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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.Â
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.Â

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