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Show Dies In Sail Way In The Salina Jail Justifiable Momicide. "We li:ui that the deceased came to hie deaih I from a fracture of the skull caused by a blow' delivered by City Marshal F. M. Rasmussen while in the performance per-formance of his duty." E. C. Wright, A. S. Crane, O. G. N'eilson, the jury. Such is the verdict of the coroner's jury. A young man 19 or 20 years of age, said to hail from New York, who was a waiter with the Parks & Banks circus which held forth here Wednesday, Wednes-day, died in his cell at the city jail Thursday morning from the effects of a fractured skull which he received oy a blow from Marshal Rasmussen's police club while resisting arrest, r ioni the verdict and the evidence, .lie action of the marshal was entirely entire-ly justifiable and was in self defense. Tile evidence brought out at the Inquest before justice Evans and conducted con-ducted by county attorney Bates, is about as follows, being the substance of the testimony given by Drs. West ind Freece, who performed an autopsy. autop-sy. H. L. Johnson, Marshal Rasmus-sen, Rasmus-sen, August Peterson, Arthur Williams: Wil-liams: The marshal had good cause to suspect that a woman was dancing and posing in the nude in the side show at 11 p. m. He went in and ulaeed her under arrest when he was suddenly knocked down by a blow rom the man Visgar. This released he woman who escaped. The mar-;hal mar-;hal then went to arrest the man who res'sted and threatened and fought until he had to be knocked down with v police club. Another circus man :ame into the fray with a board but was stopped by H. L. Johnson. N. P. Rasmussen and August Peterson took the first man to jail while the marshal mar-shal sought the second. The two doctors testified that the man's skull had a frightful fracture above the right ear which caused death. A tramp who was in an adjoining cell testified that the man died about 4 o'clock yesterday morning pitifully calling for help and water. The city is giving him a decent burial bur-ial today. MORAL Never interfere with an officer nor resist arrest in Salina. Salina Call, October 22nd. |