THE "G" MEN Mystery Cache

They called it the “Roaring Twenties” for a reason. Throughout the 1920s, America’s lawmen struggled to uphold the law as prohibition fueled the growth of organized crime and bootlegging became the newest pastime for thugs and thieves. When the stock market crashed, the Great Depression brought hard times to America. And those hard times created even harder criminals. The 1930s exploded into a Golden Age for bank robbers, bandits and gangsters.

Caught in one of the most violent periods in American history, local law enforcement officers needed help, and they needed it quick. Luckily, just as the crime epidemic threatened to overtake them, a new breed of federal law enforcer arrived. America needed someone to fight back. They got the G-Men.

Marching into harm’s way, Federal Agents, led by J. Edgar Hoover, became symbols of strength and determination. And as notorious crooks, such as Al Capone, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, fell, the courageous G-Men (short for “Government Men”) became true heroes of law enforcement. And as they continued to bust up rural and big city crime waves, the G-Men became part of popular mythology. For a disillusioned and downtrodden nation, the G-Men became folk heroes.