Fatally Shot By Officer Serving Ejectment Paper
Man Was Evidently Not Aware of the Seriousness of Wound
Complained Of Feeling Ill
Constable Harry K Sarver, of Washington, is at liberty on his own recognizance, pending an inquest which was held this morning at 10 o'clock to inquire into the death of Swayne Henry, aged 45 years, of Coal Center, who died in Washington jail from a bullet wound, his remains being discovered Saturday night.
Sarver admitted that during the trouble which occurred when he tried to place Henry under arrest on Friday last he fired two shots into the dwelling but did not know that either had struck the man. The prisoner was brought to Washington by auto and lodged in jail. He complained that he felt ill, but this was thought to be due to intoxication. A physician was summoned to attend the man, but the prisoner was probably unaware that he had been shot.
Constable Sarver, accompanied by other officers, went to Coal Center on Friday to serve an ejectment paper on Henry, and who was living in a property of which he claimed ownership, and which Mike Virillo, of Coal Center, said he had purchased. The Constable was to take Henry's belongings from the structure.
When officers knocked at the door of the house they got no response for some time, but finally Henry was aroused apparently from a drunken stupor, and threatened to kill any one who entered the house. When one of the officers peeped in the window he was met with a volley of beer bottles, and a short time later when Constable Sarver looked in the same window he was hit full face with a beer bottle. It was at this juncture that he drew his revolver and fired two shots into the window with a view, he said, of (?) occupant. As it happened, Sarver one of the bullets evidently penetrated the abdomen of Henry, which resulted in his death Saturday. (?) Officer Mitchell made an investigation of the surroundings of the Henry home, and said he had not gun in the house.
Henry's body was prepared for burial at the Bebout morgue in Washington and sent to Coal Center for interment.
Man Was Evidently Not Aware of the Seriousness of Wound
Complained Of Feeling Ill
Constable Harry K Sarver, of Washington, is at liberty on his own recognizance, pending an inquest which was held this morning at 10 o'clock to inquire into the death of Swayne Henry, aged 45 years, of Coal Center, who died in Washington jail from a bullet wound, his remains being discovered Saturday night.
Sarver admitted that during the trouble which occurred when he tried to place Henry under arrest on Friday last he fired two shots into the dwelling but did not know that either had struck the man. The prisoner was brought to Washington by auto and lodged in jail. He complained that he felt ill, but this was thought to be due to intoxication. A physician was summoned to attend the man, but the prisoner was probably unaware that he had been shot.
Constable Sarver, accompanied by other officers, went to Coal Center on Friday to serve an ejectment paper on Henry, and who was living in a property of which he claimed ownership, and which Mike Virillo, of Coal Center, said he had purchased. The Constable was to take Henry's belongings from the structure.
When officers knocked at the door of the house they got no response for some time, but finally Henry was aroused apparently from a drunken stupor, and threatened to kill any one who entered the house. When one of the officers peeped in the window he was met with a volley of beer bottles, and a short time later when Constable Sarver looked in the same window he was hit full face with a beer bottle. It was at this juncture that he drew his revolver and fired two shots into the window with a view, he said, of (?) occupant. As it happened, Sarver one of the bullets evidently penetrated the abdomen of Henry, which resulted in his death Saturday. (?) Officer Mitchell made an investigation of the surroundings of the Henry home, and said he had not gun in the house.
Henry's body was prepared for burial at the Bebout morgue in Washington and sent to Coal Center for interment.
Fatally Shot By Officer Serving Ejectment Paper
Man Was Evidently Not Aware of the Seriousness of Wound
Complained Of Feeling Ill
Constable Harry K Sarver, of Washington, is at liberty on his own recognizance, pending an inquest which was held this morning at 10 o'clock to inquire into the death of Swayne Henry, aged 45 years, of Coal Center, who died in Washington jail from a bullet wound, his remains being discovered Saturday night.
Sarver admitted that during the trouble which occurred when he tried to place Henry under arrest on Friday last he fired two shots into the dwelling but did not know that either had struck the man. The prisoner was brought to Washington by auto and lodged in jail. He complained that he felt ill, but this was thought to be due to intoxication. A physician was summoned to attend the man, but the prisoner was probably unaware that he had been shot.
Constable Sarver, accompanied by other officers, went to Coal Center on Friday to serve an ejectment paper on Henry, and who was living in a property of which he claimed ownership, and which Mike Virillo, of Coal Center, said he had purchased. The Constable was to take Henry's belongings from the structure.
When officers knocked at the door of the house they got no response for some time, but finally Henry was aroused apparently from a drunken stupor, and threatened to kill any one who entered the house. When one of the officers peeped in the window he was met with a volley of beer bottles, and a short time later when Constable Sarver looked in the same window he was hit full face with a beer bottle. It was at this juncture that he drew his revolver and fired two shots into the window with a view, he said, of (?) occupant. As it happened, Sarver one of the bullets evidently penetrated the abdomen of Henry, which resulted in his death Saturday. (?) Officer Mitchell made an investigation of the surroundings of the Henry home, and said he had not gun in the house.
Henry's body was prepared for burial at the Bebout morgue in Washington and sent to Coal Center for interment.
Man Was Evidently Not Aware of the Seriousness of Wound
Complained Of Feeling Ill
Constable Harry K Sarver, of Washington, is at liberty on his own recognizance, pending an inquest which was held this morning at 10 o'clock to inquire into the death of Swayne Henry, aged 45 years, of Coal Center, who died in Washington jail from a bullet wound, his remains being discovered Saturday night.
Sarver admitted that during the trouble which occurred when he tried to place Henry under arrest on Friday last he fired two shots into the dwelling but did not know that either had struck the man. The prisoner was brought to Washington by auto and lodged in jail. He complained that he felt ill, but this was thought to be due to intoxication. A physician was summoned to attend the man, but the prisoner was probably unaware that he had been shot.
Constable Sarver, accompanied by other officers, went to Coal Center on Friday to serve an ejectment paper on Henry, and who was living in a property of which he claimed ownership, and which Mike Virillo, of Coal Center, said he had purchased. The Constable was to take Henry's belongings from the structure.
When officers knocked at the door of the house they got no response for some time, but finally Henry was aroused apparently from a drunken stupor, and threatened to kill any one who entered the house. When one of the officers peeped in the window he was met with a volley of beer bottles, and a short time later when Constable Sarver looked in the same window he was hit full face with a beer bottle. It was at this juncture that he drew his revolver and fired two shots into the window with a view, he said, of (?) occupant. As it happened, Sarver one of the bullets evidently penetrated the abdomen of Henry, which resulted in his death Saturday. (?) Officer Mitchell made an investigation of the surroundings of the Henry home, and said he had not gun in the house.
Henry's body was prepared for burial at the Bebout morgue in Washington and sent to Coal Center for interment.
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