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Show POLICE DENY DYING TURK'S STORY THAT THEV 'SLUGGED' HI Papers Show Hassan Was In Navy and Had Applied for Citizenship. That (fa-ana Haaaan. tha Turk who dlad at tha rounty boapltaJ Tuaaday afternoon from Injuries received whan ha waa kicked or beaten, had aarvad aa a fireman fire-man In the United .tatea navy developed at tha Investigation held before Actln. Coroner Harper and the Jury this morn-Ins. morn-Ins. Paper showed that ha had received an honorable dtacharae from tha U. H .. 'Mexican ' on July 10. 1911. Other papers proved that he bad made declaration of becoming an American cltlaen and that he was born In Turkey July li, lall. Tha flrat wltnaaa this morning waa John A. Lenal. desk sergeant at the police po-lice ststlon. who teatiaad that ha uad heard no complaints from the Turk last Saturday or Sunday. Wltnaaa Identlnad pepers, keye and an empty purse taken from the man when arrested J. A. Egbert, at ptrolman. testified that he knew nothing of tha arrest. A. C. Husbands testified that he an swered the call In the patrol waeron Friday Fri-day night and took Haaaan to the police station. The Turk was drunk and also appeared to be sick. Hs aaw no one etnke or beat him. he aald. O. C. Brown, patrol driver, testified that he answered the call and that the Turk spa Sara to ba drunk. H. K Umltb testified that he drove the patrol that took tha Turk from the city Jail t. a Oreek coffee houee last Sunday morning, that the man appeared to be eick and In pain. Cliet Moetorkas. proprietor of a Oreek coffee house at IN West Becrrrvl South street, testified that he had known the Turk about two years. He was quiet and not given to getting Into quarrels with any one, he said. He saw the Turk Friday Fri-day night He waa drunk when he came lata the coffee house and bad a bottle of wise with him. The Turk left the coffee houee about 11 p. m Friday and later the witness heard Patrolman Anderson tell him that he bad better go somewhere aad go to bad. The Turk entered She coffee house again and remained for a short time Mack KerkerVsa. a waiter In tha coffee house, testified that he aaw the Turk In the coffee house Friday night and that he waa drunk Ha saw no fight Witness saw the Turk next Sunday night at the Ooldkeld hotel. Hassan told witness that the police had beat htm while he was in Jail, but did not give detglls. J. Miller, a Oreek who rooms st the Ooldfleld hotel, testified that ho saw ths Turk st the Greek coffee houee Sunday morning and helped him to room N In the Ooldfleld hotel. Hassan, the witness said, told him that hs had been beaten by policemen while hs waa In the patrol waaoa. i' B Forrest. soldier stationed at Port Uoraflaa, testified that be waa sr-reeted sr-reeted for drunkenness laat Friday night and put In the "drunkhouse" at the police station. He weal to sleep, but woke about 4 o'clock Saturday mornlnrg and heard a man groaning and celling for a doctor. Wltaeaa said that ths man could not walk and that he had blood on his clothing. The man appeared to be la great pain and half dragged hints i If about the "drunkhouse" The wltaeaa heard no disturbance during the night In the tail. T M Qilleeple. night Jailer at the city Jail, testified that he remembered the Turk being brought to the station about midnight Friday ; that he wae drunk and refused to walk Into tha "drunkhouss' end hs assisted Mm Into the Jail. Wltnssa aald that before putting the man In Jail he found a broken bottle In his hip pocket. He thought he had fallen on It. The bottle waa not a flash, bat waa either a boar or a wtne bottle Witness ssw the man several times during the night, bat did aat hear him complain. Saturday morning the Turk walked from the "drunkboose" to another part of the lall, at which time he com- Cslned of Seine In pain aad wltaeaa ft a ttote for Dr. Sprague to visit him Witness heard no row In tha Jail during the night. It la expected that the hearing will be copcluded some time this afternoon. |
