https://wideopenevansville.com/omeka/files/original/216c333992948369f113500e604d7999.jpg f20cb978a5b0827af9e1f14f8acf1d53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource U.S. Department of Justice Investigative Records Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence, notes, statements, and reports relating to the Evansville, Indiana whiskey ring conspiracy of 1920. The documents relate to investigations carried on by special agents of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation, into alleged violations of federal laws regarding the transportation and sale of liquor. Description An account of the resource The papers consist of letters from persons in Evansville to government agencies and officials about smuggling and other activities, correspondence of agents with the Bureau’s office in Indianapolis, notes kept by agents of their investigations, lists of suspects, and copies of statements made by witnesses and suspects. There are some copies of reports submitted by the agents as to the use of their information in courts of law, along with a considerable number of copies of receipts for purchases of whiskey and beer from establishments in Kentucky. Much of the criminal activity being investigated seems to have centered around the transportation of whiskey and beer from Kentucky into Evansville and other nearby Indiana locations and the maintenance of "common nuisances." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://catalog.archives.gov/id/38222911 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Unrestricted Language A language of the resource English, US Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 04-14-1920 Subpoena List.jpg Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource R. Erick Jones Kohlmeier Mingst