Indianapolis Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 23, 1918
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Fall
Date of Incident: January 11, 1918
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
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 and he is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.