Photograph of Chief Prohibition Investigator W.A Green. Investigators went beyond traditional policing practices and began to conduct undercover work in order to stop bootlegging rings.
State directors and division chiefs group photo. Prohibition agents were stationed nation wide in an organized attempt to stop alcohol manufacturing on the local level
Prohibition agents were commonly looking to stop illegal interstate alcohol rings. Attempts to stop this trafficking could become dangerous such as in this case. With the driver killed by the impact, agents were left to confiscated the illegal…
The Volstead Act primarily concerned the manufacturing and sale of alcohol. Prohibition agent were tasked to focus on illegal distilleries and transportation.