Prohibition Officer Wilbur F. Jacobs

Wilbur F. Jacobs

Prohibition Officer Wilbur Jacobs was shot and killed while participating in a liquor raid in Coke Otto (modern-day New Miami). Officer Jacobs was shot once in the head during the raid. Five days later the suspect was apprehended in Brooksville, Indiana.

The subject, age 30, who shot him was convicted of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died in prison on July 1, 1966.

Prohibition Officer Jacobs had also served as Wayne Township Constable, Butler, Ohio, and as a Court deputy for three and a half years. He was survived by his wife and two children.

He is buried in Miltonville Cemetery, Butler County, Ohio.