Officer Marion E. Ellis
Indianapolis Police Department
Indiana
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 23, 1918

Biographical Info
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Fall
Date of Incident: Friday, January 11, 1918
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Marion Ellis succumbed to injuries sustained twelve days earlier when he fell down a flight of stairs into the basement of a building. He 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 twelve days later.

Officer Ellis had served with the Indianapolis Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.