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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



In Memonam — Edgar Lindgren 



On August 12 last, United States 

 game warden, Edgar A. Lindgren, 

 while patrolling some woods north of 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa, was shot down 

 at close range by two Italians whom 

 he had found with wild ducks in their 

 possession in direct violation of state 

 and federal game laws. These same 

 Italians shot and seriously wounded 

 their unarmed companion in an effort 

 to prevent his giving evidence against 

 them. The warden lived long enough 

 to tell his story and the wounded Ita- 

 lian eventually recovered. The crim- 

 inals were arrested and one has been 

 given a long penitentiary sentence. 

 No report from the trial of the other two has been received. 



Edgar A . Lindgren was a graduate of Bowen High School in 

 Chicago. While at that school he had joined the bird club 

 known as the Bowen Bird Boosters which has been in active 

 existence for nearly ten years. This Club has affiliated with the 

 Illinois Audubon Society and in that way young Lindgren was 

 a member of our Society. It is said that in his earlier school 

 years he had regarded birds as very useful targets for his marks- 

 manship, but under the influences surrounding him at Bowen 

 High School he became an enthusiastic protector of birds. He 

 furnished his yard as a bird preserve and fed birds during the 

 winter. 



After his graduation from Bowen High School he joined the 

 navy where he served for about a year. He returned to civil 

 life with his old ambition to do something for the birds and 

 began his work as a Federal Game Warden where his advance- 

 ment was rapid. He was married about this time to Miss Leona 

 Marble. His untimely death in the performance 'of duty brings 

 forcibly home to all of us the realization of how much educa- 

 tional work remains to be done to secure co-operation to protect 

 the best things in life. 



Mr. Raymond Lussenhop, President of the Bowen Bird Boost- 

 ers, informs us that it is the plan. of his associates to have a 

 framed picture of Edgar Lindgren in the zoology laboratory of 

 the school. It has been suggested that the bird fountain to be 

 placed in the school yard by the Club on its tenth anniversary be 

 named the Lindgren Memorial Fountain. 



