Nicholas Koleski

In the autumn of 1920, with the nation in the early grip of Prohibition, the authorities in Grays Harbor, Washington, were embroiled in a determined effort to curb the illicit trade of bootleggers. As their usual plainclothes agents became too well-known, Aberdeen's Chief of Police, Frank O'Brien, sought the assistance of the Seattle-based Revelare Detective Agency. From this agency came Nicholas Koleski, a 22-year-old male of Russian-Polish descent. Despite his youth, Koleski had already garner ...