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Title
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Officers Probing Death Of Man Carried From Jail
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Source Type
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Newspsaper
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Publisher
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The Hays Daily News
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Publication Place
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Hays, KS
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Publication Date
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11/23/1966
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Transcript
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WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) -, State and federal agents have, entered the investigation of the, death of James Earl Motley,, whose body was carried from, the Elmore County jail Sunday., Sheriff Lester Holley says he, is awaiting the outcome of an, autopsy he ordered to determine, how the Wetumpka Negro died., Companions of the dead man, claim he was beaten by an officer when he refused to be arrested., Sheriff Holley said Tuesday, night that without the state toxicologist's report on the autopsy, it isn't known whether Motley, 27, "died of natural causes, or whether foul play was involved.", The FBI said Tuesday that it, was investigating a complaint to, the Justice Department stem-, ming from Motley's death., Sheriff Holley said Motley, was arrested Sunday on charges, of highway drunkenness and, resisting arrest., An employe of a Wetumpka, funeral home, Clancey Murkison, said he picked up Motley'a body at the jail Sunday. He said the body was covered with bloody which appeared to be several hours old.
