Tuesday, October 25,1983/The Battalion/Page 7
DPS investigates death
of inmate awaiting trial
United Press International
WAXAHACHIE — The
mysterious death of an Ellis
County jail inmate awaiting trial
on capital murder charges is
being investigated by Depart
ment of Public Safety author
ities, officials said Monday.
Inmate Thomas N. Tolmie,
31, died early Sunday morning
after being found ill in his cell
Friday night and treated at both
W.C. Tenery Community Hos
pital and at Baylor Hospital in
Dallas. Lt. Sheriff J.A. ledbetter
said a preliminary autopsy re
port by the Dallas County
Medical Examiners office shows
Tolmie died from a brain blood
clot.
Ledbetter said Tolmie, who
had been in a cell by himself
since early summer, became ill ‘
Friday night and was first taken
to Tenery Hospital to have his
stomach pumped. Tolmie re
turned to his jail cell, but a few
hours later suffered apparent
convulsions and was returned to
the hospital, according to Led
better.
Doctors immediately trans
ferred him to Baylor Hospital
where he was placed in the in
tensive care ward.
Ledbetter, the duty super
visor who ordered Tolmie’s hos
pital treatment, said Tolmie
claimed he had concocted and
drunk a mixture of unknown li
quids.
Tolmie was awaiting trial in
the 40th District Court on
charges of capital murder, the
unauthorized use of motor vehi
cle and evading arest. He was
indicted by a Waxahachie grand
jury following an April incident
where DPS patrolman Milton
Alexander died in an auto
mobile collision while pursuing
Tolmie, believed to be driving a
stolen vehicle.
Secret Ballots
staff photo by Dave Scott
Scott Stanton, left, and Amir Friedman cast
their votes for freshmen class officers Monday
in the Pavilion. Stanton, from Dallas and
Friedman, from Richardson are premed majors.
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H.UBBOCK — Mayor Alan
Henry Monday said he asked
Gov. Mark White to request low-
interest loans from the Small
fsiness Administration for
utbbock flood victims, many of
whom he said were uninsured.
■ Henry told reporters at a
I Hvs conference he had talked
witli the governor’s office and
■]■ “very confident the gov-
■or will make this request.”
lamiHlhe Lubbock chapter of the
liqn: American Red Cross has esti-
i ia mated at least 180 homes in the
v \ Maxie Park Lake area sustained
, t | irh iome damage last week when
■bock received more than 7
holies of rain within 30 hours.
'pri B The Maxie Park Lake area
( ^ad the worse flooding,
Uthough drainage lakes across
he city were filled. Raw sewage
■ y ( jB pumped into Maxie Lake to
Jrevent a sewer backup across
ihecity, officials announced last
jveek.
on E Henry said Monday the city
j medlas not yet calculated a damage
:iaio ss |mate from flood damage.
■He added he did not know
when he would hear from the
governor’s office, but said the
lallas SBA office would handle
Henry urged flood victims to
keep track of their repair and
cleaning bills in case those ex
penses might be covered by the
federal program.
Walt Ahrens, Red Cross ex
ecutive director in Lubbock, said
66 homes around Maxie Park
Lake had more than 5 inches of
water in them while another 56
homes were found to have less
severe damage.
City officials reported about
30 people had contacted a Hood
assistance center during the
weekend with questions about
disinfection methods and also
seeking various types of assist
ance.
United Way agencies helped
city officials establish the flood
assistance center, which is pro
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Doug Goodman, public
health administrator, said water
quality tests taken during the
weekend showed many of the
drainage lakes were as con
taminated as the sewage-
contaminated Maxey Park Lake.
He repeated earlier warnings
that people should avoid the
flood waters, making sure that
anything touched by the water
was cleaned.
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