Lemuel Cuffy (played by Franklin Ojeda Smith) is a Deacon of the Shiloh Baptist Church in the Northside. He is a supporter of Chalky White as a community leader. Cuffy witnesses Prohibition Agent Nelson Van Alden drowning his partner Eric Sebso.
Biography
Background
Season 1
Cuffy witnesses Nelson Van Alden's murder of Eric Sebso during his week of miracles event but he is afraid to come forward because he knows Van Alden is a Prohibition Agent.
Season 2
During a city wide strike by African American workers one of Cuffy's parishioners (Harlan) gets temporary work as a valet for Nucky Thompson. Harlan tells Nucky about Van Alden's murder of Sebso when he learns that Van Alden is going to testify against Nucky. Harlan puts Cuffy in touch with Nucky's lawyer Bill Fallon and they approach Assistant US Attorney Esther Randolph together. Cuffy is present when she tries to have Van Alden arrested he shoots a federal investigator and flees. ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
Relationships
- Chalky White: Community leader
- Dunn Purnsley: Murderer (deceased)
- Wilfred: Community meeting chairman
- Nucky Thompson: Atlantic County Treasurer
- Harlan: Parishioner
- Nelson Van Alden: Prohibition agent and murderer
Memorable Quotes
- “It is joy for the just to do justice.” (Proverbs 21:15, recited to Van Alden in "Under God's Power She Flourishes")
Appearances
| Season two appearances | |||
| 21 | Ourselves Alone | A Dangerous Maid | What Does the Bee Do? |
| Gimcrack & Bunkum | The Age of Reason | Peg of Old | Two Boats and a Lifeguard |
| Battle of the Century | Georgia Peaches | Under God's Power She Flourishes | To the Lost |