You know, distance can give
us a different perspective,
whether that distance is measurd
in miles or moments in time.
Two separate memorials are tracing the
steps of Nido Fish and Game Warden and
adding his legacy to their rost.
This summer, Ellsworth Teed will be added
to the Idaho Peace officers memorials
and Meridian and the National Lw
Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington,
DC it's a unique honor for sure
for a Fish and Game warden, too.
Maybe even more unique because e
likely died about 90 years ago.
So why the honor now?
Well, there's a lot to unpack h.
Here's Andrew Bartlein to do th.
Memorials are to remember,
but the monumental stories
must first be preserved.
I actually hadn't heard of him either.
In order to be honored,
we have a conservation officer
that had done, you know,
all the research to kind of
understand who teed was,
what his story was,
what we did and didn't know about him.
Born a Clearwater County boy,
in 1894, Ellsworth turned to Shoshone
County to embark on a new caree,
maybe the first full time.
Uh, deputy game warden.
It was Wild West.
People at that time were more
readily committing wildlife
crimes and so he was stepping
into some risky situations.
Situation highlighted in the
press and Panhandle lore.
So this was on everybody's radar at that time
and it started with what was on TEEDS radar.
In 1934, unlawful killing of der
was found when they came across
3 shallow graves that contained
the carcasses of the deer kille.
Teed left early Tuesday to investigate.
Poachers. He told his wife
he'd be home that afternoon.
You know, the fact that he
went into the woods on what woud
appear to be a typical kind of
day for him, and that was it.
That was all that was known.
Never saw him again. But his ca,
coat and lunch were located in Mullen,
with initial reports of a supposed struggle.
There was no specific evidence that was
discovered that indicated what had happened,
which led to a lot of the speculations.
Speculation, like the anonymous Spokane
man who told the sheriff teed ws
walking along a highway from Republic,
WA to Canada a month later, or this one.
The teed had been slain by game poachers. Is
that kind of what you guys ran ,
of trying to figure out what's
verified and what's not? It is.
And, and a lot of the stories,
if you read through them,
there were, you know,
allusions to hot clues and sighs
of teeth that at the time,
law enforcement didn't really give any
weight to based on on what they knew.
Hot clues. Nothing's
hotter than that spelling.
I think they are the same.
I don't know why they chose
to spell them that way.
We don't know what that hot clue was either.
The department makes it clear to carry on
the search for teed until the man is found.
So the search team grew to 1000 people,
highlighted with bloodhounds and
resources from Washington to Montana.
A newspaper and Wallace even cad
it the greatest manhunt ever conducted
in the Coeur d'Alene district.
Mines were shutting down so thae
workers could go and help with the search.
There were, you know,
your everyday civilians that
were heading into the woods.
There was a lot of support and
a lot of desire to to find them
and and figure out what happene.
So it was kind of a thing that
brought the community together o
try to figure out what happened to T,
but they never did.
Those hot clues turned cold ande
$100 reward produced no new direction.
The department even appointed
a new warden that same year.
Do you think we will know
what happened at some point?
I certainly hope so. I. I don't
know, but I certainly hope so.
Idaho fishing game is organizing
Ellsworth Teeds story to the bet
of their ability and that officy
landed him in the Idaho Peace
Officers Memorial and Meridian d
that ceremony will be on May 18.
That National Memorial will
also be in May as well.
So fishing game also told me Brn
that a new credible source has e
forward and the Shashonna County
Sheriff's Office is actually reopening
this and looking into this case.
So they very recently are
getting more information on thi,
which was something I did
not expect to hear today.
That's what they told me
when I talked to him.
A credible source and a
90 year old cold case.
That's what they said today
was that this was eight,
I think almost exactly 89 years.
They're still getting new information on it.
Really.
Yep.
Alright, the mystery continues
and hopefully solved soon.
Alright,
thanks Andrew.