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Show Sheriff Notified To Proceed With Execution Iron County Sheriff Arthur Nelson, Nel-son, who is charged with the responsibility re-sponsibility of carrying out the execution of Verne A. Braasch and LeRoy Sullivan, convicted of the murder of Howard (Duke) Manzione of Beaver, was notified Wednesday that the last avenue of escape from the firing squad had been closed to the two men. The sheriff was instructed to proceed with plans for the execution exe-cution set for Wednesday, Feb. 26, by District Court Judge Will L. Hoyt. The exact time of day for the execution was not set, and that will be determined later by Sheriff Nelson and the War-den War-den of the State Prison where the execution will take place. The Iron County Sheriff must carry out the execution because of the fact that the trial of the two defendants was conducted in Iron county when it was found that a jury could not be empaneled em-paneled in Beaver county where the crime was committed. Sheriff Nelson states that the two men will be executed simultaneously, simul-taneously, with a double firing squad carrying out the sheriff's orders. Ten volunteers and one alternate have been selected for the firing squad, but of course, the names of the volunteers have been kept secret. All must be residents of Iron county. |