BANDITS RAID GOVERNMENT WHISKEY WAREHOUSE, MAKE OFF WITH 60 BARRELS
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On January 28, 1924, The Associated Press reports twenty to thirty bandits raided the distillery in Hammond*, Indiana which was used as a government warehouse.
According to three guards, the bandits forced them to drink whiskey "until they were thoroughly intoxicated" and then made off with sixty barrels.
The Prohibition agent in Northern Indiana, James E. Browne, alerted Chicago police that the bandits were bound for the Windy City.
*Hammond is located in Lake County, Indiana, the only city in the state which borders Chicago. Hammond is part of the Chicago metro area. The Pullman Company built M4 Sherman tanks here during WWII.
SOURCE
"Force Rum Guards To Get Drunk; Band Steals Sixty Barrels," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 28, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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