T-Men of the Treasury (Dec, 1936)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1936
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1936
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T-Men of the Treasury
OLD Tom Quisenberry, desperado and smuggler, a law unto himself in a remote section of the Virginia coast, unwittingly started the existence of the government “T”-men, sometimes called Trigger men, a new law-enforcement agency of the Treasury department that now bids fair to rival the famous G-men of the Department of Justice.
Old Tom violated a smuggling law in 1934. He then shot and killed Corp. Clarence McClary, Virginia policeman who sought to apprehend him, and wounded George C. Fitzpatrick, treasury enforcement agent.
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