The Disappearance of Irish-American Gangster Danny Walsh

What Happened to Rhode Island's Most Powerful Bootlegger?

Aug 15, 2023

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Before 1920, Daniel “Danny” Walsh was just a regular working man in Pawtucket Rhode Island earning about five dollars a day. However, things would change dramatically after Congress passed the Volstead Act also known as prohibition which would take effect in January of 1920.

This unpopular legislation would provide an opportunit…

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