Show young oun ic c man an killed 1 c by y shot 0 of bandit an FATAL SHOOTING TAKES PLACE IN COOT floyd L rose member of sheriffs posse po sc in search 0 of fugitive shot to death performing liis his duty auty as member of a sheriffs posse floyd li rose a young richfield rann man lately residing in delta where he was automobile salesman died like a hero shot to death by a mexican bandit who had escaped jail in millard Ll illard county and was hunter hunted by the posse of 0 which was a member floyd was well known here as he ha was reared in im richfield the son of 0 mr and mrs bacar rose his father died some time ago and his widow later married mr alfred black floyd was married and Is survived by hiss his wife and a little son the survivors are his mother mrs black a sister bister and three brother funeral services will be helca ite delta I 1 about the shooting which ended so tragically a special correspondent wires to the deseret news from delta under the date of october 3 rico was shot and killed monday afternoon by a sheriffs posse aftel rhe had shot and fatally wounded froyd L rose auto salesman who was acting as a special deputy sheriff rose died before the posse headed by sheriff frank H black overtook and shot to death his slayer rico escaped from the willard millard county jail at fillmore about 10 days ago where he was held on a charge of burglary and attempting to mur der marshal bert williams at lynn dyl about two months ago after an escape from the local jail rico was captured here after the attempt on marshal williams life as he dropped off a train deputy sheriff lorin taylor who made the capture shot rico in the leg after his escape from the fillmore jail rico was said to have told other mexicans he would remain in this section until he shot taylor he was reported to be in the mexican quarter near the sugar factory a few days ago by george waters and later by rose sheriff black deputized the two men monday morning and about noon they went to the house reco was supposed TO be in As rose en entered ered the house rico without opened fire without warning with a rifle three shots struck rose and he fell into the arms of sheriff black who was also hunting for rico As rico fled from the scene waters shot wounding him in the shoulder sheriff black secured medical attention tor for ro rose 9 e and soon had a posse of armed men on the bandits trail rose was shot three times by the bandit one bullet entered just below the armpit and went through the body another tore through the right thigh front to back and the third penetrated both legs near the knees continued on page eight YOUNG RICHFIELD SHOT AND KILLED continued from page one rico had only gone a short distance when he met ernest blackburn and ills his wife and children headed for delta in a rig the slayer held them up but noting the woman and children said gt it was lucky that you got children so have I 1 I 1 let you go he warned Blackb blackburn under penalty of death not to tell 0 of seeing him when blackburn met the posse he advised them of I 1 where he be had been stopped by rico and the direction taken by the bandit sheriff black split his posse and they soon surrounded rico in a cement he adgate of a canal the gunman opened fire on the posse but ills his shots went wild A moment later probably 50 rifles spoke ricos cap went into the mr propelled there by bullets which literally tore the top of his head off |