets of the century's most notorious criminals, including public enemy number one: the original Scarface - Al Capone. LINKS [ opens in a new window ] * The Bootlegger's Paradise -- http://century.guardian.co.uk/1920-1929/Story/0,6051,126621,00.html |
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