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Ernest G. Berry

Ernest G. Berry

Age: 35

End of Watch: September 27, 1914

Utah Division of Wildlife

Homicide: Shotgun

Deputy Game Warden Ernest G. Berry was murdered while attempting to enforce hunting restrictions near the Great Salt Lake. 


Warden Berry was operating a dredge on William’s Lake (now Salt Lake International Airport) when he heard shooting coming from a nearby salt marsh. Witnesses last saw Warden Berry following an unidentified man who was carrying a gun. When Warden Berry failed to return home, a search was conducted. His body was located October 2, 1914, concealed in some underbrush. He had been shot twice with a shotgun. Warden Berry was married and the father of four children. He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City. 

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