The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02

z was passing and sent him after . man to police headquarterss
 LeftlLlyfng on Floor.
 Upon the arrival of the officer and his prisoner 1t was discovered that the unconscious man was Ralph Lilien- thai He was carried up the steps at the head of which he was laid on the floor while Captain Miller went to the store room and secured two comforts. MT. Liiienthal was then carried into the prison and laid upon the Floor while one of the comforts was placed beneath his body and the other under his head. The officers admit that he was gasping while they were carrying him to the prison and appeared to be very sick or very drunk
 After he had been laid on the floor in the prison Mir. Lilienthal was left to the care of one of the prisoners. a trusty. In the position in which he was placed he laid until early this morning when the trusty becoming alarmed called to Police Oficer Holt. physician and Eelative of the still unconscious man were telephoned TOT and pr. c. Ritter soon arrived at tne city prison. Upon examination he discovered that he could do nothing to save the life of MT. LilienthaL
 An ambulance was secured and NAT Iiilenthal was taken to the home oi his mother where about an hour after wards he expired.
 careful examination of his body was made by the physician and no sign of external injuries or wounds were found upon the body. The con. tents of the stomach were sealed and sent to Professor Ross at Auburn to analyze to see whether they contain any poison. The physician states pos itiyeiy that he did not believe that MT Liiienthal met with any foul play pu' that his death was due to neih' morhage of the brain.
 News of the death of MT. Liiien- thai spread over the city this morn ing and the fact that man so wei known should have been arrested ane nIaced in the bull pen" of the cits prison without having received meolca attention or of his relatives peins holi' fled caused considerable indignation.
 Mir. Lilienthaf was one oi e hor, SiSty wears old He was born a' coinmbia. s. C., and with his parents moved to Selma. in 1888. Of late ne nas haar connected with the eiotning hrn os ieva and Lilienthal but recently severed his. connection with tnat m, and joined the firm of H. Linen'na @ s. anS Tompany. Besides his mother ns anu anu fonr brothers, Henry Lilienthai e .J Idlienthal. Max Lilentnai anu Eaward Iiiienthal, and two sis.sls xTns "a II. Schuster and Miss LAhen' thai. x r,.roner.
 A, noon today Coroner J. Bresiin sronannelled 6 jury to investigate into inc cause of the death Of NAT Lllien1 -thal. The jury went to the nome .. Mra Iilienthal and examined the pooy and then returned to the ofnce or the Coroner where the investigation be- gan.
 The first witness examined was pr :. e. Ritter, the physician who was called to attend MT. Lilienthal while ne was stiu lying in the city prison. pr. Kit fer sfated that he had been called ahout o'clock this morning to attend Mr. I,ilienthnl and that he found him In an unconscious condition but that there were no signs of bruises upon bta hody nor were there any indications that the deceased had been drinking. He was sure death had not been caused from alcohol. He was of the opinion that death had been caused from a hemmorrhage of the brain or from uric convulsions. The pupils of the eyes were negative and showed no in- dication of the presence of poison.
 Police Offlcer F. B. Burfitt who ar rested MT. Lilienthal and placed him in a hack and carried him to police headauarters was the next witness. He told of how he had found the deceased lying on the sidewalk in front Of MT. Donoyan's store on Lawrence Street. He had been an officer on the Selma police force for the past twenty-five