Prohibition
By the time of his release, Prohibition was in full effect in the country and Miller readily entered the lucrative, although at times dangerous, occupational field of bootlegging. Although being fined $200 for bootlegging by a Sioux Falls, South Dakota court in October 1925, Miller would have a clear record for the next several years.
During the late 1920s, after years of heavy drug abuse and suffering from advanced syphilis, Miller's personality slowly began becoming increasingly unstable often given to unpredictable bursts of violence. Indicted on February 3, 1928 for wounding of two Minneapolis police officers, the case against Miller was dropped due to lack of evidence.
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Famous quotes containing the word prohibition:
“He had never learned to live without delight. And he would have to learn to, just as, in a Prohibition country, he supposed he would have to learn to live without sherry. Theoretically he knew that life is possible, may be even pleasant, without joy, without passionate griefs. But it had never occurred to him that he might have to live like that.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“During Prohibition days, when South Carolina was actively advertising the iodine content of its vegetables, the Hell Hole brand of ‘liquid corn’ was notorious with its waggish slogan: ‘Not a Goiter in a Gallon.’”
—Administration in the State of Sout, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)