On Halloween night , 1920 , Mrs. Spracklin narrowly escaped death when the Spracklins ' manse was sprayed with bullets , presumably on the behalf of persons in the illicit liquor trade disadvantaged by Spracklin and his men .
On Halloween night , 1920 , Mrs. Spracklin narrowly escaped death when the Spracklins ' manse was sprayed with bullets . 
 It was assumed that this incident was perpetrated on the behalf of persons in the illicit liquor trade disadvantaged by Spracklin and his men .