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Federal Prohibition Agent Howell J. Lynch | United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government

Federal Prohibition Agent

Howell J. Lynch

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Prohibition Unit, U.S. Government

End of Watch: Thursday, July 6, 1922

Bio & Incident Details

Age: Not available

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Location: Tennessee

Incident Date: 7/6/1922

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Never identified

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Federal Prohibition Agent Howell Lynch was shot and killed while raiding a still near Gainsboro, Tennessee, with a local deputy sheriff.

The raiding party was fired on from ambush and Agent Lynch was killed. No suspects were ever identified in his murder.

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Special Agent Lynch, today marks the 86th anniversary of your murder while doing your job. You took on an unpopular law and no matter how you personally may have felt about it; it was the law and your job to enforce it. It’s sad that it cost you your life and took you from those who loved you. We can only hope that those responsible faced true justice for their crimes, if not in this life, then in the next. YOU are a hero.

God Bless and may you continue to Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.
July 6, 2008

 

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