WILLIAM ETHELDRED SHOEMAKER
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Officer Rank: Fish Warden
Memorial Panel: 43-W: 21
Department: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
End of Watch: September 22, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 56
Years of Service: 18
Description: Warden Shoemaker was killed in the line of duty with his own revolver by one of the two men that he apprehended for violating fishing laws of Pennsylvania. The warden was shot in the back and survived one month with a severed spine before he succumbed to his injuries.
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