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The Battle of Crooked River

It was necessary for those who participated in the Battle of Crooked River to flee the State of Missouri with very little time to prepare for their journey to Illinois. After these brethren ran out of food, what did they live on?

A)     They fished and hunted

B)     Road kill

C)     Manna

D)     Slippery Elm bark

Yesterday’s answer:

(B) Samuel Cowley

In July 1934, Samuel P. Cowley, a member of the Church and head of the Bureau of Investigation’s anti gangster unit, supervises the capture of John Dillinger, a notorious gangster in Chicago. In the process, Dillinger is killed during a gun battle.

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 144.

Additional information:

 During a gun battle between FBI agents and gangster George “Baby Face” Nelson, Inspector Samuel P. Cowley, the first LDS agent in the FBI and the head of the anti gangster unit, is mortally wounded. Cowley continues firing his weapon as he falls to the ground and kills Nelson. Cowley dies the following day (November 27, 1934).

Richard Neitzel Holzapfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 231.

 

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