Guard Ed Samuelson
Wyoming Department of Corrections, Wyoming
End of Watch Friday, November 1, 1907
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Guard Ed Samuelson was shot and killed by an inmate at the Wyoming State Penitentiary. The inmate was serving a life sentence for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Holden of the Unita County Sheriff's Office, Wyoming, on June 19, 1901.
The inmate had been smuggled a stick of dynamite along with a gun. After shooting Guard Samuelson, he tried to dynamite an outside door, and failing in this, he shot and killed himself.
Bio
- Age Not available
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Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Handgun
- Offender Committed suicide
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