Legacy and Honors
- Izzy wrote an autobiography telling of their exploits, called Prohibition Agent No 1 (1932).
- At their deaths, each man was featured in an obituary in the national magazine Time, which noted their joint achievements during Prohibition as the "funniest and most effective team" of federal agents, who made more than 4,900 arrests and confiscated an estimated 5 million bottles of illegal liquor.
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