f jazz and blues gave the perfect soothing atmosphere, which lured many Americans to huddle into the dingy saloons. People against the Prohibition began converting their cellars into local speakeasies and turning into common criminals by harboring the illegal intoxicating beverages. In addition, attempts to shut down the normal saloons just increased the amounts of speakeasies; "There were twice as many speak easies in Rochester, New York, as saloons closed by Prohibition" (Thorton, 4). Prohibition brought common citizens to extreme lengths of not getting in trouble with the law with their cunning schemes to hide liquor. "They used hip flasks, false books, coconut shells, hot water bottles and garden hoses
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