Stan Sawicki (died February 1924) was a Bureau of Prohibition agent and the partner of Agents Nelson Van Alden and Joel Clarkson. Sawicki was a corrupt agent, working for Enoch Thompson and Mickey Doyle; he was killed by rival bootlegger Elmer Borst in February 1924.
Biography[]
Sawicki in 1923
Stan Sawicki was of Polish stock, and he joined the Bureau of Prohibition to fight against bootleggers during Prohibition. In 1921, he was partnered with Agent Joel Clarkson and sent to serve under Special Agent Nelson Van Alden in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where they worked to fight against Enoch Thompson and his organization. Sawicki and Clarkson became suspicious of Van Alden when Clarkson revealed that he had discovered some dealings between Van Alden and bootlegger Mickey Doyle, and the two headed to a distillery near Atlantic City to make some arrests and investigate. The warehouse was blown up by Thompson's hitman Owen Sleater, mortally wounding Clarkson.
Corruption[]
After Van Alden's flight to Cicero, Illinois due to the discovery of his murder of Agent Eric Sebso, Sawicki replaced him as commanding officer in Atlantic City. He was corrupt, dealing with men like Thompson and Doyle. Thompson hired Sawicki to help him in tracking down liquor thief Rowland Smith, and Sawicki succeeded; he was paid by Thompson in return. Sawicki was later hired to assist Owen Sleater during his hit attempt on Joe Masseria, and he barely escaped the chaos that ensued.
Downfall[]
Sawicki's death
Sawicki was later given a partner, Agent Warren Knox, who was secretly an FBI agent named James Tolliver; Tolliver became aware of Sawicki's corruption due to his bragging, and he decided to lure him into a trap. He advised Sawicki to collect protection money from bootlegger Elmer Borst, who wanted to avoid trouble with the law. Sawicki opened the door of Borst's home, unaware that it was rigged with a shotgun. Sawicki was mortally wounded by the booby trap, and Tolliver shot Borst in the head. Tolliver informed Sawicki that he would call for help after he recovered from his "emotional distress", watching as Sawicki choked to death on his own blood.