The Bahama Queen by Gertrude Cleo Letko

Gertrude Cleo Letko worked as a smuggler in the 1920s and 1930s. She was caught by the U.S. Coast Guard with 400 cases of whiskey on board her ship, Tomaka. Her story made headlines around the world where she tried to get away from it. The Bahama Queen passed away at the age of 86 in 1974 in Los Angeles. Back to Mail Online home. Back to the page you came from.