Officer Marion E. Ellis
End of Watch: Wed, Jan 23rd, 1918
Date of Incident: Fri, Jan 11th, 1918
Cause of Death: Fall (Accidental)
Service Time: 9 years
Age: 47
Survivors
His wife and 13-year-old daughter
Incident
Officer Marion Ellis succumbed to injuries suffered 12 days earlier when he fell down a flight of stairs into the basement of a building.
Officer Ellis thought that the door he was entering led to an office, but it instead had a staircase to the basement. Officer Ellis suffered a fractured skull in the fall and died 12 days later.
Officer Ellis had served with the Indianapolis Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife and 13-year-old daughter.
Information obtained from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Agency
The Indianapolis Police Department has been disbanded and absorbed by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
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