A couple from the American village of Ames, New York, found caches of 1920s whiskey during renovations in a purchased home. The website of the Fox News channel reports.
Nick Drummond and his partner Patrick bought the old house and started renovating it. A neighbor told them that the building was once built by a bootlegger and a German baron. “We liked this story, but we were skeptical about it. We never thought she was even partially true, ”said Drummond.
During the renovation, the new owners found hidden compartments in the walls of the house and under the floor with bottles of whiskey dating from the 1920s. The hiding places were found. Drummond and his partner discovered about 60 century-old bottles, of which about a third were full. They created an Instagram account where they share their findings with followers.
Drummond began looking for information about the former owner of the house and learned that it was indeed a bootlegger named Adolph Humphner, who had died under mysterious circumstances. After his death, similar caches were found in his other possessions and vehicles.
In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a prohibition law in the United States, during which bootleggers carried out an underground trade in alcoholic beverages.
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