With hills studded with whiskey stills and cisterns brimming over with
beer, Glen Rose operated in concerted defiance of one of Prohibition's
chief champions, Governor Pat Neff. In 1923, Neff dispatched Texas
Rangers and undercover agents to do the job of the unwilling local law
enforcement. More than fifty men were arrested, including the sheriff
and the county prosecutor. Outraged, the town's most prominent citizens
stalked the Rangers and their agents, assassinating the primary
operative in an ambush and further escalating the affair. Author Martin
Brown follows the frenzy of the raid and its aftermath.