Show S c c t fc t s fc fcc i DENIES ALLEGED CONFESSION tv 1 i Il f R H r Y Is IH r r 3 i ler of Marco l Lauss ReI Re- Re I by Suspect Whom m Declares to Be BeJ Beof S. S J of Skull Fracture I crazed craze crazed by thc pain in n of a fractured skull which kept him 1 m sleepless f for r fifteen ft and haunted bv by confinement le insane ward cell which h haa liati d oiIn m scream out a n sh c confession ion of or the murder farco ao r Lauss hen J J. A. A j ner at the county jail aroused used from froin an nil opiateS opiate S t t 3 i b o'clock el ck r did gid id O make a u. straight straight- ht- ht a d ion reciting the dethe tie de- hE of the minder placing the i or Lauss' Lauss death eath on St Steve Ste e Masas Mas- Mas as s alleged b by Jailer Raleigh Kaleigh f Jut Thomas Ramage e counsel 3 said last ast night that his knowledge or of the alleged d conI con- con WB I came Caine when he rea read yesterday yesterdayS lings ling's l Ing Es paper S Inter IJ bj by went vent immediately to Interview my it t- t said Mr r. r Ramage Nick Ick dc- dc ha havIn m made de an any an- confession Ho He surprised to hear hoar the tho allegation I Ind nd ld I want to tp say a continued Mr 11 I c that I If It Nick Ick did ld make maIo an arty any emet ent th that t could be bo construed as It was tho admission of ot n In Insane Inane from painful Injury according to Mr 11 Homage c serving as tier orderly about eks rt ks ago lago became engaged In an with a. a negro prisoner The struck ro-struck struck with a a. heavy cutting a a. deep gash hash in inO inOs O Os forehead anti and a Second gash be e right SIde 0 of ot th the the- skull f In Insane Cell h Clan employed b by the the county i lo to O injuries after instead of oC placing the tho prisoner prisonerS i 6 ho hospal S ward the jailer con- con thIm in tho thc Insane cell coil where here Borich was l kept pt during his Jt f Insanity claims tho the attorney knew the tho story of or i Continued on Page laJe 2 DENIES MURDER CONFESSION t from Page e 1 Ho He knew he was in tho tim insane ward The pain from his Injuries would not p permit of ot his Bleeping said Mr Ra Ra- Ra- Ra mage mag The Tho accused m mans man's ns n's counsel further alleged that through some somo oversight Injuries tre treated ted as su superficial superficial sU- sU when whon in reality they were extremely serious involving either a basal skull fracture or an internal o of the brain Injuries to lb Bo Do Determined d This was the opinion of or Drs E. E B. B Sharpe and E. E I 1 Ia Skidmore whom I had examine Nick yesterday in the Mr Presence of ot county officials said Ramage a adding an X-ray X photograph will wEll be taken today to determine the tho extent o of hI his injuries and to make possible tho the proper treatment for tor them Mr Ramage e stated that his client told him during during- the interview yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day day- that almost twice hourly for tor several sev sev- sev eral days some somo member of ot the tho sheriffs department had been at his cell door advising confession My I head Is hunt hurtt I no sleep I no say I kill Marco Lauss I is said to have havo asked his attorney to notify omo Bome friends who would assist him in in fighting tho the alle gation |