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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
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Undetermined
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has lost 5 officers; 1 of them lost to causes not yet determined.
Ellsworth is one of 1 officer lost to causes not yet determined in ID, 1.4% of the 72 remembered there.
Ellsworth is one of 4 officers lost to causes not yet determined in the United States, 0% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Ellsworth is one of 335 officers lost to causes not yet determined worldwide, 1% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1942, 6 officers worldwide were lost to causes not yet determined, the 6th heaviest of 122 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.
Who
Ellsworth was 39. Of the 309 lost to causes not yet determined worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 40; the middle age was 33.
When
February holds 5.1% of these deaths worldwide; June holds the most, 10.4%. Fridays: 20%.
How
Undetermined deaths account for 20% of all 5 deaths at Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the 3rd most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 1.4% of all 72 deaths in ID, the 4th most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 0% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 6th most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 1% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 5th most common cause.
His people
Idaho Department of Fish and Game has 5 officers remembered here, Ellsworth among them.
Where
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