HUBERT BUTCHER

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 23-W: 29
Department: Mingo County, West Virginia, S.O.
End of Watch: March 3, 1924
Cause: FALL
Age: 48
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Butcher fell to his death from a bridge over the Glen Alum Creek while trying to escape gunfire by a suspect. Deputy Butcher was attempting to serve a warrant on a liquor charge when the suspect pulled a rifle and began shooting. The suspect was captured two years later and charged with murder.
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