Robert G. Anderson, a 41-year-old male Prohibition Agent and Warehouse Agent, was killed in the line of duty on April 16, 1923, in Hammond, Indiana. Assigned to the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury Anderson was stationed at the Hammond Distillery located at 150th Street and Calumet Avenue. His primary responsibility was to guard the facility’s inventory of liquor, a high-value target for organized crime groups during the volatile Prohibition era.
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