Name not reported
According to a St. Petersburg, Florida dispatch printed in The Bamberg Herald on September 24, 1908, an Italian man who had come to the city from Tampa was held at the city jail. The dispatch said a constable who was alone with him there was killed, and that after citizens and police arrived a prolonged struggle followed, ending with Policeman Belieker shooting the man. The dispatch gives no name for him and does not explain how the struggle began, and the account has not been confirmed by other reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The Bamberg Herald, citing a St. Petersburg, Fla. dispatch, reports that Policeman Belieker shot him after a prolonged struggle.
Reported by: The Bamberg Herald, citing a St. Petersburg, Fla. dispatch (reporters).