Iron County Record | 1949-12-29 | Page 1 | Convicted Murderers of Howard Manzione Face Firing Squad at State Prison Feb. 16

Convicted Murderers of Howard Manzione Face Firinq Squad at State Prison Feb. 16 Vern Alfred Brnasch. 21, and I Melvln IRoy Sullivan, 19. con-j vlcted murderers of Howard D. j (Duke) Manzione, were given the death Jienalty by Judge Will I.. Ilovt this afternoon In the Fifth Judicial District Court at I'aro-wnn. I'aro-wnn. When nsked by the Judge whether whe-ther they would choose hanging or shooting, they said shooting. Judge Hoyt then set the date of execution for Thursday, February HI. The two young men had been convicted earlier of the first degree de-gree murder of Manzione In the early morning hours of October 22 at a service station In Beaver.