Tag: April 1929
License to Loot: The Shameless System of Abilene’s Saloons
Deep in the heart of Kansas, a lawless system thrived in the early 1900s. In Abilene, the city officials had devised a system of fines that read like a license to loot. Saloons, or ‘joints’ as they were known, were regularly slapped with hefty fines, a blatant disregard for the constitutionally mandated prohibition law enacted…
