OFFICER:  W.C. RICKER

DEPARTMENT:  Natrona County Sheriff's Office

DATE OF INCIDENT:  January 2, 1902 

DETAILS:  Sheriff Ricker was shot and killed by Charles Francis Woodard.  Woodard was a jail escapee and was captured weeks later in Billings, Montana and returned to Casper.  A vigilance committee was waiting in Casper for Woodard's return.  Woodard was forcibly taken from the county jail and hanged.