OFFICER: CHARLES LEWIS       

DEPARTMENT: Powell Police Department

DATE OF INCIDENT: March 16, 1939

DETAILS: Chief of Police Charles Lewis and Sheriff D.M. Baker were shot and killed as they approached the residence near Powell of Earl Durand.  Durand had escaped from the Park County jail where he was being held for a game violation.  Durand was later shot and killed by Powell townspeople after he had attempted to rob a Powell bank.