W. C. Ricker

1902

Life Keepsakes Service Also Served Memorials In Our Keeping

W. C. Ricker served in the U.S. Army.

How He Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Gunshot wound

Mechanism Firearm

What Happened

Sheriff W.C. Ricker was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a jail escapee. The suspect was later apprehended in Billings, Montana. The man was convicted of Sheriff Ricker's murder and sentenced to death. Several days before his hanging the State Supreme Court issued a stay of execution. On March 29, 1902, a group of angry citizens took him from the county jail and hanged him. Sheriff Ricker was a U.S. Army veteran of the Indian Wars and Spanish American War.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

Keepsakes

Service Record

U.S. Army

Also Served

Natrona County Sheriff's Department

Sheriff

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Memorials

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 4-W · Line 8 cut as W C RICKER

In Our Keeping

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