In the winter of 1931, the roads weaving through the landscape near Alexandria, Louisiana, were arteries for the illicit liquor trade. On December 18th, Prohibition Agent Eugene Joseph Pearce, a 39-year-old White male, was on patrol with his fellow agents, Paul Hornaday and W. H. Chilton. Their mission was to intercept the very individuals who flouted the nation's prohibition on alcohol. On this day, they spotted a Ford Touring car tearing down the road at a high speed. Behind the wheel was Ches
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