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Narcotics Inspector Charles Archibold, also known as "Arch" Wood, was a 35-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity who served with the United States Department of the Treasury - Prohibition Service. On the night of March 21, 1921, Inspector Wood and Federal Prohibition Agent Stafford Beckett were shot and killed near El Paso, Texas, while raiding a still with seven other agents. Federal officers had received a tip that a load of 23 cases of liquor was to be sent across the border to a hog ranch in ...Read More
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Victim Details

Narcotics Inspector Charles Archibold Arch Wood

Male

White / Caucasian

El-paso

TX

2021-03-21

35

Narcotics

Inspector Charles Archibold

11/13/2025