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Known to history as "The Fighting Parson," Reverend J.O.L. Spracklin broke into a notorious Windsor roadhouse one chilly November night in 1920 and shot and killed barkeep Beverly "Babe" Trumble. Easily acquitted by reason of self-defense, he never served a day of time. A provincial liquor license inspector already known for his brash tactics, Spracklin's audacious tactics solidified across North America the Detroit-Windsor borderlands' reputation as the new Wild West -- an uncivilized outpost where whisky flowed freely, warrants were forged on the spot, and ministers toted guns to keep the peace.To the rest of Ontario, a dry province, Spracklin was the saviour they'd been waiting for, the answer to the lawlessness of the Border Cities -- that is, until he shot a man at point blank range.



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