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Federal Elmer Guy Cole

Case from Lexington, KY dated Dec 15, 1922

Victim Details

Federal Elmer Guy Cole

Male

White / Caucasian

Lexington

KY

1922-12-15

41

Federal

Elmer Guy Cole

07/09/2026

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In the winter of 1922, Federal Prohibition Agent Elmer Guy Cole, a 36-year-old man, found himself embroiled in a deadly conflict with a notorious family of moonshiners in the hills of Kentucky. His death on December 15th of that year was the culmination of a violent series of events that had begun only days earlier, painting a grim picture of the dangers faced by law enforcement during the era of Prohibition.

The saga began when another Federal Prohibition Agent, Robert Duff, was killed i ...
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