Federal Jesse R

Death by Force

In the late autumn of 1921, a 45-year-old White/Caucasian man named Jesse R. Johnson, a Prohibition Agent, found himself in the midst of the dangerous and often violent world of illegal liquor enforcement. Having joined the Prohibition Unit only two months prior, on September 12, 1921, he was part of a team conducting a series of raids on illicit stills in Saline County, Arkansas. The untamed rural landscapes of Arkansas were a hotbed for moonshining operations, and the agents of the Prohibition ...Read More

Federal Prohibition Agent Jesse R. Johnson

Jesse R. Johnson | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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