Sheriff Edwin Blair Butler, Alleghany County Sheriff's Office, Virginia

Sheriff Edwin Blair Butler

Alleghany County Sheriff's Office, Virginia

End of Watch Saturday, August 12, 1922

Edwin Blair Butler

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.

Bio

Age 50
Tour 3 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Wednesday, August 9, 1922
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Sentenced to life

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R.I.P. Brother, your sacrifice will never be forgotten. Thank you for going where others would not go and doing what others would be scared to do. Tonight 90 years after you left us, "A" shift dedicates our watch to you, Sheriff Butler.

SGT. J.L. SLAUGHTER
RADFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT, VA

August 12, 2012