Constable Edward Price

Edward Price

Constable Edward Price asked Bill Herron, age 23, to stop shooting dice at the Winfield Train Depot. Arthur Sanders, age 38, the step-father of Bill Herron, then came up behind Constable Price, and Sanders, using a long jagged knife, cut, stabbed and almost decapitated Constable Price. Price died at the scene within minutes.

Arthur Sanders was tried, convicted, and sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison for the murder. He died in prison April 20, 1940. Bill Herron was sentenced to eight years in prison for his part in the murder. He was released June 7, 1937.

Price was survived by his wife, Claudie, and an adopted son, Clarence Trussell, age 18. Price is buried in the Talco City Cemetery, Talco, Titus County, Texas.