Deputy W. B. Richardson
Deputy Richardson was killed in the line of duty on December 14th, 1928 when his 1928 Harley Davidson motorcycle struck a bridge while patrolling the Tamiami Trail from Paolita Station (the last station before the Dade Co. Line). He was a deputy sheriff for only 14 days before being killed. Richardson’s body was shipped to his hometown in Kansas, his wife and children were never heard from again.