Franky Rides the Clipper

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In 1928 Saint Paul, Minnesota, my great uncle Frank Rothbauer ran afoul of the "Drys", the Federal enforcers of the Volstead Act prohibiting the sale of alcohol. His death, at their hands, made the front page of the St. Paul Daily News for several days running before disappearing into the classifieds.