Clinton G. Price was a former state assemblyman and Juneau County district attorney who was gunned down in his Mauston home the night of April 13, 1930. Police believed Price was assassinated in retaliation for a raid he led on an illegal still near Kilbourn, Wis. Myrtle Price, the district attorney's wife, stood just feet away from her husband when he was shot through the back door of their home on State Street.
Charged with the murder was the former Juneau County "boy sheriff" Lyall T. Wright. Police found a blood trail from the Price home that led directly to Wright's home. Prosecutors said Wright cut himself while prying the chain off a boat that he used to escape across the Lemonweir River. Wright was acquitted in October 1930. As a result of the Kilbourn raid and charges he provided protection for bootleggers, Wright had earlier been removed from office by the governor. Wright later served prison time for his role in the robbery of a Lyndon Station bank in 1933.
The Clinton Price murder case was never solved, although prosecutors were firm in their belief that Wright was the murderer. Mrs. Price died in November 1947 at age 76.
Price was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
Charged with the murder was the former Juneau County "boy sheriff" Lyall T. Wright. Police found a blood trail from the Price home that led directly to Wright's home. Prosecutors said Wright cut himself while prying the chain off a boat that he used to escape across the Lemonweir River. Wright was acquitted in October 1930. As a result of the Kilbourn raid and charges he provided protection for bootleggers, Wright had earlier been removed from office by the governor. Wright later served prison time for his role in the robbery of a Lyndon Station bank in 1933.
The Clinton Price murder case was never solved, although prosecutors were firm in their belief that Wright was the murderer. Mrs. Price died in November 1947 at age 76.
Price was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
Clinton G. Price was a former state assemblyman and Juneau County district attorney who was gunned down in his Mauston home the night of April 13, 1930. Police believed Price was assassinated in retaliation for a raid he led on an illegal still near Kilbourn, Wis. Myrtle Price, the district attorney's wife, stood just feet away from her husband when he was shot through the back door of their home on State Street.
Charged with the murder was the former Juneau County "boy sheriff" Lyall T. Wright. Police found a blood trail from the Price home that led directly to Wright's home. Prosecutors said Wright cut himself while prying the chain off a boat that he used to escape across the Lemonweir River. Wright was acquitted in October 1930. As a result of the Kilbourn raid and charges he provided protection for bootleggers, Wright had earlier been removed from office by the governor. Wright later served prison time for his role in the robbery of a Lyndon Station bank in 1933.
The Clinton Price murder case was never solved, although prosecutors were firm in their belief that Wright was the murderer. Mrs. Price died in November 1947 at age 76.
Price was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
Charged with the murder was the former Juneau County "boy sheriff" Lyall T. Wright. Police found a blood trail from the Price home that led directly to Wright's home. Prosecutors said Wright cut himself while prying the chain off a boat that he used to escape across the Lemonweir River. Wright was acquitted in October 1930. As a result of the Kilbourn raid and charges he provided protection for bootleggers, Wright had earlier been removed from office by the governor. Wright later served prison time for his role in the robbery of a Lyndon Station bank in 1933.
The Clinton Price murder case was never solved, although prosecutors were firm in their belief that Wright was the murderer. Mrs. Price died in November 1947 at age 76.
Price was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
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