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Ballard White Turner

Case from Vancouver, WA dated Sep 29, 1932

Victim Details

Ballard White Turner

Male

White / Caucasian

Vancouver

WA

1932-09-29

35

Ballard

White Turner

07/14/2026

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In the late afternoon of September 29, 1932, a dedicated Prohibition Agent named Ballard White Turner, a 35-year-old Caucasian male, found his life cut tragically short in the wooded outskirts of Vancouver, Washington. Working alongside his partner, Agent Ernest Vlasich, Turner was in the midst of an undercover operation, a seemingly routine attempt to purchase illicit moonshine whiskey from a local man named Jesse Cousins. The agents had arranged the buy at Cousins' home, situated about 25 mile ...
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