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John Foley

Case from St Paul, MN dated Oct 26, 1921

Victim Details

John Foley

Male

White / Caucasian

St Paul

MN

1921-10-26

24

John

Foley

07/16/2026

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John Thomas Foley, a 24-year-old White male, was a dedicated Prohibition Agent with a promising future ahead of him. A proud veteran of the U.S. Army who had served in World War I, he had been with the Prohibition Unit for only ten months before his untimely death. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was married and had a child.

On the evening of October 26, 1921, Foley was part of a federal raid on the Elmo Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota, an establishment suspected of housing illegal liquor ...
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