James Mcguiness

Death by Force

In the winter of 1920, the lifeless body of a 37-year-old male, Federal Prohibition Agent James Francis McGuiness, was discovered floating near the shore of Newark Bay in Bayonne, New Jersey. His death was not of natural causes; a single gunshot wound to the head told a grim story of a fatal encounter with unknown assailants. Agent McGuiness was among the first wave of agents hired to enforce the National Prohibition Act, a dangerous line of work in an era of rampant bootlegging and organized cr ...Read More

James F. McGuiness | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Federal Prohibition Agent James Francis McGuiness