Prohibition Officer Robert Oliver Gary

Robert Oliver Gary

Prohibition Officer Robert Gary was shot and killed while serving a search warrant at Olney's Cafe in Hamilton, Ohio. Officer Gray and his brother Fred, who also served as a prohibition officer, were attempting to serve a warrant to the subject when the man opened fire on Officer Robert Gray -- striking him once in the neck and killing him.

The suspect was charged with first-degree murder but was later acquitted. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1927.

Officer Gary was survived by his wife and brother and was reportedly buried in Ashtabula, Ohio.