Federal Prohibition Agent Albert Louis Brown died on June 9, 1930, in Modoc County, California, under tragic circumstances. On that day, Agent Brown, along with his colleague Agent Robert Davis, was attempting to arrest Rodney Selby for violating the National Prohibition Act. Selby, who operated the Indian Springs filling station, had just sold the agents four shots of liquor. As the agents moved to handcuff him, Selby grabbed a .25 caliber handgun from behind the counter and began firing wildly
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