I was pleased to read Richard Hamm's piece on prohibitionists and violence, and would like to hear more. I'm working on a dissertation on the early prohibition campaigns in Texas and have run across quite a few references to violence against prohibition advocates. In fact, I working on a chapter[article?] now entitled "'The Blood of the Mighty Dead Has Stained Me!': Eggs and Honor in the 1887 Texas Prohibition Campaign," concering an event in which a number of prohibition speakers were egged during a rally. It is my sense that violence against prohibitionists was perceived to be important at the time. Both prohibitionists and 'antis' expressed concern for the safety of prohibitionists (perhaps with different motives). Moreover (in response to Joseph Lunders question) it appears that indeed "the murders facilitated the movement's mobilzation narratives," or as one Texas prohibitionist pointed out, "a cause with martyrs never fails." Two other quick points: (1) It seems to me that it would be pretty easy to distinguish between bootleg- and prohibition-related violence. If prohibitionists were agitating in wet areas for the suppression of legal liquor, why would bootleggers wish them harm? It is the providers and consumers of legal liquor who are most likely to suffer from prohibition. I will defer to Richard Hamm on issues regarding bootlegging, though. (2) Roderick Dhu Gambrell's status as a temperance martyr was disputed by the anti-prohibitionists. They said he was murdered because of his intemperate [sorry] editorials. The pros had an interesting, southern response: If his killer was indeed a man of aggreived honor, he would have approached Gambrell and challenged him. Instead, Gambrell was ambushed by several individuals and not given an opportunity to defend himself. Therefore he was killed for his prohibitionist stance. I'm looking for a forum for my paper. Might not some of us put together a panel on this stuff? James Ivy Ph.D. candidate, History of American Civilization, Harvard; occasional Teaching Associate, University of Texas at San Antonio [log in to unmask]