The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-03
MAY BE DAMAGE SUIT
LILIENTHALss DEATH IS BEING
 PROBED.
Coroner's Jury Has Held Three ses- sions and Examined Many Witt
 nesses-state May Take t . Hand.


 Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma. July 2.
 It now appears as If the municipal ity of Selma will have law suit upon her hands, growing out of the treat ment which Ralph Lilienthal received from city officials Sunday night.
 Such rumor was current on the streets yesterday and color was lent to 1t by the appearance of Hon. H. 5. P. Mallory at both of the sessions Of the coroner's jury, and his attendance al the session of that body this afternoon. At all three of the sessions of the cor oner's jury. MT. Mallory questioned all of the witnesses, and his part in the investigation Is believed to be at the request of relatives of the deceased.
 Assistant Solicitor R. H. Mangum has been in attendance at the three sessions of the jury. and Is looking out for the States side in the tnvestiga- tion as to the cause of the death of MT. Lilienthal. At the request of Mir. Man. gum, the police department summoned a large number of negro residents in the neighborhood of the Donovan store to appear before the jury this after- noon to see if they could throw any light upon how MT. Lilienthal had been placed where he was found.
 The coroner's jury reconvened this afternoon at O'CLOCK
 During the afternoon session. quite & number of witnesses were examined. but the examination brought to light no new facts, and after a lengthy ses- sion, the jury adjourned unt1 the re- port from State Chemist Ross Is re- ceived. During the session. four prom inent physicians of the city were ex- amired and each one seemed to be of opinion that Lilienthars death was caused from cerebral hemorrhage or embolism unrinic commo. or poison. Poison was the last diagnosis accepted by any other physicians. Hon. H. s. D. Mallory and Assistant Solicitor Man gum questioned each of the four phy- sicians closely as to whether if the de- ceased received medical attention fm- mediately after he had been carried to police headquarters, what would nave been his chances of recovery. Neither one of tho physicians would give posi- tive answer to these questions. saying it could only be answered in hypothetic terms. The object of these questions by Assistant Solicitor Mangum were to determine if the State could sustain the charge of manslaughter in the second degree against Police Captain Miller and Police Officer Burfitt.
 The principal witness of the after noon was Dr. F. G. Dubose, who as- sisted Dr. c. Ritter in attending to MT. Lilienthal. Dr. Dubose stated that be had known the deceased for about twenty years, and that on Monday morning between and o'clock. he had seen him in the city prison.
 He explained. fin medical terms. for the benekt Of the other physicians present, the mode in which Dr. Ritter and himself had treated MT. Lilien- thai, and the examination which they had made later, and of the contents of the stomach. which had been drawn, sealed and sent to State Chemist Ross for analysis. to see if they contained any poison He also explained how he had arrived at the conclusion of one of three causes which had been the means of the death of Mir. LilienthaL.
 On examination. Drs c. Kitten. J. N Furniss and James Kenan agreed with pr Dubuse in his deduction of the case. As there were no more witnesses 1 to examine. the jury adjourned until | the report of Professor Ross Is receiv' | ed or until more evidence is found.