Montezuma County Sheriff's Office, Colorado
End of Watch Monday, July 15, 1935
Add to My HeroesWilliam Wesley Dunlap
Sheriff William Dunlap was shot and killed with his own weapon when he was overpowered by two prisoners and shot. Both prisoners were brothers responsible for the starvation death of an aged sheepman they had robbed, gagged, tied up, and then left to die in his cabin. Sheriff Dunlap was transporting the prisoners from Glenwood Springs to Cortez for a trial when they overpowered him in San Migual County.
On February 14th, 1936, one of the brothers, 30, was executed in the gas chamber. The other brother, 18, was convicted of two counts of murder, and sentenced to two life terms. As of 1950 he was in prison.
Bio
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Officer's handgun
- Offender One executed
Most Recent Reflection
View all 8 ReflectionsAs the current Sheriff in Montezuma County, Colorado, and a Peace Officer here in southwest Colorado for 40 years, I learned about and have honored all who have made the ultimate sacrifice. After Sheriff Dunlap was killed, a plaque in his honor was mounted in a wall design in the Montezuma County Courthouse honoring his service, where the Sheriff's Office was once located. When I took office in 2015, I had the plaque removed and is now mounted for public display at the current location of the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office located at 730 East Driscoll Street in Cortez, Colorado, where it belongs for all who enter to view, know and remember.
Sheriff Steven D. Nowlin
Montezuma County Sheriff
May 18, 2017
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