Ambrose Smith

In the summer of 1925, a dedicated 39-year-old White male officer, Detective Ambrose M. Smith of the Roanoke City Police Department, found himself on the front lines of the nation's struggle with Prohibition. On the evening of July 1st, he, along with Patrolman William Terry and Patrolman Clyde Morgan, descended upon a house at the corner of Shenandoah Avenue and 22nd Street, NW, to conduct a liquor raid. The officers methodically surrounded the residence, their presence a clear message to the o ...