Samuel Leeper

Death by Force

Investigator Samuel Leeper, aged 50, was shot and killed on July 31, 1940, in Marion, Tennessee. Leeper, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was a Special Agent with the Bureau of Prohibition, part of the United States Department of the Treasury. He was involved in a raid targeting a cache of illicit liquor in Marion County, Tennessee. During the raid, Leeper and his fellow agents were ambushed by members of the McNabb family, who were well-known local bootleggers.

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