Projekt psychologie US alcohol Prohibition

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                                                            Table of Contests

1.                  Introduction

2.                  Course of the Prohibition

2.1.      Rise of the Temperence movement

2.2.     Volstead Act

2.3.      President Harding

2.4.      Development of the organised crime

2.4.1.   Breeding ground Chicago

2.4.2.   Al Capone

2.5.      People´s attitude towards alcohol

3.         Lessons of Prohibition

4.         Pros and cons of the drug legalisation question in respect to Prohibition

5.         Conclusion     

6.         Appendix

7 .        Bibliography  _______________________________________________________________________

1.

By portraying the events leading up to and during the US alcohol Prohibition between 1919 and 1922 this work aims to develop lessons for the modern drug war and finally to explore whether drug legalisation might improve on the current situation.

The Prohibition era offers a very promising comparison as organised crime, that had already existed on small scale in Europe and Asia, grew so tremendously during the Prohibition era that it was possible to form a national organisation, that has been compared with a cartel of legitimate business firms. After repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment put an end to bootlegging, which  means  illegal manufacturing, selling, or transporting of  liquor, criminal overlords turned to other activities like drug dealing  and became even more highly organised.

My work mainly focuses on the social and criminal development in the area around Chicago as this  was  -  apart from New York  -  the capital of organised crime during Prohibition.

2.1.1.

During the last half of the 18th century, which was the most intemperate era in American history, liquor was regarded as ' God `s gift '. Many early settlers were hard drinkers using alcohol both as food, medicine and for enjoyable social intercourse. They found many excuses for drinking as hard work and wages even used to be paid in liquor.

The Puritans of that time opposed being drunk not drinking after all the Bible often refers to  the pleasures of drink.

Being invited to many people`s homes clergymen used to be the greatest drunkards of all since  they had to do up to twenty house calls a day being offered a drink every time.

Municipal authorities even allowed the running of saloons next to churches as they assumed  ' the priest and his flock would meet there between the services.'^[1]

Since the first settlers mainly originated from pub- countries like Britain it is no wonder saloons played an important role in their lives. Especially in sparsely populated rural regions of America church and saloon served as men`s only entertainment, employment agency and meeting place therefore saloon keepers used to have an important position in politics from Independence on.

From the 18th century onwards immigrants from different European countries like Germany or France arrived in America  taking over the saloon keeping which led to a change of attitude towards liquor. Now Prohibition became the most discussed topic all over America since there were no great war as in Europe to catch the attention.

There had always been puritans in America but now their ethic developed to a religious obsession.

People believed  drinking and the decay of the society went hand in hand, which seem to be confirmed by surgeon Rush´s theory that excessive consumption of hard liquor caused an inclination to crime and diseases of mortal nature. 1  Against Rush`s intention, who wanted people to switch from drinking hard liquor to a moderate consumption of wine and beer, the puritans demonised the drinking of alcohol in general showing 'demonstrations of little scientific value but startling impact'^[2] in public schools:

For example the teacher placed a calf`s brain in a glass jar and poured alcohol into it. While the brain turned from the normal pink to a ugly grey the teacher would report about the nature of the brain and liquor and at the end conclude that what happened in the experiment would happen to the pupils brains if they dared to drink unholy brew.

During the Civil War early state laws concerning Prohibition were loosened or simply ignored as all attention was centred on the fighting therefore saloons mushroomed all over the country when the population  increased again after the end of the war.

According to that, in 1873 the "Women War" broke out all around the country. It mainly consisted of middle class wives and mothers, who were furious about their husbands´ getting drunk in saloons. " Thousands of women  marched from church  meetings to saloons, where with prayers and song they demanded that the saloon keepers gave up business"^[3]  but they had only temporary success: After the decrease of attention the saloon keepers usually reentered business.

Since America slowly recovered from the wounds of civil war things went back to normal. During the Reconstruction era there was much less room for individual eccentrics therefore earlier heroes like became fun figures.

In 1893 the business- oriented Anti- Saloon League ( ASL ) established, that was neither dependent on political parties nor women even though it welcomed them.

One of their most important members was Wayne Wheeler being active as a be  "behind- the- scene manipulator of singularly limited vision."^[4]

Wheelers turn to Prohibition was not due to a religious origin or an alcoholic family but rather to his opportunistic character and fancy to become a great debater.

After delivering a great speech about Negroes being wretched by liquor instead of colonial abuse he was recruited by an ASL leader. His main job was to gather votes for a Bill, allowing counties to become dry if a majority of voters signed. During this campaign Wheeler first started a tactic, which would be typical of his later lobbying: ASL would help signers with all might but discredit the bill`s opponents strongly.

Later, World War I increased the popularity of Prohibition as the anti- German  mood

amounted into a hysteria ,in which  people  interpreted  beer as a symbol of German identity.

2.2.

In 1916 - when 23 out the 48 states were already dry as two- thirds of the politician elected for Congress were ASL- supporter but mainly for the reason that Prohibition was the vote winning topic.. Therefore it is no wonder that on December 22, 1917, the Congress added the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited  " the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors"^[5]. This  was a little more specified  in the  "Volstead Act" written in 1919 that defined "intoxicating liquors" as alcohol  except for medical or industrial use. Furthermore the production of "near- beer" was still permitted, which should only contain  0.5 % alcohol. Penalties for violations were $1,000 or 30 days prison for the first offence and up to $ 10,000 and a year for further convictions.

Andrew J. Volstead Act, who the Volstead Act is named after, was only its facilitator.

In fact, Wheeler was its true architect, who was also responsible for the act being

 hopelessly inadequate as he believed in the peoples` unwillingness to break the law which resulted from the naive American belief that the Americans` moral conviction would be stronger than wish for personal liberty.

For example the act did not concern the actual consumption of liquor in private homes therefore the New York Daily News could give its readers its readers useful advice how to survive Prohibition. 2

An other wrong decision Wheeler  made was putting the Prohibition Bureau under the authority of the Treasury Department instead of the Justice Department and excluding Prohibition agents from the Civil Service. Very early on, this decision proved disastrous as the Prohibition agents in every state were recruited by the political authority, which changed every now and then. Moreover the employers did not regard the personal qualifications or references of their applicants and the maximum wage was only about 2,300 $, which was barely enough to live on. Therefore it is no wonder many of them turned to corruption which explains why this job was so wanted. "In any one year, there were 10,00 applicants for 2,000 jobs, and the average length of service was only a few  months - most agents being "let go " for corrupt practices that could not be satisfactorily proved or prosecuted."^[6]

2.3.

The disaster of Prohibition could only happen because of its weak politicians and the unscrupulous counsellors behind them. This catastrophe could even be found on highest level : President Harding, who was " certainly the weakest, most indecisive president in American history"^[7] was completely dependent of his friends.                    

Warren Harding grew up the small town Marion in Ohio, where his father earned his living as a junk dealer after failing as a homeopathic doctor. His son Warren preferring billiards, poker and gossip to books was perfectly happy with his first job as an editor of a small local paper.

At the age of 26 he married the seven years older rich widow Florence Kling even though she was "lacking any kind of charm" but her fortune meant a financial and social stepping- stone for Harding..3  However, he had to bare her constant grumbling, that brought about the wish to get away.

Because of his immense personal charm and his good position it was only a small step for Harding to enter politics. A friend of his once noted: " His conception of political progress was to make no enemies."^[8]

Though Harding had little interest for state politics the Republican Party asked him to go to Washington as a senator due his good looks and "statesmanlike ( if spurious ) "presence" "8 

After realising that the Senate was some kind of luxury club for poker- and sports- loving

self- protectionists he soon started to feel very comfortable especially when his wife - he used to call her  "The Duchess " was not around.

Usually he spend most of his time on the golf course, in the Senate bar or poker games instead of doing his job.

Like most other Congressmen he only supported Prohibition to get vote whereas he was a steady drinker in his private time.

Quite soon after the beginning of his political career in Ohio two men noticed Harding`s political potential and their chance to have great influence on the country behind his back.

The one was the lawyer and failed politician Harry Micajah Daugherty, who had full insight into the corrupt machine of the Republican Party.  As he was completely aware that he could only make a career as the man behind the scene therefore he had to become someone`s counsellor and strategist.

The other person behind Harding was Jess Smith being twelve years younger than Daugherty and looked after Harding`s financial affairs in the late 1890s.

As Harding´s two ambitious  helpers were always very close to him, he could not keep any secret to himself. They knew for example about Harding`s relationship with the 20- year old shop- girl Nan Britton that started in 1917 and went on for years. Of course, Harding was well aware that the liaison would spoil his political future if it became known publicly therefore knowledge gave Daugherty and Smith the power to put him under pressure if he did not agree with  their wheelings and dealings.

During Prohibition  the two men accepted among others huge sums of hush  money from influential criminal overlords, that wanted to buy immunity from prosecution that way.

After the first World War Harding became the presidential candidate of the Republicans due to the backing of his two advisers and the lack of more convincing opponents.

Now it was Jess Smith ´s turn to play an important role as Harding`s campaign manager.

As people were tired of "heady interventionist days of Woodrow Wilson, the trauma of the Great War, and the unprecedentedly violent strikes"⁹ of the previous year the people very positively responded to Smith´s election campaign picturing Harding as the kind small- towner he was.  Slogans used by Smith were for example " With Harding back to normal." or " Think of America first.".

Harding`s election victory very clearly shows how strongly the American wished to withdraw from the troubled scene of world politics and explains why  Prohibition, that promised a return to small town virtues such as a family- and church- orientated life, had a great force of attraction .

Very soon after his election Harding realised that he was not able to cope with the duties of a President even though he could fool the public.

After his death  during his third year in office Jess Smith and Daugherty were questioned in series of investigations that exposed the huge depths of Harding`s administration.

Of course, even during Prohibition there were some law- abiding officers as for example

Eliot Ness, the head of an incorruptible nine‑man team of law officers called the 'Untouchables,' who opposed Al Capone's underworld network in Chicago.

2.4.1.

Behind New York, Chicago was the  most populated city of  the United States  with scarcely two millions inhabitants. Due to its location on the south- western tip of Lake Michigan, Chicago became the main trading centre for the grain and livestock of the growing Midwest in the 19th century.

Later heavy industry, warehouses and rail yards crowded the banks of the Chicago River.

The poet Car Sandburg once described Chicago as the " stormy, husky, brawling city of the big shoulder"¹⁰, which is very correct as violence and corruption had always been  a normal part of the Chicagoans life due to its hasty growth  when the second European immigrant wave flooded America from 1880 to 1900  causing a very high population density and social tension: the differences between the new and the old lifestyle often undermined families.

 As the newcomers  outnumbered the old Anglo- Saxon establishment by about 75 % they hardly adjusted to their value system. Furthermore many of them had great  difficulties with the language and hardly any knowledge of democratic principles therefore  many politician consolidated their power by sending out fellow member, who got special privileges if they collected  many  votes.

Chicago`s Mayor during the Prohibition era  - "Big Bill" Thompson  - was very similar to Harding. He only entered politics because of a lost poker game and owed his election to his great charm and popularity among the gangland. It is true that Thompson promised to reform the corrupt police department but after his election victory nothing changed.

Usually bribed officers warned the owners of illegal bars or brothels before the search so the police work was very pointless.

If an underground figure was arrested by accident because the raid was led by an idealistic newcomer, who had not yet adjusted to the rules of the organised crime, he usually came free very soon as the gangsters also owned the greatest part of the administration of justice.

Till the beginning of Prohibition most gangland leaders earned  their fortune by owning several of the numerous brothels and casinos of Chicago`s red light district, which was greater and freer than any other one in the world.

2.4.2.

Al Capone was born in Brooklyn on January 17, 1899. His parents had immigrated from the slums of Naples to the ghetto of Brooklyn´s  shipyard area  at the peak of the Great Depression in 1893.4 As children of Italian immigrants Capone and his eight brothers and sisters grew up in the worst part of Little Italy. At the age of fourteen Al Capone left school without having any qualifications and joined a youth gang called "Five Pointer".

Members of those gangs did not necessarily have to become criminals for the rest of their adult lives, as membership in such a gang was the only way to survive in the ghetto.

Capone, however, strived to emulate his boss Franky Yale, who earned his living as a blackmailer with a reputation for his cruel treatment of his victims and his generosity towards his companions.

In a fight in a brothel, a young bruiser slashed Capone's left cheek with a knife, leaving a the scar that gave Capone his later nickname 'Scarface". Nevertheless Capone asked  that man to become one of his bodyguards at the height of his power.

Due to his lack of experience,  young Capone got arrested three times, of which twice he was suspected of manslaughter.

Later Capone came under the influence of Neapolitan gangster John Torrio, who strongly influenced the criminal development and tactics of his younger friend and protégée.

After marring the Irish girl Mae Coughlin on December 19, 1917, who gave birth to their son Sonny the following year, Capone had to flee to Chicago because of a triple murder suspicion.

In his new home town Capone joined the gang of the powerful brothel and casino owner

John Torrio and helped him to broaden his influence by bribing and blackmailing police officers and businessmen.In 1920 Capone`s share of Torrios' illegal business amounted to $ 25.000, which equates to an approximate 25 % of their total profit.

Capone and Torrio immediately realised the opportunity of building a new revenue stream out of bootlegging that presented itself with the introduction of Prohibition. By co-operating with Joseph Stenson, the leading brewery owner in the Chicago area, Capone and Torrio could extend their influence to four more breweries and a few small distilleries.

The power of the Torrio- Capone- gang was so great, that the highest local politicians and authorities protected them against police raids. Especially the influence on the mayor, the chief of the police department and on other important local figures was the main source of Capone`s organisational success.

In Cicero, one of Chicago's neighbouring cities, Capone's wishes held more sway than the law. At times the gang went as far as to store their liquor in the cellar of the town hall.

His personal power, which Capone had gained by undermining the administration, gave him the ability to built up a huge but very disciplined criminal organisation, that was characterised by great team cohesion. Capone himself behaved like a generous father figure very  much resembling a Mafia Godfather as portrayed in the three episodes of "The Godfather".5

Furthermore Capone always regarded himself as a business man rather than a gangster:

" I make my money by supplying a public demand.

If I break the law, my customers, who number hundreds

of the best people in Chicago, are as guilty as I am. The

only difference between us is that I sell and they buy.

Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a business man."¹¹

Unfortunately Capone`s great success as a businessman finally led into his ruin: Even though he was arrested many times he only went to prison once: for tax evasion. This fact impressively demonstrates, that his  influence on the police, judges and lawyers was so immense, that could even save him from going to prison for the numerous murders he ordered during the gang warfare between 1924 and 1931:

Like all other business man the bootleggers were depended on competition as the base of their price and quality level therefore each of them was interested in being the only one to sell liquor in a specific area.

In 1920 Torrio had already negotiated a contract with the other important gangs , that regulated the territorial  inviolability of their area of influence.

In case of violation the offender should be punished by the criminal alliance.

Thanks to their contract the different gangs were able prosper without disturbances till

the O´Donnell gang started to raid other gangster's beer transports and to sell them in Torrio's influential area. After many men lost their lives in the following gang warfare the O`Donnells finally surrendered. Unfortunately, this was not the end of the trouble as the Irish O`Banion gang was even more dangerous for Torrio`s and Capone`s illegal business: By underselling O´Donnell succeeded to take market share from Capone.

Therefore more fighting followed, amounting into the infamous St. Valentin´s massacre :

Members of Capone`s gang brutally gunned down workers of the O`Donnell gang, who had been lured into a remote storehouse.6

On the order of the American President Hoover tax officers finally succeeded to set an end to Capone`s criminal career. After many fruitless raids the police got hold of evidence, that proofed, that Capone had not paid any taxes on his huge profits. 

In October 1931 he was  found guilty, and sentenced to 11 years in prison and $80,000 in fines and court costs. He entered the penal institution of Atlanta in May 1932 but was transferred to the new Alcatraz prison in August 1934. In November 1939, suffering from a late stage of syphilis, he was released and entered a Baltimore hospital. Later he retired to his Florida estate, where he died  as  a powerless hermit in 1974.

2.5.

Even though people knew about the weaknesses of Prohibition by the mid- 1920s even Americans like the civil libertarian Clarence Darrow believed that  "Even to modify the Volstead Act would require a political revolution."¹² Therefore it is quite surprising why Prohibition was finally abolished with such a suddenness.

One reason might be the change of that many Americans, who had demanded the suppression of saloons, were now shocked by the violence of the organised, the corruption and the governmental incompetence.

 Furthermore the Victorian values of the ASL as for example the protection of family and faith in God and progress became more and more unpopular. That is mainly due to the fact, that especially young members of the middle- class started to be attracted by the rising consumer culture. Now the old values were replaced by the wish for self- fulfilment and entertainment. Consumerism flourished as the new religion of the middle class.

In contrary to the old saloons, that were mainly used for working- class recreation, the flourishing "speak- easies" offered more sensibility and a faint touch of illegal adventure.

An other difference to the past saloon- times was, that women were welcomed in the new bars.7  Before Prohibition time drinking had been a strictly gender- segregated activity: men drank in saloons, women, if they did, at home.

Therefore illegal bars offered completely new possibilities of interaction being much more experimental and entertaining.8

Nevertheless it is only a legend, that people drank more during Prohibition, as it was only the middle- class exposure to drinking, that grew. Even the old people adjusted to the new values and preached for moderation not abstinence.

However, the strongest arguments against Prohibition was the shocking power of organized crime and the need for tax money to finance the interaction into World War II.

Therefore, the Democratic Party adopted a platform calling for repeal in 1932 and their   victory in the presidential election in the same year  meant the beginning of the end  of the Eighteenth Amendment.

In February 1933 Congress adopted a resolution adding the Twenty‑first Amendment to the Constitution to repeal the Eighteenth. On Dec. 5, 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, and repeal was achieved

3.

Probably the greatest difficulties for enforcing Prohibition were caused by the corrupt Prohibition agents. An easy remedy could have been to take a closer look at the references of the applicants and to pay them more adequate wages.

After all, it is not the most sensible  idea to fight crime with ex- criminal.

Furthermore, the moral in the team of Prohibition agents would certainly have been much stronger if there had been  a powerful politician at the top of the state.

Of course, it is impossible for the average voter to rate the abilities of candidates for election. Therefore I believe, that politicians, who aim for high posts should make an aptitude test to show they are able to cope with their future duties. This way it is less likely that the power is abused by people like Daugherty and Smith, who only work for their own good.

In addition to that such a test would be very likely to improve the reputation of politician in general.

An other  mistake that should not be repeated was the inexactness of the Volstead act:

For example it only prohibited the trading of alcohol but not the drinking itself. It is very important to make sure, that new bills do not leave such gaps for criminal activity.

Furthermore brewers and winegrowers should have got higher compensation and maybe the permission to export their products on a small scale to save them from financial ruin.

Many alcohol producers turned to crime as they feared to lose their social position.

However, I suppose the original aim, stopping people to become alcohol addicts, would have been much easier achieved if the government had made a scientific study on the dangers of drinking. In contrary to the shocking methods of the early Prohibition activists its outcome would have lasted much longer. Ever though it would probably not been able to change the drinking habits of the working- class, either.

In my opinion the alcohol Prohibition could have been more effective if it had only accorded to strong liquors, which people might have accepted as they would not have had to do without their favourite drug..People would not have felt so restricted, bootlegging would have been less profitable and legal enforcement would have been easier.

Exactly theses high profits were the reason for  Prohibition becoming a failure:

As alcohol trading was pushed into illegality, there no longer existed any kind of free marked. By gunning down their concurrent Chicagoan gangsters like Al Capone were able to get a monopoly in some part of the city. There, the overlord could fix his prices as high as he wished since the businessmen in his area were unable to buy someone else`s liquor. Furthermore, he could use parts of the huge profits for bribing politician, with again  made it possible to extend his criminal influence.

This process, that had simply been caused by the wish to make the world a better place,

enabled criminals like Al Capone to take control of  whole cities. 

4.

Unfortunately, that is not just a problem of the past:  According to the United Nations drug trafficking is a 400 billon per year industry. That equals eight per cent of the wold trade, which is even greater than the export of the automobile industry worldwide.

Therefore the attraction to engage into illegal business like the distribution of drugs is greater than ever.

At the beginning of my discussion of the legalisation question I want to present some facts on the American Drug War, that can be looked up on the web site of the White House: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov. :

- Despite the fact, that the federal spending on the drug war increased from $ 1. 65 billion    in 1982 to $ 13.25 in 1995, about half of the students in the United Stated in 1995 tried     illegal drugs before high school graduation.

-  Every year from 1975 to 1995 at least 82 % of high school seniors asked, answered           marijuana was even easier to obtain than beer.

- Although many people believe that the Drug War targets drug smugglers, 75 % of the       1, 506, 200 arrests for drug violations in 1996 were for possession of controlled       substances.  

These facts clearly show the police`s inability to cope with the wheelings and dealings of the criminal overlords even though there is probably almost no corruption in today`s administration machinery.

In contrary to the bloody Drug War legalisation would ruin the drug overlord quite soon

as they had to adjust to the market.

An other advantage of legalisation is that great parts of the police, that have to fight against the drug law violations now even though their success is very doubt able, would be able turn their attention to more serious delicts.

Moreover legalisation would save tax money as the efforts to interdict the drug traffic alone cost $ 13.25 billion in 1995. If we add the cost of trying and imprisoning users, traffickers, and those who committed crime to pay for their drugs, the cost go up to $ 20 billion.

One should also not forget that the state could impose taxes on drugs after legalisation, which would probably be quite a lot as Prohibition was mainly abolished because the money of the alcohol tax was needed. This money could be used for drug education or any other kind of sensible campaigning.

Furthermore the governmental control, made possible by legalisation, would also protect the customers:

Because it is illegal, the drug trade of today lacks many of the consumer safety regulations, which are common to other markets: instruction sheets, warning labels and quality controls.

Driven in the underground any product would get  more dangerous than it has to be.   That could also be seen for example during Prohibition:  home- made liquor, that was sold in speak- easies was often  mixed with toxic substances to give it a more natural taste and colour.

It is exactly the same with today`s drug user, who does not know at all what he is buying.

Since purity varies greatly, consumers can never be really sure how  much to take to produce the desired effects, which creates the danger of overdosing.

A common argument against the legalisation of drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin is, that they are -  in contrary to alcohol or tobacco -  no cultural drugs therefore people accept their prohibition more easily.

But this is simply not true: Opium and marijuana were already used as religious stimulants and for  private consumption in antiquity. Their use can be found though out all centuries even though alcohol consumption was far more common, which is probably due to its lower price.

On one hand drug use might rise after legalisation as consumers would not have to fear imprisonment anymore. On the other hand the Netherlands has  20 years of experience with the semi‑legal sale of soft drugs without ending up in an invasion of drug tourists,

or more problematic drug use than abroad.

Furthermore legalisation would give the state the opportunity to control drug by introducing age restrictions.

5.

Along side the model of the American Prohibition it is possible to study how far it is possible to enforce legislation, that is based on moral ideals. a

If law does not match reality even  normal citizen get used to braking it.

But this also leads to an adaption to co- operating with gangsters, as  these are the only people  to get them access to the illegal thing they fancy.

Therefore criminals, who provide alcohol, drugs or whatever else is wanted by their customers, are able to gain more and more influence.

All in all, I believe that legalisation is the only way to the control drug use as the Drug War against the unknown criminal overlords cannot be won.

However, their supremacy has to be broken in order to prevent a repetition of the lawless situation of the Prohibition era, which would probably be much more disastrous  nowadays as it would occur on an even greater scale.

 Nevertheless I only approve of the legalisation of soft drugs as marijuana since it could find social acceptation and would not have such a disastrous result in case of failure.

Probably it would also be a good thing to extend the Methadon program as it helps addicts to leave their criminal milieu. 

                                                                  Appendix

1.  Rush´s downward path caused by intemperance:

¹³                                  

2.  Advice by the New York Daily News:

You may drink intoxicating liquor in your own home or in the

  home of a friend when you are a bona fide guest.

You may buy intoxication liquor on a bona fide medical

  prescription of a doctor.

You may consider any place you live permanently as you home.

  If you have more than one home, you may keep a stock of

  liquor in each.

You may manufacture, sell or transport liquor for non- beverage

or sacramental purposes provided you obtain a Government permit.

You cannot store liquor in any place but your home.                                                   You cannot remove reserve stocks from storage. 2

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Ich habe es mir gespart die Bilder mitzuschicken, aber die kannst Du ganz einfach in dem Buch über Al Capone und "Prohibition" finden.