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Charles Howell

Case from Limestone, AL dated Jul 17, 1921

Victim Details

Charles Howell

Male

Limestone

AL

1921-07-17

42

Charles

Howell

06/23/2026

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In the summer of 1921, on July 17th, a Prohibition Agent by the name of Charles Howell, a 42-year-old male, met an untimely and violent end in Limestone County, Alabama. His death came not in a bustling city or a notorious speakeasy, but in the rural landscape where the illicit production of alcohol thrived in defiance of the nation's new laws.

Agent Howell, along with several of his fellow agents, had just concluded a raid on an illegal still. The operation was a success in the eyes of t ...
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  • Charles E. Howell | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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