Irby Scruggs

Death by Force

Irby U. Scruggs, born in 1871, was a Federal Prohibition Agent who tragically died on April 30, 1921, in Knox County, Tennessee. Scruggs was among the first prohibition agents assembled to enforce the Volstead Act, which took effect on January 16, 1920. On the day of his death, Scruggs and a local officer had stopped an automobile and seized a quantity of liquor. While transporting the seized liquor back to their office, the local officer began drinking the liquor. Scruggs ordered him to stop, l ...Read More

Irby U. Scruggs | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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