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Show MURDERER ASKS FOR SURGICAL OPERATION Slayer of Littl Girl Says Kick on Head by Horse Benders Him Irresponsible. Irre-sponsible. LANSING, Kan., April 29. Fred Eis-sell, Eis-sell, whose confession of the murder of Edna Dinsmore, 10 years of age, at Topeka Tuesday was given out last night by officers at the state penitentiary here, has written an appeal asking that an operation be performed ou his head to make his condition normal. The statement as given out today follows: A kick' on the back of my head by a horse caused an affliction at tho base of the brain, which affliction afflic-tion causes me to be unaccountable for what I do at times. I hereby appeal to the officials of Kansas to secure for me at the earliest possible pos-sible date an operation for the purpose pur-pose of raising that portion of my skull now causing pressure on my brain, so that it ma- be restored, if possible, to that of a normal man. (Signed) FRED H. BISSELL. Warden Coding promised to have the operation performed. |