Kenneth Ellsworth Miller, Undersheriff

Beaver County Sheriffs Office

Shortly after midnight on Saturday, December 10, 1977, Undersheriff Miller was notified of two men trying to stop traffic. Undersheriff Miller and a friend, Danny Cambern, went to investigate. The dispatcher was unable to make radio contact and sent other units to search for them. About half an hour later, they found Miller and Cambern north of Turpin on Highway 83 lying dead in a ditch. Both had been shot in the head with a .22 pistol. Miller’s patrol car was missing and a stolen station wagon was left nearby. The suspects were two men, James E Lewis and David Richardson, who had escaped from the Wagoner County jail two weeks earlier. The suspects were arrested later in Utah after a high speed chase.

Harry Leslie Potter, Deputy Sheriff 

Beaver County Sheriffs Office 

On Tuesday, November 30, 1971, Deputy Harry Potter was investigating a traffic accident the icy bridge over the Beaver River.  Carl Taylor, 64, was approaching the accident site and had not noticed the accident. When he tried to stop, his vehicle began sliding on the icy bridge and struck Deputy Potter, pinning him against the bridge abutment. The officer was taken to the hospital with a broken right leg.