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This Date in Wyoming History

May 18, 1946

John Milliken, Jr., of Hanna is killed accidentally by a bullet from the gun of Carbon County Sheriff’s deputy Claude Simmons at the Garden Spot Pavilion, a dance hall in Elk Mountain, when Simmons is trying to break up a brawl.

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