William Frederick "Bill" McCoy, was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States. In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seabo
McCoy in 1921.
McCoy scrapbook image McCoy Family Papers Collection. J. Henderson Welles Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum
Rum runners aboard Arithusa. McCoy Family Papers Collection. J. Henderson Welles Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum
McCoy family in Holland. McCoy scrapbook image McCoy Family Papers Collection. J. Henderson Welles Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum
Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling circumvents alcohol taxes and outright prohibition of alc
William McCoy (rum runner)
…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. In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboard, Capt. McCoy, found a…
Police use a road roller to destroy bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated in Serpong, out of Jakarta, Indonesia on April 13, 2018.
A liquor raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario
Rum runner schooner Kirk and Sweeney with contraband stacked on deck
Rum-runner William S. McCoy, Florida area from 1900 to 1920