West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration
Prohibition Officer Ell Watkins
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Monday, June 27, 1932
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Edward Hensley
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Tuesday, August 16, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Everett Adams
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Wednesday, July 27, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Gustavus James Simmons
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Monday, July 11, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer David "George" Ball
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Saturday, June 20, 1925
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Prohibition Officer William Holand Wolford
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Tuesday, December 9, 1924
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Prohibition Officer Leander M. Cook
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Saturday, November 15, 1924
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Walter E. Blake
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Sunday, October 28, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Mose Elswick
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Sunday, September 23, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Commissioner Thomas E. Rutherford
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Sunday, February 25, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer John Luther "Lew" Maddy
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer William Meade
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Sunday, February 12, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Prohibition Officer Will Farley
West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV
EOW: Monday, August 11, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 13
- Gunfire 12
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
By Month
- February 2
- June 2
- July 3
- August 2
- September 1
- October 1
- November 1
- December 1
By Gender
- Male 13
- Female 0
Predecessor Agencies