Dayton Ohio - Centerville-Washington History April Speaker Series Program

Centerville-Washington History presents: “Al Fouts: A Bootlegger and Safecracker Who Lived from 1891-1981” as a part of our free speaker series on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There” was the name given to Al Fouts by his attorney when he was a co-defendant of Bugs Moran in a notable Dayton criminal case that took place in 1946. It is also the title of the book which will be the subject of the April presentation and will focus on that trial and the legal/factual twists and turns which led to it and from it. The colorful defense lawyer, Herb Eikenbary, and the co-defendant, Bugs Moran, will also be examined.

The April speaker, David C. Greer, Author and Attorney, has written several books covering the stories of Dayton's legal history. He also co-hosts a podcast by the Dayton Bar Association found on YouTube. Greer, a Dayton native graduated Summa Cum Laude from Yale University in 1959 and Cum Laude from Yale Law School in 1962. On the Monday morning following the receipt of news that he scored first on the Ohio State Bar examination in 1962, he tried his first jury trial. He successfully defended a man who was looking at the risk of decades in the penitentiary. According to David Greer, “It has all been downhill since then! I have tried hundreds of jury trials on every conceivable subject from train wrecks, electrocutions, and explosions to corporate takeovers and capital murders. In short, I have had the good fortune of a front-row seat at the human comedy for the past sixty-one years.”

Join us on Tuesday, April 18, at RecPlex West in the theater, 965 Miamisburg-Centerville Road. This free event has an informal coffee time at 6:30 p.m. followed by the program at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Donations are welcome.  Reservations are not required. 

For more information call 937-433-0123.