George L. Cassidy knew every nook and cranny of Capitol Hill.

The desks and drawers and bookshelves and Senators offices, the underground poker room,

the doorways guarded by the Capitol Police.

He was clean, shaven, baby-faced.

In his late 20s, early 30s, he was smartly dressed.

High vest, fedora, shined shoes that clicked on the marble floors.

He had keys to Congressman's offices and his own Stoweway spot in the Cannon House office building.

Cassidy was a bootlecker who supplied Congress with illegal liquor during prohibition.

In 1930, facing felony charges and with little to lose, Cassidy wrote a series of exposés

for The Washington Post, sharing all the scandalous details from his decade of congressional

bootlegging.

Over six installments, he revealed that many of the very same lawmakers who had written

into the Constitution in amendment banning alcohol production and distribution were ducking

the law themselves.

Cassidy's tale highlighted the hypocrisy and failure of prohibition.

And it helped Stoweq a nationwide backlash against the amendment.

The title of his exposé in the post was based on his nickname.

This series was called The Man in the Green Hat and these are the opening lines.

October 24, 1930, The Washington Post.

For nearly ten years, I've been supplied liquor at the Order of United States Senators

and Representatives at their offices at Washington.

On Capitol Hill, I am known as The Man in the Green Hat.

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