PROHIBITION: Royal Ice Box

Joseph Montana, "king of bootleggers," felt he needed a new ice box in his apartment on Chicago's West Side. He ordered one weighing 500 Ibs. Two draymen delivered it last week. As they placed it on the rear porch, the porch gave way. Down, three stories, plunged icebox and draymen. One drayman died.

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