Posted on Dec 27, 2023
From informant for prohibition agents to the wife of Seattle’s biggest rumrunner. The amazing...
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December marks the 90th anniversary of the end of prohibition. It’s an era of history riddled with larger-than-life characters — people like Lucky Luciano in New York and Al Capone in Chicago.
In the Seattle area, there was Roy Olmstead — no relation to the Olmsteds who planned many of the city’s famous parks. Roy was a maverick; a local cop turned bootlegger. So often when stories of the wild prohibition era are re-told, it’s figures like Roy Olmstead at the center.
But he wasn't in it alone.
Alongside him, somewhat hidden in his larger-than-life shadow, was his second wife, Elise, often known as Elsie. And her story, like those of so many other women, is just as fascinating in its own right, though it's less often told.
“It's only now that we're spending more time looking at the women around these large men, that we're finding people like Elsie,” said Rebecca Demarest, an author, researcher, and project manager for the recruiting department of a quantum computing company.
In the Seattle area, there was Roy Olmstead — no relation to the Olmsteds who planned many of the city’s famous parks. Roy was a maverick; a local cop turned bootlegger. So often when stories of the wild prohibition era are re-told, it’s figures like Roy Olmstead at the center.
But he wasn't in it alone.
Alongside him, somewhat hidden in his larger-than-life shadow, was his second wife, Elise, often known as Elsie. And her story, like those of so many other women, is just as fascinating in its own right, though it's less often told.
“It's only now that we're spending more time looking at the women around these large men, that we're finding people like Elsie,” said Rebecca Demarest, an author, researcher, and project manager for the recruiting department of a quantum computing company.
From informant for prohibition agents to the wife of Seattle’s biggest rumrunner. The amazing...
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SGT (Join to see) good day Brother Charlie, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Yes, The U.S. Gov't Poisoned Alcohol in the 1920s
One of the darkest chapters of Prohibition was the government's use of toxic additives in industrial alcohol to deter drinkers. On Christmas Day 1926, 66 peo...
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1.) THE GOVERNMENT POISONED ALCOHOL DURING PROHIBITION.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/%3famp=true
2.) MEDICAL EXAMINER
The Chemist’s War
The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.
BY DEBORAH BLUM
FEB 19, 201010:00 AM
SOURCE : https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html
3.) HISTORY
* FOOD & DRINK
The History of Poisoned Alcohol Includes an Unlikely Culprit: The U.S. Government
JANUARY 14, 2015 12:00 PM EST
SOURCE : https://time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/
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CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy
THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
https://oig.justice.gov/special/9712/ch01p1.htm
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V2 : https://youtu.be/cYlNGa55M1Y?si=89SGWQop4QbW_nhI
V3: https://youtu.be/v9w3ql7hIG8?si=u8ELIVMBasi3jx5g
1.) THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS (December, 1997)
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/special/9712/index.htm
2.) THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
https://fas.org/irp/agency/doj/oig/c4rpt/ch01p1.htm
3.) The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 2
For more information contact: 202/994-7000 or [login to see]
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/index.html
V2 : https://youtu.be/BQ17gfgE-Jw?si=CqijQUahFpoV34D6
V3.) https://youtube.com/shorts/asdYY2fGz1k?si=SKhLMsPNzCuEwawv
1.) THE GOVERNMENT POISONED ALCOHOL DURING PROHIBITION.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/%3famp=true
2.) MEDICAL EXAMINER
The Chemist’s War
The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.
BY DEBORAH BLUM
FEB 19, 201010:00 AM
SOURCE : https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html
3.) HISTORY
* FOOD & DRINK
The History of Poisoned Alcohol Includes an Unlikely Culprit: The U.S. Government
JANUARY 14, 2015 12:00 PM EST
SOURCE : https://time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/
——
——
CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy
THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
https://oig.justice.gov/special/9712/ch01p1.htm
——-
V1 : https://youtu.be/GJkNEtgMulw?si=4QsimuTj-ZTEXcmS
V2 : https://youtu.be/cYlNGa55M1Y?si=89SGWQop4QbW_nhI
V3: https://youtu.be/v9w3ql7hIG8?si=u8ELIVMBasi3jx5g
1.) THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS (December, 1997)
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/special/9712/index.htm
2.) THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
https://fas.org/irp/agency/doj/oig/c4rpt/ch01p1.htm
3.) The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 2
For more information contact: 202/994-7000 or [login to see]
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/index.html
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