Officer Says It is a hoax.
IRON RIVER, Mich.
With 16 federal agents there hasn't been such a hoax put over on the country since the fake armistice report as this report of the 'rum rebellion' in Iron county," said District Attorney Martin McDonough in an interview today with a staff correspondent of the Milwaukee Journal. Continuing, McDonough said:
"There is no rebellion in Iron county. Prohibition is being enforced to the limit and my office is giving the federal agents every aid possible.
"I wired the governor and the attorney general of the state and the attorney general of the federal government at Washington today demanding a full and complete investigation as to who started the report of this so-called rebellion."
Mr. McDonough said the seized wine was maintained in the men's home, their residence being above the store, and that after being tried in the state court in connection with ownership of the same wine, the Stalcuzzis were found not guilty of violating the prohibition laws.
Iron River is a small village in the mining country a few miles north of the Wisconsin line. The population largely is composed of Italians and Sicilians and much "boolegging" has been reported there recently. 