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Jacob P. Brandt

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Date of Birth:
1883
Date of Death:
December 09, 1926
Location of Death:
Perry , FL
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Circumstances of Death

Prohibition Agents Jacob Brandt and Walter Mobray were working undercover trying to purchase liquor from J.W. Buchanan, in Taylor County, FL.  After talking with the agents outside his residence, Buchanan went back inside on a ruse of getting the liquor.  However, he returned with a shotgun and revolver and shot both agents.  Agent Brandt died at the scene.  Agent Mobray died four days later in the hospital.  Buchanan was arrested and convicted of murder in 1927.  He died in prison at the age of 78 years, in 1947.

Background

Agent Brandt was appointed a Prohibition Agent on March 2, 1920, with a salary of $1,800 per year.

Personal

Agent Brandt was born in Labing, Denmark.

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