1921: Men carrying eight cases of bootleg whisky crash through law-enforcement barricade near Tucson.
Also in 1921: Electric street cars are installed in Mesa.
Also in 1921: Mayor James A. Harrison of Nogales narrowly escapes death when a bullet fired by a policeman at an escaping burglar enters his bedroom window and lodges in the footboard of his bed.
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