Chapter Fifteen
The QueenNorthern Vermont
June 10, 1926
It took the convoy a little over five hours to drive the 126 miles from Whitehall to Richford. Although Kelly could have driven that route much faster in the Packard, he was constrained by the top speed of the slowest truck in the convoy: twenty-five miles per hour. Kelly instructed his men to camp outside Richford while Costello and Moyer accompanied him in the Packard. As they drove on toward East Richford, Kelly continued Costello’s education.
“In Vermont, Prohibition was passed in 1850. Since liquor remained legal in Canada, Vermonters would drive up there to drink, and little towns like Richford sprang up along the Vermont-Canadian border to fill this demand.” Kelly continued, “I’m taking you to an establishment that was bui
