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On August 31, 1921, male, 31-year-old Deputy Sheriff George Edward “Ted” Price was shot and killed in Thermopolis, Wyoming, while he and other officers attempted to arrest a bootlegging suspect during Prohibition.
The bootlegging suspect was identified in contemporaneous and memorial sources as Elsworth Mullendore, a moonshine runner whom officers were seeking to arrest. During the confrontation, gunfire was exchanged; 31-year-old Deputy Sheriff George Edward Price suffered fatal ...Read More
The bootlegging suspect was identified in contemporaneous and memorial sources as Elsworth Mullendore, a moonshine runner whom officers were seeking to arrest. During the confrontation, gunfire was exchanged; 31-year-old Deputy Sheriff George Edward Price suffered fatal ...Read More
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George Edward
Male
White / Caucasian
Thermopolis
WY
1921-08-31
31
George
Edward Ted Price
Primary Suspect Deceased
11/17/2025
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Has anyone else looked into the intense pressure law enforcement officers faced during the Prohibiti... ...Read More
08/02/2023
08/02/2023
