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Records show that "smoke" fatalities in the Bowery district average one man per day since May 10. This led Major Campbell to take his men downtown. During the raids, Bartender Sam Liebreman, finding a corpse in his speakeasy, looked its burned lips over, telephoned police to come carry it away. He showed officers his own 17-gal. stock of 15? liquor, protested : "It's all okay, what I been selling. He got it somewhere else. Have a drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Smoke | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

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