In the autumn of 1932, a 49-year-old white male named Frank Allen Mather, a federal prohibition investigator, met a violent end in Russellville, Kentucky. His death on October 16 was the culmination of a tense and ultimately fatal confrontation with a local official. The incident unfolded during a series of raids on illegal liquor operations in the area.
Mather and his team of fellow prohibition agents had successfully raided a residence, discovering a still and arresting eight individual
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