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He was a bootlegger before he met Capone
He and a bunch of other guys were tried and found guilty of siphoning off Jack Daniels whiskey in St. Louis in 1925. He was later granted a new trial, and then the feds dismissed the indictment against him eventually. That was all before he even met Capone in 1930. Sources: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15092911/1928-jack-daniels-case-update/, https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/when-the-jack-daniel-s-bootleggers-were-shipped-to-prison-st-louis-gave-them-a/article_19f8c8e3-be96-5391-a2b9-3e53f9d46cbf.html, and Motlow v. U.S., 1926 WL 25907. Phyrkrakr (talk) 14:53, 5 January 2023 (UTC)