Show man M an killed 11 1 in in gun battle at mif j r j milford anday frida y william at crossley past sixty years of age was waa shot and ini bantly killed by ed do denny anny in a pitched bat t tle lq in milford last friday afternoon crossley victim of the tragedy was from silt lake city ilo ho had been sent bent down from tint place by an employment agency to hord herd sheep for john ryan out in pine valley after its his arrival at tho the ranch mr air ryan thought lie he acted peculiar and decided not to employ him lie ile took crossley to watt wan watt wan and put him on oil the stage driven by joo joe deardon to milford Mil tord upon their arrival anival at the depot in Al milford lIford crossley Cros refused to pay his stage fare it la Is poss possible lole that the man thought ryan had paid his fare hut but in any event nil an argument ensued between crossley Cro asley and deardon during which ch the former whipped out a 38 caliber revolver placed it against deardon and pulled the trigger the failure of the cartrie cartridge go to explode is all that saved deardorf Dear donja s life the stage driver hastened to town to notify the marshal during life ills absence ted Crom cronholm holm deputy sheriff arrived on the scene and learning the ilie trouble walked up lip to croas crocs ley with gun ready and told him lie he was under tinder arrest crossley again pulled his gun and tile the deputy sheriff and crossley Cros pulled the triggers of their guns gung simultaneously again fate intervened as both guns guna tailed failed to explode by hiis tiis time deardon had returned accompanied by marshal rl roy oy coleman all crossley who had taken refuge in the express office succeeded in getting his gun to w working and was shooting promiscuously at tile the of officers floors ed denny former deputy sheriff and marshal of milford walked into the depot spotted C Cros through the express once window and rotting the drop on tile the man told him to lay down his gun Cro crostley Crossl saley py complied compiled arld and denny instructed him to back away from the weapon and there would bo be no further trouble at that instant the torn cornered man grasped tile the gun and pointed it t point blank nt at denny who pulled tile tho trigger 1 of 0 his own gun tho the bullot bullet stilling the victim in ili tho the chest killing I 1 him instantly antly A co coroners boners jury was paneled impaneled Im led and rendered a verdict finding denny justifiable in his act and commending him upon his bravery little Is known of crossley some acquaintances were located in salt lako lake city who stated that as tar far as they knew lie ho had no family or relatives lie ile had served ser ea on two mafa for the aie L D S church in the past and had received honorable discharges it la is thought that lie he was mentally unbalanced at tile the time of the shooting after the coroners inquest the remains wore were burled buried in tile tho Al liford cemetery |