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William McCoy (rum runner) - Wikipedia William Frederick "Bill" McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States
End of the Line for Bill McCoy, King of the Rum-Runners On November 25, 1923, Bill McCoy, possibly the most celebrated bootlegger of the Prohibition era, found his career as a smuggler at an end at the hands of the U S Coast Guard, off Sandy Hook He was born William Frederick McCoy on August 17, 1877, in Syracuse, N Y
Rumrunners Delivered the Good Stuff to America’s Speakeasies Another famous rumrunner was William “Bill” McCoy on the East Coast McCoy, an enterprising former merchant sailor, had lost his Jacksonville, Florida, motorboat transport business to onshore buses in early 1920 when a well-healed gentleman offered him the chance to smuggle liquor
The Enduring Legacy of Bootlegger William ‘Bill’ McCoy William “Bill” McCoy was a smuggler and a gentleman He went from being an unlucky aristocrat to an overnight success He imported illegal alcohol during prohibition, but technically didn’t break any laws and created a legacy as one of the most successful and most wanted smugglers during prohibition
The Real McCoy - The Mariners Museum and Park In the age of notorious gangsters like Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel, and John Dillinger profiting off smuggled alcohol during Prohibition, William “Bill” McCoy was a rum runner, raking in huge profits and doing it all…legally So how was he able to do it?
The REAL Rum Runner - Holly Hill FL In the 1920’s the McCoy brothers began smuggling booze, using their 90-foot fishing schooner, the Henry L Marshall McCoy died at age 71 on December 30, 1948, of a heart attack and complications of ptomaine poisoning aboard his Blue Lagoon in Stuart, Florida
The Real McCoy - Top 10 Prohibition Tales - TIME Sailor William McCoy got into the bootlegging business mostly because he loved boats According to Prohibition, by Edward Behr, McCoy designed "luxurious speedboats for millionaires" before
BILL McCOY: The King of Rum Row - Wave Train The most important of these is The Real McCoy, by Frederic F Van de Water, which recounts the career of a rather personable and flamboyant Rum Row pioneer, William McCoy, from a first-person autobiographical point-of-view