Prohibition Officer Everet Adams was shot and killed by four men who had held a grudge against him due to his work as a prohibition officer.
Officer Adams was walking along a road in the Harts section of Logan County when he was accosted. One of the men held him at gunpoint as a second disarmed him. The armed man then opened fire on him, striking him four times as he attempted to flee.
He was taken to a nearby house where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Officer Adams had served with the West Virginia Department of Prohibition for only a few months. He was survived by his wife, three children, and six siblings.
∼Son of John Morgan and Jane "Poos" (Dalton) Adams.
Officer Adams was walking along a road in the Harts section of Logan County when he was accosted. One of the men held him at gunpoint as a second disarmed him. The armed man then opened fire on him, striking him four times as he attempted to flee.
He was taken to a nearby house where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Officer Adams had served with the West Virginia Department of Prohibition for only a few months. He was survived by his wife, three children, and six siblings.
∼Son of John Morgan and Jane "Poos" (Dalton) Adams.
Prohibition Officer Everet Adams was shot and killed by four men who had held a grudge against him due to his work as a prohibition officer.
Officer Adams was walking along a road in the Harts section of Logan County when he was accosted. One of the men held him at gunpoint as a second disarmed him. The armed man then opened fire on him, striking him four times as he attempted to flee.
He was taken to a nearby house where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Officer Adams had served with the West Virginia Department of Prohibition for only a few months. He was survived by his wife, three children, and six siblings.
∼Son of John Morgan and Jane "Poos" (Dalton) Adams.
Officer Adams was walking along a road in the Harts section of Logan County when he was accosted. One of the men held him at gunpoint as a second disarmed him. The armed man then opened fire on him, striking him four times as he attempted to flee.
He was taken to a nearby house where he succumbed to his wounds the following day.
Officer Adams had served with the West Virginia Department of Prohibition for only a few months. He was survived by his wife, three children, and six siblings.
∼Son of John Morgan and Jane "Poos" (Dalton) Adams.
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