United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Federal Narcotics Inspector Louis L. Marks of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Prohibition Service died of internal injuries from a bus accident near Monroe, Georgia, on October 24, 1924. Inspector Marks was en route to Athens, Georgia, on official business when the accident occurred. He was...

Known as "Jimmy," Narcotic Agent James Thomas Williams of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Prohibition Service was shot and fatally wounded on October 16, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. In the struggle with a suspect, Williams's partner, Narcotic Agent George Howard, accidentally discharged his service revolver, striking...