Roy Olmstead: The King of the Pugent Sound
Roy Olmstead lived a quiet life before joining the police force and becoming the most promising and youngest liutenant on the Seattle Police force. After his wild days as the largest bootlegger in the Seattle area he changed his ways nad devoted his life to the teachings of Christian Science and helping others to right their lives and become drug and alcohol free in prison and after. He died of old age, quietly at home April 30, 1966. Some great websites to find more information on his life, business and religious practices are below.
www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=4015
This website link gives a large amount of information on Roy Olmstead during the Prohibition Era. The article does have information on his life endeavors after the prohibition, but very little. Most of the article deals with Roy and his alcohol runs from Canada to the United States. Little is known of Roy after prohibition ended and it is only once he becomes a part of another major organization and dedicates his life to Christian Science.
The rest of the website historylink.org has many biographies, histories of cities and timelines through the years. You can click through links to search alphabetically on all sorts of topics, such as: people, races of people, occupations of people, etc. You can also search with a map to zone in on one area of the country and search events and people from that local area.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/media_detail/2082733861-olmstead/
This website, PBS has an article on Roy Olmstead and the video clip used on a television episode about Prohibition. The clip describes how Roy was caught in the beginning and lost his job from the police force in Seattle, and how this opened up to make him even more money and fame as a bigger and better bootlegger. It then goes in to talking about each step of the process getting the alcohol into the United States and on to the buyers.
This link has a whole page full of tabs within the Prohibition area of the PBS website which lead to biographies, photos, articles and more all having to do with just prohibition. The PBS website however covers a vast range of topics which can be found by clicking the PBS icon in the upper left corner. On the PBS home page you can find more videos, kid friendly content, and teaching guides on many topics.
http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/tu_olmstead_bio_olmstead.html
This website focuses on different court cases including Olmstead v. United States. The site has different parts of the case you can look at such as biographies, which Olmstead's had nothing new to tell, as well as narratives, legal questions, arguments and historical documents all related to the case. In each of the tabs under the main tabs you can find links to the different articles which list government materials like constitutional amendments and witness testimonies.
Also to be found on the website should be teaching activities and curriculum ideas, yet once you click the tab to follow to these materials, there is not any documents listed. If the information was present it would help understanding of the topics more and thus be a great learning tool for people trying to become part of the law force or just studying the case.
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/bill_of_rights/case%20materials/olmstead/olmstead_background.pdf
This webpage is a PDF article about Roy Olmstead's legal case. It discusses the background information about the case specifics, such as how many people worked for his underground business and how his business was conducted. The article talks about how deep into society Olmstead's influence extended and how he managed to become not only one of the best bootleggers of the era, but one of the largest employers in all of Seattle. The article outlines the company’s way of taking orders, picking up the alcohol, transporting the goods and delivery.
The article also talks about how Olmstead managed to avoid legal troubles, by keeping police and many other men of power very close and very well paid. He had one man on his team in charge of deciding how much each person received for keeping Olmstead's operation taken care of. The document also provides a more detailed explanation of the process law enforcement used to catch Olmstead once and for all.
http://washingtoncommittee.com/2010/11/23/the-redemption-of-roy-olmstead/
This last web page has an article dedicated to the life Roy Olmstead chose to live while in and there after his time in federal prison. It speaks of how Roy knew what he had done was wrong, and proceeded to find his faith during his incarceration. While in prison, Olmstead enjoyed reading, and one of the books to come into his possession was about Christian Science and its teachings. From then on Olmstead became not only a follower and student of the Christian Science organization, but dedicated the rest of his life to helping others in prison to clean up their lives and be pure again.
The author of the article wants to show readers the other side of Olmstead, the less romanticized and famous side. The website itself has many articles on the teachings of using faith and spirituality for your health, and many articles on the subjects.
www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=4015
This website link gives a large amount of information on Roy Olmstead during the Prohibition Era. The article does have information on his life endeavors after the prohibition, but very little. Most of the article deals with Roy and his alcohol runs from Canada to the United States. Little is known of Roy after prohibition ended and it is only once he becomes a part of another major organization and dedicates his life to Christian Science.
The rest of the website historylink.org has many biographies, histories of cities and timelines through the years. You can click through links to search alphabetically on all sorts of topics, such as: people, races of people, occupations of people, etc. You can also search with a map to zone in on one area of the country and search events and people from that local area.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/media_detail/2082733861-olmstead/
This website, PBS has an article on Roy Olmstead and the video clip used on a television episode about Prohibition. The clip describes how Roy was caught in the beginning and lost his job from the police force in Seattle, and how this opened up to make him even more money and fame as a bigger and better bootlegger. It then goes in to talking about each step of the process getting the alcohol into the United States and on to the buyers.
This link has a whole page full of tabs within the Prohibition area of the PBS website which lead to biographies, photos, articles and more all having to do with just prohibition. The PBS website however covers a vast range of topics which can be found by clicking the PBS icon in the upper left corner. On the PBS home page you can find more videos, kid friendly content, and teaching guides on many topics.
http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/tu_olmstead_bio_olmstead.html
This website focuses on different court cases including Olmstead v. United States. The site has different parts of the case you can look at such as biographies, which Olmstead's had nothing new to tell, as well as narratives, legal questions, arguments and historical documents all related to the case. In each of the tabs under the main tabs you can find links to the different articles which list government materials like constitutional amendments and witness testimonies.
Also to be found on the website should be teaching activities and curriculum ideas, yet once you click the tab to follow to these materials, there is not any documents listed. If the information was present it would help understanding of the topics more and thus be a great learning tool for people trying to become part of the law force or just studying the case.
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/bill_of_rights/case%20materials/olmstead/olmstead_background.pdf
This webpage is a PDF article about Roy Olmstead's legal case. It discusses the background information about the case specifics, such as how many people worked for his underground business and how his business was conducted. The article talks about how deep into society Olmstead's influence extended and how he managed to become not only one of the best bootleggers of the era, but one of the largest employers in all of Seattle. The article outlines the company’s way of taking orders, picking up the alcohol, transporting the goods and delivery.
The article also talks about how Olmstead managed to avoid legal troubles, by keeping police and many other men of power very close and very well paid. He had one man on his team in charge of deciding how much each person received for keeping Olmstead's operation taken care of. The document also provides a more detailed explanation of the process law enforcement used to catch Olmstead once and for all.
http://washingtoncommittee.com/2010/11/23/the-redemption-of-roy-olmstead/
This last web page has an article dedicated to the life Roy Olmstead chose to live while in and there after his time in federal prison. It speaks of how Roy knew what he had done was wrong, and proceeded to find his faith during his incarceration. While in prison, Olmstead enjoyed reading, and one of the books to come into his possession was about Christian Science and its teachings. From then on Olmstead became not only a follower and student of the Christian Science organization, but dedicated the rest of his life to helping others in prison to clean up their lives and be pure again.
The author of the article wants to show readers the other side of Olmstead, the less romanticized and famous side. The website itself has many articles on the teachings of using faith and spirituality for your health, and many articles on the subjects.