Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Roy Olmstead (September 18, 1886 – April 30, 1966) was one of the most successful and best-known bootleggers in the Pacific Northwest region during American Prohibition. A former lieutenant in the Seattle Police Department, he began to bootleg part-time while still on the force. Following his arrest for that crime, he lost his job in law enforcement and turned to illegally importing and distributing alcohol from Canada as a full-time and highly profitable occupation. Eventually, a wiretap of his phone provided sufficient evidence for his arrest, despite an appeal that reached the Supreme Court regarding the legality of the wiretap.. }
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- Roy_Olmstead abstract "Roy Olmstead (September 18, 1886 – April 30, 1966) was one of the most successful and best-known bootleggers in the Pacific Northwest region during American Prohibition. A former lieutenant in the Seattle Police Department, he began to bootleg part-time while still on the force. Following his arrest for that crime, he lost his job in law enforcement and turned to illegally importing and distributing alcohol from Canada as a full-time and highly profitable occupation. Eventually, a wiretap of his phone provided sufficient evidence for his arrest, despite an appeal that reached the Supreme Court regarding the legality of the wiretap.".