Show TWO BROTHERS ileo IN BI T two ob brothers henry fl endrickson 26 and frank hendrickson 30 both residing at delta colo were shot and killed in the paradox valley wd by colorado officers who attempted to arrest the brothers on a charge of horse stealing following the theft of a horse at delta last week meek thought to have been done by I 1 the sheriff sam phillips I 1 of montrose county sheriff van I 1 alien aken of delta county with the lat I 1 urs deputies sanders and semig I 1 got on the trail of the two tm 0 brothers brot hers and followed them to the isolated ranch of paul and ed craig three miles south of the mesa county line in iii paradox montrose county tho officers went by way of whitewater and gateway in an auto and then continued the rest of the journey on horses horm they armed arrived at the outskirts of the craig ranch late tuesday night anticipating serious trouble the officer officers passed the early part of wednesday morning in plan tung rung for the arrest and learning their the hendrickson brother ers had recently applied at the craig ranch for work and were given employment P putting up hay the officer cien waited until the ile were in the hay field and two officers then approached the workers frank hendrickson drew his hi six shooter and opened fire empty ing hir his gun at sheriff van aken but failing to hit lut the sl riffa party then opened fire frank reloaded his hi gun and again discharged all cartridge cartridges at the officers s before a bullet killed wed him henry was killed as he ran for hs gun guin four winchester and aix six shooters were found in the brothers bunkhouse together with a large supply of ammunition the shooting occurred it at 11 a m wednesday and lasted a quarter of an hour the entire shooting was witnessed by the craig brother brothers who declared there was every Ju justification for the shooting done by the officers the me scene of the fight is in a very inaccessible country the craig ranch cannot be reached by auto atto or even by wagon the last few miles into the place necessarily being made by horseback the were well known over western colorado henry hendrickson had recently escaped from the montrose Mont roee county jail jad where he h bad had been held on charges of cattle rustling and bootlegging |