Special Agent Edward Billings "Ted" Webb

Special Agent Edward Billings
United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, U.S. Government
Special Agent Edward Billings "Ted" Webb

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, U.S. Government

End of Watch Saturday, October 9, 1926

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Edward Billings "Ted" Webb

Special Agent Ted Webb succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day when he was shot by a suspected bootlegger at Sunderland Hollow in Colchester, Vermont. He and his partner had stopped the vehicle after following it from Swanton. They were preparing to search it when the occupant shot both officers. The suspect was apprehended in New York a few days later.

On November 30, 1926, the suspect, 35, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life. On December 20, 1949, he was paroled.

Special Agent Webb was survived by his wife and three children.

Bio

  • Age 36
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Location Vermont
  • Incident Date Friday, October 8, 1926
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Paroled in 1949

alcohol violation, smuggling

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Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 9, 2021

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