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| Keywords: Memo concerning the collection of protection money in King County and Seattle, WA. - NARA - 298492.jpg Scope and content This document pertains to the Seattle Conspiracy case in which the Bureau of Prohibition investigated a conspiracy by members of the Seattle Police department and other government officials in the city to obtain protection money from those violating the National Prohibition Act Members also sold confiscated liquor for profit Included in the conspiracy was Frank Olmstead a captain on the police force His conviction was appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the wire taps used to convict him were unconstitutional In a dissenting opinion Justice Brandeis agreed stating that officials should be required to get a search warrant before placing a wiretap on a telephone line General notes 298492 Local identifier Department of Justice Bureau of Prohibition Seattle Office 1930 - 1934 NARA's Pacific Alaska Region Seattle NRIAS 6125 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115-7999 1931-09-28 Record group Record Group 56 General Records of the Department of the Treasury 1775 - 2005 Record group ARC 385 Investigative Case Files compiled 1924 - 1933 Series ARC 298428 File unit Seattle Conspiracy Olmstead Investigation 1931 - 1935 File unit ARC 298488 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRIS-56-PROHIB-301 237 -MEMO1 Other versions <gallery> File Memo_concerning_the_collection_of_protection_money_in_King_County_and_Seattle _WA _-_NARA_-_298492 tif tif File Memo_concerning_the_collection_of_protection_money_in_King_County_and_Seattle _WA _-_NARA_-_298492 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Washington state in the 1930s King County Washington Prohibition in the United States | ||||
