"Īnd thus Walker (whose hands were clean) was named prohibition administrator for the Western States. Bohner facing trail under accusations of theft of property during bootleg raids, and further arrests expected. “With eight agents of Prohibition Administrator E.R. “Six Accused Dry Agents Freed on bail Shakeup of Force Expected” It seems that while he was away from the Bureau of Prohibition, a scandal irrupted there as well. Which he seems to have done, and soon Lady Luck would once more come to his aid. Thus (more in desperation than for any other reason), he was chosen to become Fresno’s Chief of Police, with instructions to clean up the place. “He served a period (1925-1929) as Chief of Police in Fresno, taking over that job after the Fresno Chief of Police and 13 other Fresno police officers were arrested (themselves) for Prohibition Act violations.” Somehow in 1925 he got involved with the Fresno City Police department, just at the right time and at the right place. And probably would have died a great unknown had (just as in Harry Anslinger’s case) lady luck not interfered. But as for walker (who seems to have believed that the law was a good one), he did his professional best to keep California as free of alcohol as possible. Walker was quoted as saying: “He declared it hardly conceivable that any person would risk a fine up to $1,000 and six months in jail just for the sake of a few drinks” And needless to say we all know what happened next. Yeah! That lasted for a little while too.
Men will walk upright now, women will smile, and the children will laugh. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs.
As he did not drink (even before prohibition), it was only natural that he would be transferred into the Bureau of Prohibition (later on to be called the Bureau of Narcotics, and today known as the D.E.A.).Īt first everything started out ok, and in the words of Billy Sunday He was only 25 when Prohibition was enacted into law. Born in 1885 he went to work for the Internal Revenue Bureau in 1918.
He simply wouldn’t take a bribe no matter what A very unusual thing given the shakedowns cops were notorious for during the days of alcohol prohibition.Ī factor that explains part of Walker’s meteoric rise to prominence during his earlier years. And like Elliot Ness and his untouchables, this guy couldn’t be bought, bribed or sold. Walker was quite an idealist and quite dedicated to his profession of law enforcement. WALKER THE PROHIBITION AGENT – aka William G. Each very different and each varying greatly from one to the next. Walker was probably the most complex individual to come out of the Reefer Madness era.ĭid he take part in the Reefer Madness Campaign - YESĭid he arrest people for Medical Marihuana - YESĪGAIN he was a very complex individual - In a way we can say that there was a William G.
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