Ellsworth Arthur Teed

Idaho Department of Fish and Game — Boise, ID

Undetermined

End of Watch February 6, 1942

Age 39

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Deputy Game Warden Ellsworth Teed was pronounced dead seven years and five months after going missing while investigating an out-of-season hunting incident in Boulder Gulch southeast of Mullan District.

Deputy Teed left his home on August 28, 1934, at 7:30 am to confront possible hunters who had killed three deer during the off-season. When he did not return home that evening, a search was conducted. His vehicle was found with his lunch and coat inside parked next to Mullan Cemetery at the base of Boulder Gulch. His handkerchief was found nearby along with signs of a struggle.

Evidence of poaching, including several deer carcasses, was also located nearby.

Over 1,000 officers and volunteers searched the area for weeks. There was also speculation that Deputy Teed was injured on the trail and was unable to get help.

His body was never found and the Idaho State District Court declared Deputy Teed deceased on February 6, 1942.

Deputy Teed was survived by his wife, three sons, and a stepson.

Survivors

Deputy Teed was survived by his wife, three sons, and a stepson.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Game Warden Teed served with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Thank you for your service to the Boise community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Warden Teed.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Location Boise, ID

Platform Identity idahcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 6, 1942

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Cause Detail Unidentified

Deputy Game Warden Ellsworth Arthur Teed is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ID, 1 of 71 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 1.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

of 5 officers

20% Undetermined

ID — Statewide

of 71 officers

1.4% Undetermined

Nationwide

260

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Undetermined