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William Joseph Jackson Jr

Case from Elizabeth-city, NC dated Mar 08, 1938

Victim Details

William Joseph Jackson Jr

Male

White / Caucasian

Elizabeth-city

NC

1938-03-08

William

Joseph Jackson Jr

07/15/2026

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Special Agent William Joseph Jackson Jr., aged 43, was born in Plymouth, North Carolina, and served with the Bureau of Prohibition. On March 8, 1938, he was conducting surveillance on Highway 17, along the Virginia-North Carolina border, with Officer John Estes of the Norfolk, Virginia Police Department. They were following a Buick sedan occupied by Joe Thomas West and Bernard E. Royals, two known bootleggers, who were suspected of transporting illicit whiskey.

As Agent Jackson alighted f ...
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