Federal Jesse Leroy Youmans

Death by Force

Federal Prohibition Agent Jesse Leroy Youmans was tragically killed on April 3, 1923, near Hartsville, South Carolina. Agent Youmans, along with several other prohibition agents, was conducting surveillance on an illegal moonshine still. The agents had positioned themselves under the cover of darkness, waiting for the moonshiners to arrive and begin their work. As the suspects started working on the still, one of the agents accidentally stepped on a twig, creating a noise that alerted the moonsh ...Read More

Federal Prohibition Agent Jesse Leroy Youmans