West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia
End of Watch: Thursday, March 11, 1926
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: March 11, 1926
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Shank
Suspect Info: Executed in 1926
Prison Guard Earl Langfitt was stabbed to death at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
He was stabbed by an inmate whom he had reprimanded for misconduct in the prison dining hall.
The 44-year-old inmate, serving a life sentence for murder, was convicted of Guard Langfitt's murder and hanged at Moundsville Penitentiary on September 10, 1926.