Four South Carolina Prohibition Agents Suspended for Shooting at YWCA Ladies, April 21, 1923

Suspension 60 Days Pay for Agents in Car Pistol Attack. . . Agents Who Shot at Miss Bowen and Miss Gwynn’s Car Suspended for Attack. . . Commissioner Hayes Ordered This Step

Washington, April 21—Four South Carolina prohibition agents who shot at an automobile containing two Asheville N.C. Young Womens Christian Association workers on the Greenville-Asheville pike on April 8th were suspended for 60 days by prohibition commissioner Haynes. The agents suspended are Thomas Tolbert, acting state director; Leon Queen, acting head of the South Carolina field forces; J.H. Painter, and M.L. Wright. Suspensions without pay for 60 days were recommended by Haynes and approved by the Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair, in response to public resentment against the conduct of the agents.

The young women in the car were Misses Bowen and Mary Gwynn. Miss Mary Gwynn is the daughter of Rev. P.H. Gwynn of Leaksville, N.C.

From the front page of the Tri-City Daily Gazette, Leaksville, N.C., Saturday, April 21, 1921