 In the decades of prohibition on the Niagara Frontier, between 100 and 150 people were killed in Mafia-related slayings; another 125-150 people died from drinking poisoned alcohol.But while many of Montana's associates were involved in bootlegging, the Councilman was never publicly linked to the alcohol trade until after the ""Noble Experiment"" of Prohibition was proven a failure and repealed.During the decade of illegal alcohol, Montana's important role with Stefano Magaddino's Mafia Family was never discovered.