Bio & Incident Details
Age: 34
Tour: 3 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/26/1927
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Arrested
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Prohibition Officer Everett Adams was shot and killed by four men who had held a grudge against him due to his work as a prohibition officer.
Officer Adams was walking along a road in the Harts section of Logan County when he was accosted. One of the men held him at gunpoint as a second disarmed him. The armed man then opened fire on him, striking him four times as he attempted to flee.
He was taken to a nearby house where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Officer Adams had served with the West Virginia Department of Prohibition for only a few months. He was survived by his wife, three children, and six siblings.
