Word: sweetwood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...connections with reputable banks and lawyers. When all seemed prime, he launched his attack. After the first reports from his lieutenants, he exulted over a complete dry-up of the district. Later came surprises and disappointments. Surprises: capture of Emanuel ("Mannie") Kessler, "King of Bootleggers" and his partner Morris Sweetwood, both onetime Atlanta timeservers; both thought to have reformed; discovery among syndicate papers of a check signed by Chicago's gang king, Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, now imprisoned at Philadelphia. Disappointments: release of Kessler and Sweetwood for lack of evidence; failure to entice liquor transports into the trap baited...
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