U.S. vs. Frank "Chee Chee" DeMayo, Robert Carnahan and B. E. Rector: Indictment
Indictment in Criminal Case No. 8046: United States vs. Frank "Chee Chee" DeMayo, Robert Carnahan and B. E. Rector, defendants. The defendants were charged with conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act by selling "intoxicating liquors fit for beverage purposes." The men were charged in three counts: Count I describes several sales of bourbon, Scotch, and other alcohol to James Kominakis, including the delivery of a purchase to Omaha, Nebraska, and the maintainence of an office for this business in the Kansas City Life building; Count II charges that the defendants bottled distilled spirits, stamped them with counterfeit strip stamps, and then sold those falsely-stamped bottles to Jason Kominakis; Count III makes additional charges regarding bottling and counterfeiting strip stamps and the sale of falsely-stamped bottles.