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| Sheriff Ward D. Allen
Edgefield County Sheriff's Department
South Carolina
End of Watch: Sunday, November 16, 1941 Biographical Info
Age: 55
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, November 16, 1941
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1943 Sheriff Ward Allen was shot and killed and Deputy Sheriff William Clark was shot and fatally wounded when they attempted to arrest a man and his wife wanted in a contract killing.
When Sheriff Allen and Deputy Clark arrived at the couples home they were ambushed by them and shot. Sheriff Allen was killed instantly. Deputy Clark died two days later.
Both suspects, along with a third man who was involved in the contract killing, were arrested and executed in the electric chair January 15, 1943.
Deputy Clark's brother, the ex-sheriff of Edgefield County, was appointed to succeed Sheriff Allen. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
