Q: What kind of liquor was taken in the cell by said prisoner?
A: Duffy’s Malt Whiskey
In November 1888, Private Frank Darlington, company K, 23rd infantry, was court martialed for assisting in the procurement of liquor for prisoners confined in the Fort Mackinac Post Guard House with him. Private Darlington was confined in the guard house at the time for being absent without leave six times in the preceding 14 months! He was found guilty on the liquor charge and dishonorably discharged. This bottle was excavated from the Custer Road dump behind Fort Mackinac.
