Shades of Green in a Dry Town
"The Man in the Green Hat" was the most famous bootlegger in the capital, and perhaps the country, after his five-part expose on his exploits supplying Congress with alcohol ran in the Washington Post in 1930. While George Cassiday found no reason to carry a gun, other liquor outlaws did, as Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont found out in 1924. Caught in the crossfire of gun battle near the Capitol building, he was shot in the head and never completely recovered. More civilized outlaws operated out of "The Little Green House." During Harding's administration, his cronies set up a lucrative business selling permits for legal medicinal alcohol.
"Cactus Jack," aka Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, ran a speakeasy for colleagues out of a Capitol office he called the "Board of Education."
Comments
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
(16)
July (16)
(31)
August (31)
(30)
September (30)
(31)
October (31)
(30)
November (30)
(31)
December (31)
|
(31)
January (31)
(29)
February (29)
(31)
March (31)
(10)
April (10)
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
|