My eight line rhyme is pure BS - I just made that up - Ann Vulcann has that exact same clue on the older PP board - but I think she did a cut and paste from the new one.
if that's the real clue then I will have lost all respect for the cluewriter after a decent first 7 clues. That's gotta be the most sophomoric clue-writing I've ever seen. My fake clue was better than THAT!
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the Prohibition Amendment (1920-1933), prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. The mandated shutdown of breweries and distilleries ended the lawful production of alcoholic beverages and created a vacuum that was filled by the unlawful production, sale, and control of "bootlegged" products and lawless allied activities: smuggling, gambling, prostitution, extortion, robbery, and murder. These became the province of such powerful crime czars as Chicago's Al Capone, of criminal gangs, and of organized crime. Lawlessness and the corruption of officials and police — the unintended consequences of the legislation — infected many American cities, including St. Paul. The city became a center of operation and a haven for such notorious gangsters as John Dillinger, Babyface Nelson, Roger "the Terrible" Touhy, Machine Gun Kelly, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, and the Barker gang, whose activities extended to robbing banks, holding up mail trucks and trains, and kidnapping and holding their hostages for ransom.
The only thing I can remember is that William Hamm was kidnapped by the Barker Karpis gang....in the 30's I think.....but seems like a stretch, and who is the German doll?
Typical of the hospitality St. Paul offered criminals was the police tip-off at Ma Barker's hideout, which still stands today at 1031 South Robert Street, near Bernard Street in West St. Paul. Ma Barker moved to this house in February 1932, accompanied by Alvin "Creepy" Karpis and Ma's son Fred. The Barker-Karpis Gang was then at the midpoint of a larcenous career that would earn it $3 million in bank and kidnap loot. FBI head J. Edgar Hoover called it "the most vicious, cold-blooded crew of murderers, kidnappers and robbers in recent memory."
Is Ma Barker's house near SW, someone posted it like days ago....
Sped by at a quickened pace
While the gangster's moll, a German doll
Once played at this star-crossed place
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, known as the Prohibition Amendment (1920-1933), prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. The mandated shutdown of breweries and distilleries ended the lawful production of alcoholic beverages and created a vacuum that was filled by the unlawful production, sale, and control of "bootlegged" products and lawless allied activities: smuggling, gambling, prostitution, extortion, robbery, and murder. These became the province of such powerful crime czars as Chicago's Al Capone, of criminal gangs, and of organized crime. Lawlessness and the corruption of officials and police — the unintended consequences of the legislation — infected many American cities, including St. Paul. The city became a center of operation and a haven for such notorious gangsters as John Dillinger, Babyface Nelson, Roger "the Terrible" Touhy, Machine Gun Kelly, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, and the Barker gang, whose activities extended to robbing banks, holding up mail trucks and trains, and kidnapping and holding their hostages for ransom.
Relationships to be doomed from the start. Could be Street Name refrences
Sped by at a quickened pace --------------------
Train... new trolleys or something?
http://dillingerswomen.com/molls/opal.html
Is Ma Barker's house near SW, someone posted it like days ago....
Joe!