Issue link: http://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/650208
20 19. In different news articles, the bootlegger was referred to as Eli George Wright, Eli Wright, and George E. Wright. e other bootleggers were identified as Dr. Edward Marks, Miss Rose Trachenberg, and Mrs. Mabel Hawkins. Daniel Ford, a college student and "dry spy," worked undercover, amassing the evidence needed to expose the bootlegging ring. "DRY AGENT, IN GUISE OF CAPITOL WORKER, CAUSES 4 ARRESTS," e Washington Post, Feb. 22, 1925. 20. Cassiday recalled in the Washington Post series that his arrest occurred in 1925; however, the New York Times reported that the arrest was in 1926. "'Dry' Agents Search for Congress Liquor As Alleged Capitol Bootlegger Is Arraigned," New York Times, March 26, 1926. 21. "Bookies As Well As Bootleggers Will Be Driven From Capitol," e Baltimore Sun, Feb. 25, 1925; Cassiday, "20 to 25 Orders Daily Called Fair Capitol Trade by Cassiday," e Washington Post, Oct. 26, 1930. 22. e police officer, in this case, was on the patronage of an unnamed Massachusetts representative, who was most likely opposed to Prohibition. Cassiday, "20 to 25 Orders Daily Called Fair Capitol Trade by Cassiday," e Washington Post, Oct. 26, 1930. 23. Cassiday, "Cassiday, Capitol Bootlegger, Got First Rum Order From Dry," e Washington Post, Oct. 24, 1930. e Hotel Varnum was located on the northwest corner of New Jersey and C streets, SE, on the present-day site of the Long- worth House Office Building. e establishment dated back to at least 1893, when Rand McNally's Handy Guide to Washington (2nd ed., New York, 1897, p. 11) described it as "a small, comfortable house" offering rooms for $2 per night. 24. Cassiday, "Cassiday, Capitol Bootlegger, Got First Rum Order From Dry," e Washington Post, Oct. 24, 1930. 25. Ibid. 26. Cassiday, "'e MAN in the GREEN HAT': Part of Cassiday's Rum Supply Stored in House Office Building," e Washington Post, Oct. 25, 1930. 27. Ibid. 28. Ibid. 29. Cassiday, "'e MAN in the GREEN HAT': Cassiday Reveals Rum Dealings In U.S. Senate Office Building," e Washington Post, Oct. 27, 1930. 30. Ibid. 31. Ibid. 32. Willebrandt, as Assistant U.S. Attorney General in charge of Prohibition cases, was, at that time, the highest-rank- ing woman in the federal government. She wrote a series of New York Times articles, entitled "e Inside of Prohibition," con- cerning lapses in Prohibition enforcement. " THE INSIDE OF PROHIBITION: CHAPTER 11--ARE CONGRESS- MEN ABOVE THE LAW?," New York Times, Aug. 15, 1929; "CURTIS, DORAN PUT DRY SPY IN SENATE OFFICE: Vice President Says He Aided in the Effort to Curb Cassiday," e Washington Post, Nov. 1, 1930; Roger Butts, "Authorities, He Avers, Were Ready to Go Limit in Case," e Washington Post, Nov. 11, 1930. 33. Butts, "Authorities, He Avers, Were Ready to Go Limit in Case," e Washington Post, Nov. 11, 1930. 34. Butts, "Prohibition in the Senate: Butts Tells How Cassiday Sold Him 'Fih of Gin' at Capitol," e Washington Post, Nov. 12, 1930. 35. Ibid. 36. Butts, "Prohibition in the Senate: Cassiday's Arrest and Seizure Of Black Book Bared by Butts," e Washington Post, Nov. 14, 1930. 37. Ibid. 38. "Agents Arrest Another Alleged Bootlegger Just Outside the Senate Office Building," New York Times, Feb. 20, 1930. 39. e Congressional Record, 71st Cong., 2nd sess., Feb. 10, 1930, p.p. 3356-3357. 40. "'Man in the Green Hat' Must Go To Jail as Capitol Bootlegger," e New York Times, Apr. 7, 1931; "PUBLISH 40. 'GREEN HAT' LIST, CARAWAY ASKS: Senator Urges Disclosures, Assails Placing of Agent in Office Building," Washington Post, Nov. 4, 1930; Butts, "Prohibition in the Senate: Cassiday's Arrest and Seizure Of Black Book," Washington Post, Nov. 14, 1930; "CURTIS, DORAN PUT DRY SPY IN SENATE OFFICE: Vice President Says He Aided in the Effort to Curb Cassiday," e Washington Post, Nov. 1, 1930; Peck, Prohibition in Washington, D.C., p. 133. 41. "SAYS BOOTLEGGER SUPPLIES CAPITOL: Rectifier Code Head States 'Man in Green Hat' is Still About Congress," e New York Times, Dec. 16, 1934. 42. Ibid. (Notes, con'd.)