Show jury justifies killing S justifiable homicide we find that the deceased came to his death from a f fracture caused by y a blow delivered by city marshal F M while in the performance of his hia duty E G C wright A S crane 0 G neilson the jury such is the verdict of the coroners jury A young man 19 or 20 years of age said to hail from new york who was a waiter with the park and banks circus which held forth here wednesday died in his cell at the city jail thursday morning from the effects of a frac fractured Lured skull which he received by a blow from marshall mui sens s police club while resisting arrest from the verdict or and the evidence tile the action of the marshal was entirely justifiable and was in self defense the evidence brought out at the inquest before justice evans and conducted by the county at torney is about as follows being the substance sub sance of the testimony given by drs wr st and freece who performed an all autopsy H L johnson marshal Ra amussen august peterson A arthur r williams the marshal had good cause to suspect that a woman was dancing and posing in the nude in the side show at 11 1 p m ife he went in and placed liar her under arrest when he was S suddenly knocked down by a blow from the roan this released the woman who alio escaped the marshal then went to arrest the roan man who resisted and threat ened and fought until he had to be knocked down with a police club another circus man came into the fray with a board but was stopped steppe by H L johnson i 4 P and august peterson took the f first man to jail while the marshal sought the second the two doctors testified that the mans skull had a frightful fracture above age right ear car which caused death A tramp in an adjoining cell testified tir led that the man died about 4 yesterday morning pitifully calling for help and water the city is giving him a decent burial today salina call |