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Federal William Frank Porter

Case from Camp Creek, WV dated Jun 20, 1925

Victim Details

Federal William Frank Porter

Male

White / Caucasian

Camp Creek

WV

1925-06-20

39

Federal

William Frank Porter

08/20/2026

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William Frank Porter, a 39-year-old White/Caucasian male, was serving as a federal Prohibition agent when he was killed on June 20, 1925, at Camp Creek, West Virginia. Porter worked for the United States Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service Prohibition Unit, the federal force charged with enforcing national liquor laws during Prohibition. By that morning he had spent several years in the dangerous work of locating illicit distilleries and enforcing federal alcohol laws. He had j ...
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