Does anyone have any information on Joe or Buck Hochderffer - served time in Leavenworth Penitentiary in 1920's? Joe was born 1n 1900 and Buck in about 1906. Lived in Tonkawa, OK.

Question:
Was Joe a bootlegger?

Choices:
In Oklahoma.
In Kansas.

 

Leavenworth, KS Federal Prison list:
38631 Hochderffer Buck
38629 Hochderffer Jos. H.
Joseph Herbert Hochderffer, b. 1900 died 1977
wife Edna (Smith) 1902 to 1964.
Buried Fairview/Apache Cemetery, OK

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Thank you so much for the information. I had found their names on the Leavenworth records online, but I will see if I can contact them for more information. I was hoping someone would know of the Hochderffers involvement in bootlegging in the 1920'30's. Thanks again!