Federal Prohibition Agent James Edmund Bowdoin, also known as "Pistol Pete," was tragically killed on February 16, 1925, in Caryville, Florida. Bowdoin was conducting a moonshining investigation along the Choctawhatchee River with other agents when they discovered a 10-gallon still on a barge. As they examined the still, another boat arrived carrying three armed suspects. A gunfight ensued, resulting in the deaths of Agent Bowdoin and one of the suspects, Houston Harris. Two other suspects, Harv
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