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Prohibition in Croton (1921–1933)

Rum planes, submarines, speakeasies, and undercover fiddlers

1921
The Mikado Inn proprietor is acquitted in 'the first case to be tried in Westchester County for alleged violation of the New York State liquor law.'
May 15, 1922
The Evening World reports a Curtiss biplane and roughly 150 bottles of whiskey. A Montreal newspaper and later reporting about a map prompt suspicion of a Canadian route; the extent of the operation remains uncertain.
Jun 17, 1922
'McKay fiddled, Reager sang and Gallante danced' — then arrested the proprietor for serving $1.50 highballs.
May 1925
Federal Judge John C. Knox padlocks Roy Kojima's Nikko Inn for two months — described as 'the first place run by Japanese to be closed in padlock proceedings.'
1924
An aerial photograph shows two 250-foot objects in the Hudson. The Navy confirms none of its vessels are in the area. The photo is filed with Coast Guard Intelligence.
1922
The future concert pianist and television personality sleeps in the cellar with 'twenty or thirty Japanese waiters' while performing at the speakeasy.
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