Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
End of Watch: Saturday, April 14, 1934
Deputy Sheriff William Ezell was accidentally shot and killed while attempting to hurriedly load a machine gun after several officers encountered members of the Dillinger Gang.
Two patrol officers had encountered four members of the gang parked in front of a drug store. The gang members held the two officers at gunpoint, using a machine gun, and ordered them back into their car before they fled. The two officers alerted the department and Deputy Ezell, along with a detective, were attempting to load their machine gun to join the chase when it discharged. Deputy Ezell was struck in the chest with a .45 caliber round. He succumbed to his wound three days later.
Deputy Ezell was survived by his wife, two sons, six brothers, and three sisters. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934.
Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents.
The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison.
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Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950
name: Wm G Ezell
event: Marriage
event date: 12 Jun 1904
event place: Davidson, Tennessee
spouse: Birtye Vaughan
film number: 2073704
digital folder number: 004486046
image number: 00866
Tennessee Death Record
Name: William Gee Ezell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1883
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 50
Death Date: 14 Apr 1934
Death Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Ocuupation: Deputy Sheriff
Father's Name: Henry Clay Ezell
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Polley Wilkerson
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 7665
Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee
End of Watch: Saturday, April 14, 1934
Deputy Sheriff William Ezell was accidentally shot and killed while attempting to hurriedly load a machine gun after several officers encountered members of the Dillinger Gang.
Two patrol officers had encountered four members of the gang parked in front of a drug store. The gang members held the two officers at gunpoint, using a machine gun, and ordered them back into their car before they fled. The two officers alerted the department and Deputy Ezell, along with a detective, were attempting to load their machine gun to join the chase when it discharged. Deputy Ezell was struck in the chest with a .45 caliber round. He succumbed to his wound three days later.
Deputy Ezell was survived by his wife, two sons, six brothers, and three sisters. He is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorious group of Midwest bank robbers. Associates of the gang were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934.
Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents.
The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison.
http://www.odmp.org
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Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950
name: Wm G Ezell
event: Marriage
event date: 12 Jun 1904
event place: Davidson, Tennessee
spouse: Birtye Vaughan
film number: 2073704
digital folder number: 004486046
image number: 00866
Tennessee Death Record
Name: William Gee Ezell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1883
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 50
Death Date: 14 Apr 1934
Death Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Ocuupation: Deputy Sheriff
Father's Name: Henry Clay Ezell
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Name: Polley Wilkerson
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Certificate Number: 7665
Family Members
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Benjamin Franklin Ezell
1874–1874
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Thomas Henry Ezell
1875–1962
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Mattie Palmyra Ezell Whitsitt
1877–1957
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John Wiley "Jack" Ezell
1879–1965
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Robert Desaix Ezell
1881–1971
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Walter Cawthron Ezell
1885–1961
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Annie Lurline Ezell Hayes
1887–1960
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Margaret Lee "Maggie" Ezell Drumright
1889–1967
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Henry Clay Ezell Jr
1892–1940
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Harry Buford Ezell
1894–1935
