Alleghany County Sheriff's Office, Virginia
End of Watch: Saturday, August 12, 1922
Age: 50
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 9, 1922
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life
Sheriff Edwin Blair Butler was shot while he and two other officers were serving a search warrant on a suspected moonshine operation on August 9, 1922.
Sheriff Butler was taken to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hospital in Clifton Forge where he died of his injuries on August 12, 1922.
His murderer was arrested the next month and at trial was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Sheriff Butler had been elected to the Office of Sheriff in 1919. He was survived by his wife and four children.