ELBERT P SWEET

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 30
Department: Bingham County, Idaho, S.O.
End of Watch: September 25, 1904
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: 12
Description: Deputy Sheriff Sweet was shot as he attempted to arrest a suspect who had robbed a group of railway laborers. Deputy Sweet was fatally shot in the head as he entered the section house. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed by hanging.
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