Hamilton, Ohio, November 23, 1925.

State Prohibition Officers swept into the city last night and left in their wake a trail

of wrecked cafes.

At 338 Court Street, accompanied by county and city officials,

state men are said to have been resisted by George Fat Rassman proprietor. No liquor was found in any

cafes. Acting under orders from the State Prohibition Department, the officers went to work to demolish all the iron doors in the cafes, and local authorities received instructions to continue the cleanup today.

There are more barred and steel doors in cafes in Hamilton than in any city of its size in the state, said S.A. Probst, Deputy State

Prohibition Commissioner, when he arrived in Hamilton Sunday night, to launch the drive to have such

doors taken from their cafes, either by persuasion or by force. To date, three steel doors have been found. The first was found in the

cafe at 328 Court Street, in which O.T. Wells shot a prohibition officer Saturday night.

The second steel door was found when state officers forced their way into the Crystal Cafe

at Central Avenue and Walnut Street

Sunday night. Skinner said that when officers arrived at the crystal, they saw several men leave the

place, locking the front door behind them. Officers broke open the door on the street, and with a heavy

iron bar forced open a steel-lined door at the rear of the cafe.

Skinner said no liquor was found, but it was believed liquor had been there.

From the Crystal Cafe, officers went to the Dunlap Cafe at 338 Court Street,

only a few feet from the scene of the murder Saturday night.

Skinner was the first to go to the door of the cafe.

He said he met George Rassman, and there he looked into the muzzle of a revolver which was

more than a foot long held by Rassman.

Skinner did not pull his revolver, but instead ordered Rassman to put down his weapon.

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